Nhelela – April 2024
(Overview)
The poem is about an orphan who gets abandoned by relatives soon after the death of his parents. He is mistreated and despised by his own relatives. Society shuns him. The little boy has no one on his side.
Title: Nhelela
Poet: Primogenitor T Mpala
Location: Hwange
Undandu wangu nguweni.
Imi nhelela.
Undandu wangu nguweni
Imi zwangu.
Kulingilwa pasi nabamwe.
Banoti apana zwandinoziba.
Ndakasiiwa ndichili chipamba.
Ndichinoda ludo lwamai nadade.
Undandu wangu nguweni.
Imi zwangu nhelela.
Zwakapepela pondomo.
Makamu bebimbisa kuta zwabasinotubula kuta nasi…Pezhuba lyokulajikwa kwamai nadade bangu.
Ludo lwabo lwakabeli lwamanyepo chete.
Nasi banondifhila mate.
Nasi banondilasha.
Nyika inondiseka.
Bandinoti bangu
Banondilingila pasi.
Undandu wangu nguweni imi nhelela.
Ndodabo kulalama sabamwe.
Ndodabo kukweja sabamwe.
Seni ndinhu namibo.
Undandu wangu nguweni nhelela weh!
Banondibona banoti “Ajimo”
Mundangalilo.
Apana unoda kugala pelyo nami.
Seni ndinamakamu alobhudilila.
Bamulalama bupenyu bopezhulu.
Asi apana unondichebuka.
Amai nadade bangu.
Ndinota bokubonela pamitojaniso.
Mishoji ayitozibana mumatama.
Bupenyu bwangu.
Malwajo chete.
Ndineshungu mumoyo.
Kuti lyamangwana lyangu
Libe libuya sabamwe.
Ndodabo kukweja zunota bamwe.
Ndodabo kubonekwa sonhu.
Undandu wangu nguweni.
Imi zwangu nhelela.