Kurira kwegandira mumambakwedza ezuva

During poetry and Dub session at the Book Cafe. Photo by Barbra Breeze Anderson

Vakarariro dzana machomani gandira richidandauka

Ini ndirimo mudumbu ndakavaremera kana kumbohwa

Kuchiedza ndakaona kunakidza kwengoma ndikati ndodawo kundoidzana

Iyo yainge yarara ichidaurwa yegandira

Nekuimba idzo dzemachomani dzainge dzarariro imbwa

Mhiri kwamusavezi baba nana Dabula nyunyuyeza chikomba chandizonda

Vakamanywa navo pachipatara kuchiedza

Handina kuvanetsa, nokuti zvandaive ndarara ndichiona ndaiva ndazvishuvira

Ndakamhanya zvakashamisa kana naivo Mbuya Nyamukuta

Vakandifarira, baba vakamhanya kuchovha runainai vakananga kumba kundounza nhumbi tsva

Mbuya nyamukuta pavakati zvakambopfekwa navana vavo muzukuru apfeke

Mai vakati chava kuramba, wangu haapfeki zvakambopfekwa neumwe mwana

Ndiyezve iye wega mwanakomana mumachekanhembe mapfumbamwe

Mufaro wakazara, kana nambuya nyamukuta vakadzokera kuchitoro kundotenga zvipfeko zvitsva

Baba vakazouya zvavo vowana ini ndatocheneswa nambuya nyamukuta pachipatara

Nhasi ndicharariro imba dzimbo dzinondinakidza ndichitamba ndichiridza muromo

Ndicho chipo chandakapiwa naIshe Musiki

Ndiriko Vamanzou mwanakomana wenyu muridzi wenduri ndigere

Kana mufaro ndinawo ndikafunga gandira, ndaisaziva ndichariridza nemuromo

Nduri dzichiyerera seRuyerera rwapfachukira kubva kugomo Marema