I-Autumn Portrait



Ibheka ngaphandle kwewindi lami
Kukhanya kwegolide lika-Okthoba,
Ngibona ubuhle obungenakuqhathaniswa,
Umbono okhuthaza ngempela.

Amacembe athi ukuvalelisa
Njengoba zintanta phansi
Ukwakha ukhaphethi wemvelo
Ngombala ophuzi, obomvu n nsundu.

Izihloko zezintaba manje sezimhlophe,
Umoya obandayo wasebusika,
Ngenkathi izihlahla, njengemifula yegolide,
Bakhuphuka emagqumeni.

Ngesikhathi kudalwa umhlaba wethu
Ungake ukuthole kanjena,
Imibala ye-kaleidoscopes,
Esandleni sikaNkulunkulu, ibhulashi lomdwebi.