Poetry Corner

Tjisingalile Hatjina Mishodzi

Tjisingalile tjirula mishodzi, that which does not cry does not have the tears

Tjine mulomo tjolebeleka
Tjine zebe tjohwa
Tjine zhiso tjobona
That with a mouth should talk
That with ears should hear
That with eyes should see
Tjisingalile tjirula mishodzi, that which does not cry does not have tears!


Of a liberty supposed but not bestowed
Of freedom presumed but not given
Of oppression sustained and celebrated
Tjisingalilie tjirula mishodzi, that which does not cry does not have the tears!

Of workers without jobs
Energies there but abused
Fields there but unworked
The harvest bare and unbefitting
Tjisingalile tjirula mishodzi, that which does not cry, does not have the tears!