Klemen Pisk

poet, writer, translator and musician

Poem in Swati

Inkhala ne mphungushe

Inkhala ya dwveba umugca esihlabatsini yatsi:
"Unga wendluli lomugca."
Yabese idwveba ne ndingilizi yatsi:
"Kumele uhlale ngekhatsi kwale ndingilizi.
Unga yeca yona, kepha hhayi lomugca."
Kwafika sivungu vungu lesimatima, wacisheka lomugca.
Imphungushe yayi loku imile ngekhatsi kwale ndingilizi.
Emakhata ne litulu kwayi dzindza kepha nani kuhamba imphungushe.
Yayi ngati kutsi usekhona yini lomugca
uma ungasa bonakali kule sihlabatsi.

Translated into Swati by Bertha Anatsui