Ubuni bam, isni sam, ndim
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Ubuni bam, isni sam, ndim
Ubosabela ndiyabulisa nam ndingumntu sundicekisa
Iyafana leyam nale yakho akhomahluko sukuziqhatha okho nguquko
Elam iphawu lisithele isini samsivelile ubutabane bam bubhaqiwe
Kudala ndibufihlile nemizwa yam indilindile nentloni zindibambile nobudoda
Bam bundiqumile
Ubuni ban, isini sam, ndim
Andiziphiki kakade lento ayifiki ubuth’ iqalwa sithi zutyilibhayibhile ujonge
Abasefilipi ubuye nge gomoro nesodom kwi genesisi
Ugxekwa nguwe akozondinceda nobuni bam awunobumela ubandilala nabani
Ayikufuni ndiyakucela bhekela suyingena
Ukugxekw nguwe ukuzondinceda icebo kuziveza ndiphume’gusheni
Indod’endifunayo ndizoyilind’ezingubeni
Ndizobe ndinqgengqe emqamelweni nesibane ndisilayitile ekameli ndilindel;u
Kungenakwayo ekamereni.
Kaloku ubni bam nesini sam ndim
Nakuye londinaye sibanye sibanye ngemizwa uthando lwethu bayalifanisa
Kodwa ubudoda bethu babenz’intoyokuhlekisa
Wofika amanye amdoda esinyelisa esithi iztabane ayaziqalekisa ngongathi
Indalo kathixo angayeyisa.
Ubanithi yimikhuba nani yohlukanani nobango ben ten kula mgriza
No sugar daddy niyasibhidisa.
Uthando lwendoda kwenye lufana nolwakho kowakho sudlisela ngoyihlaba
Enxebeni nam ndiyi faka esikrobeni
Nolota wabalek;ulalanendoda egomoro wasinda edangatyeni kanti
Uzakulala nentombi zakhe eainqgaqeni.
Ngomphi obhetele kubamna ndilala nendoda emathandweni andenzi mikhuba
Emanyaleni.
Bayandinyola, bayandisola bathi ndiyisisi xandidlula batsho nge ntsini, kanti
Abayazi uthixo yena akanasini, bayasicalula njengegushea ezibhokweni
Bayasohlula kodwa akusenani lebyenz and gayz bayazixuluba.
Benzisiqgezu ngo Casta semenya bayasimenya kumasiko nethethe
Bayasikhetha nasepalamente bayasihleba.
Bathi akhomntu ukumila kunje indoda ayibinjena nebhinqa alibinjena izikhundla
Azifunywana ngabantu abanjena.
Namapolisa awanaxesha lelethu igazi athi size talasi amadoda aqgweth’ibhatyi.
Kanti ubuni bam nesini sam ndim
Lendiyiyo zange ndiyicele noba ndandinemali ngendingazange ndiyithenge
Kubayona ifunumntu azayimele namadoda atsho akudelele..
Isini sam asinsthintshi ubangu anele ozintozakhe’makazenzele nesini sakhe
Asimele, asilwele asithethelele ade asiphumelele
Lento kum injenge thumba emqaleni kaloku bayasinyelisa ekuhlaleni nentatheli
Aziyeki kubhala emaphepheni zithetha ngobuni bethu esidlangalaleni.
Yakufika besijonga ezimpahleni, beshumayela ngathi ezicaweni, behleba ngathi nasetywaleni
Kaloku lento ayikhanyeleki, ayifihle, ayichitheki,ayiqhekeki, ayipheli uthando
Lwesini esinye malungacinazeleki nendlela zethu mazingavaleki.
Uthuthu lunye madoda nanimabhinqa uba naqinqgwa mna ndabunjwa.
Ndim ngabuni ndingenagama ngaphandle kwesithuko namazwi onyeliso
Uthando lwabanqgamane ngesini,yakufika behethu lwimi besithi ayifunwa lento
Emazulwini kodwa bayayivumela ebalungwini, nakumabonakude
Bayayibukela kodwa xa isenziwam ndim bayayicaphukela kanti asizozifihla
Ebumnyameni nathi singabantu sizaku hambe elukhanyweni
Kuba ubuni bam nesini sam ndim.
Translation
The poem ububnibam (my gender) centres on homosexuality and the different perceptions of homosexuality in the community.
