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NGIPHUM' EKUFENI
Umholi
Likhorasi
Umholi
Likhorasi
Umholi
Likhorasi
Umholi
Ngiphum' ekufeni
Ngangen' ekufeni.
elababe, ngitawufa mine,
ehha!
Yelababe, ngitayifel'inkhonto
Yehha!
Imilomo ita yonkhe kimi
Yehha!
Yelababe, ngitayifel'Inkhonto
Lengoma umlobokati uyihlabela akhala tinyembeti. Nakete tinyembeti
kumele kutsi akhale. Ukhala ngelivi lelisizi lelikhombisa kuhlupheka.
Nemtsimba nawo uyamelekelela nawo ukhale kanye nave. Belikhaya
ngaleso sikhatsi akhala bametfuka bambite ngato tonkhe tinhlamba
letikhona. Kusala kuphela inhlamba labayikhohliwe. Bamtjele kutsi akakhali.
Dlamini (1995:161) ukubeka kanje:
You are not crying because you are coming to practice
Witchcraft at ourplace.
Kute lebakushiyako bemuti ngalesikhatsi, umuntfu ukhuluma lakutsandzako.
Kungaleso sikhatsi lapho umlobokati acala khona kubona kutsi ukulenye
indzawo lapho bakubo bangekho khona. Umlobokati utawuhamba kancane
esibayeni ahlabela yona lengoma, yekuphum' ekufeni, aloku achubeke njalo
ahamba kancane ekhatsi esibayeni. Dlamini (1995:161) vena ukufakazela
kanjena:
The bride is the one who makes some movements
towards and from the kraal out/et. She stands holding a
spear that is pointing down and wearing only the
traditional skirt. She then cries on a controlled voice.
The other women sing for her those songs that will
make her cry bitterly. They also take turns in crying in
the same controlled voice.
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