Ileta esuka kutata isiya kumntwana ongeyona intombi

Namhlanje ndifuna ukuthetha ngendoda
ayithathelwa ingqalelo enkulu.
Indoda ethi ngaxa lithile
yobomi bakhe bonke wadibana nentombazana
ayisiyo ntombi yakhe yena.
Indoda ethi ngaxa lithile kwi
ubomi bakhe bebwazi umdlalo,
wayeyazi incumo,
nangaphandle kokwazi kwakhe
ebengazi.
Indoda ezokulinda umntwana wayo
xa ebuya esikolweni,
Indoda engazukulala ntombi yakhe
ngeke ukwazi ukulala.
Indoda eyonceda intombi yakhe encinci
ukufunda, ukukhwela ibhayisekile,
ukuthanda, ukuhlala kakuhle.
Indoda ethi xa intombi yakhe iphuma
okwesihlandlo sokuqala kunye nesoka lakhe
akazolala ubusuku bonke.
Indoda engazange ibe nentombi
kodwa ngaxa lithile ebomini bakhe
uziva ngathi ungutata. Bawo wothando,
wentombi engeyiyo intombi yakhe.
Ukuthanda abantwana bakho kuyancomeka kwaye kungcwele,
kodwa ukuthanda abantwana babanye kusisenzo
bambalwa ootata abakwaziyo ukwenza.
Ngomhla we-19 kaMatshi iSt.
Usuku loyise, ndifuna ukunikezela ingcinga
Kwabo ootata abathanda abantwana babanye
njengoSt. Joseph owayethanda uYesu
owayengengonyana wakhe wokwenene.
Ntombi yam xa ukhula
Ubomi buya kukufaka ezintanjeni,
Ukuba uziva ulilolo, usengxakini
buyela ekubeni uYihlo uya kuhlala ekho
hayi uBawo oya kuhlala eyithanda intombi yakhe hayi intombi.

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