Ubosabela ndiyabulisa nam ndingumntu sundicekisa
Iyafana leyam nale yakho akhomahluko sukuziqhatha okho nguquko
Elam iphawu lisithele isini samsivelile ubutabane bam bubhaqiwe
Kudala ndibufihlile nemizwa yam indilindile nentloni zindibambile nobudoda
Bam bundiqumile
Ubuni ban, isini sam, ndim
Andiziphiki kakade lento ayifiki ubuth’ iqalwa sithi zutyilibhayibhile ujonge
Abasefilipi ubuye nge gomoro nesodom kwi genesisi
Ugxekwa nguwe akozondinceda nobuni bam awunobumela ubandilala nabani
Ayikufuni ndiyakucela bhekela suyingena
Ukugxekw nguwe ukuzondinceda icebo kuziveza ndiphume’gusheni
Indod’endifunayo ndizoyilind’ezingubeni
Ndizobe ndinqgengqe emqamelweni nesibane ndisilayitile ekameli ndilindel;u
Kungenakwayo ekamereni.
Kaloku ubni bam nesini sam ndim
Nakuye londinaye sibanye sibanye ngemizwa uthando lwethu bayalifanisa
Kodwa ubudoda bethu babenz’intoyokuhlekisa
Wofika amanye amdoda esinyelisa esithi iztabane ayaziqalekisa ngongathi
Indalo kathixo angayeyisa.
Ubanithi yimikhuba nani yohlukanani nobango ben ten kula mgriza
No sugar daddy niyasibhidisa.
Uthando lwendoda kwenye lufana nolwakho kowakho sudlisela ngoyihlaba
Enxebeni nam ndiyi faka esikrobeni
Nolota wabalek;ulalanendoda egomoro wasinda edangatyeni kanti
Uzakulala nentombi zakhe eainqgaqeni.
Ngomphi obhetele kubamna ndilala nendoda emathandweni andenzi mikhuba
Emanyaleni.
Bayandinyola, bayandisola bathi ndiyisisi xandidlula batsho nge ntsini, kanti
Abayazi uthixo yena akanasini, bayasicalula njengegushea ezibhokweni
Bayasohlula kodwa akusenani lebyenz and gayz bayazixuluba.
Benzisiqgezu ngo Casta semenya bayasimenya kumasiko nethethe
Bayasikhetha nasepalamente bayasihleba.
Bathi akhomntu ukumila kunje indoda ayibinjena nebhinqa alibinjena izikhundla
Azifunywana ngabantu abanjena.
Namapolisa awanaxesha lelethu igazi athi size talasi amadoda aqgweth’ibhatyi.
Kanti ubuni bam nesini sam ndim
Lendiyiyo zange ndiyicele noba ndandinemali ngendingazange ndiyithenge
Kubayona ifunumntu azayimele namadoda atsho akudelele..
Isini sam asinsthintshi ubangu anele ozintozakhe’makazenzele nesini sakhe
Asimele, asilwele asithethelele ade asiphumelele
Lento kum injenge thumba emqaleni kaloku bayasinyelisa ekuhlaleni nentatheli
Aziyeki kubhala emaphepheni zithetha ngobuni bethu esidlangalaleni.
Yakufika besijonga ezimpahleni, beshumayela ngathi ezicaweni, behleba ngathi nasetywaleni
Kaloku lento ayikhanyeleki, ayifihle, ayichitheki,ayiqhekeki, ayipheli uthando
Lwesini esinye malungacinazeleki nendlela zethu mazingavaleki.
Uthuthu lunye madoda nanimabhinqa uba naqinqgwa mna ndabunjwa.
Ndim ngabuni ndingenagama ngaphandle kwesithuko namazwi onyeliso
Uthando lwabanqgamane ngesini,yakufika behethu lwimi besithi ayifunwa lento
Emazulwini kodwa bayayivumela ebalungwini, nakumabonakude
Bayayibukela kodwa xa isenziwam ndim bayayicaphukela kanti asizozifihla
Ebumnyameni nathi singabantu sizaku hambe elukhanyweni
Kuba ubuni bam nesini sam ndim.
Translation
The poem ububnibam (my gender) centres on homosexuality and the different perceptions of homosexuality in the community.
yhuu uyayenza into yakho andinamona. ntinga ntakandini uyakunqandwa ziinkwenkwezi