Rwangu rufu

September 25, 2008 · Posted in In Shona, Poetry · 2 Comments 

Rwangu rufu nderwangu ndega

Rwunenge rwuri rwangu, ndicharutamba ndega

Parwangu vatongi vanenge vachitonga

Madzimai madhuku nemazambia vanenge vakasunga

Misodzi yavazhinji ichange ichi chururuka

Vamwe vachazvirovera pasi vachiumburuka

Vamwe pangoma vachasimuka vachisvetuka

Asi vamwe vachanyadziswa pamwe nekufumuka Read more

Regai tifurwe nemhepo

September 12, 2008 · Posted in Books & literature, In Shona · Comment 

Kupfupika kupfupika zvacho
asi chinovanga pasi kusvikira kwaedza.
Neniwo mateya zvawo, asi ndinotomhoka
Kana wabakidzwa musambo une huchi.

Zvinoremekedzwa matiri muno
Muchikirabhu chemaNigerians,
Matinombokanganwa nhamo tichikozvora pasi
Vachidandaurwa vana Awilo nana Brenda. Read more

ZESA Yazvikonewa

September 8, 2008 · Posted in I was just thinking, In Shona · Comment 

Nei nyika yerugare ichinzvenga seine chikwereti neni?
Ndinongomuka ndiri ini, nemburwa yaindinetsa nezuro!
Asi hope yandarota husiku hwapfuura ndiyo yandishurira
Kurota ndiri maTM, ndichitenga chingwa pasina queue
Nemasherefu azere shuga, mukaka nezvipondamwoyo.
Ndoti ndamuka wanei pombi dzeZINWA dzinongoshona mhepo
Kushungurudzwa kwave kudya sadza revana, kuita musuvanzombe
Kuchinanzva ndiro dzichisara dzave mwedzi muchena.
Iwe Democracy neweSovereignty – bikai chingwa, kwete nzara
Tipeiwo mwenje wekuvhenekera rima ranyanya iri
ZESA yazvikonewa, tobaiwa nevaroyi nematsotsi murima
Mwenje watinoda ndiye Jesu chiyedza chenyika!

Ignatius T. Mabasa

Itai sendi sendi ndachona

September 2, 2008 · Posted in Books & literature, I was just thinking · 2 Comments 

Vakomana itai sendi(cent) sendi (cent) ini ndachona
Ndasangana nemuzukuru wangu ndikaona awonda
Ndati handichabvunza kuti muzukuru kuwonda chii
Asi ndinozviziva haarwari, haisi AIDS asi nzara chaiyo
Ndabva ndafunga Mapfumo akati “Shamwari tasangana…
“Hurukuro ndedzei?…….
Hurukuro Hurombo…” Read more

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