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Nakhu Ukuphila

by Poppie Ntaka

nankaya amathwasana okusa ephotha intambo yezulu

nansiya intambo ebomvu isilengela esinyeni sokuvuka kwethu

naku ukuphila.

ENGLISH TRANSLATION

The Healing

over there, the initiates of our rising are weaving the rays and the ropes that criss-cross this sky

and over there, the red rope hangs on the waist of our waking

over here, we are well, we are alive.