Poem in Southern Ndebele
Ikala nepisi
Ikala yadweba umuda ehlabathini yathi:
"Ungaweqi umuda lo."
Wadweba isiyingilizi wathi:
“Kufanele uhlale ngaphakati kwesiyinglizesi.
Ungaseqa isiyingilissesi, kodwana ingasi ngale komuda.”
Isivunguvungu safika bese umuda wanyamalala.
Ipisi yayijame esiyingilizeni.
Amakhaza nezulu besele amphethe amdinile,
kodwana akhange atjhide.
Akhange yazi bona umuda loya usesekhona,
lokha nakangasawuboni udwetjwe ehlabathini.
Translated into Southern Ndebele by William Jiyana