Far between
sundown’s finish an’ midnight’s broken toll
we ducked inside the doorway, thunder crashing
Njengoko iintsimbi ezinkulu zeebholithi zazibetha izithunzi kwizandi
Kubonakala ngathi ziingxolo zenkululeko ezidanyazayo
Flashing for
the warriors whose strength is not to fight
Ukutshisa ababaleki kwindlela yokungahambi
'Ngomntu ngamnye' uhlala ejongeni lomkhosi ebusuku
'Sasijonge iindawo zokukhulula
In the city’s
melted furnace, unexpectedly we watched
With faces hidden while the walls were tightening
Njenge-echo yeentsimbi zomtshato ngaphambi kwemvula ye-blowin
Dissolved into the bells of lightning
Tolling for the
rebel, tolling for the rake
Ukuhlawulela abangenamathamsanqa, abashiyiweyo 'abashiyiweyo
Tolling for the outcast, burnin’ constantly at the stake
'Sasijonge iindawo zokukhulula
Through the mad
mystic hammering of the wild ripping hail
Isibhakabhaka saqhekeza imibongo yaso ngokumangalisayo
Ukuba ukuncamathela kweentsimbi zecawa kuphephezela kude emoyeni
Kushiya iintsimbi zombane kunye neendudumo kuphela
Striking for
the gentle, striking for the kind
Ukubetha kubagadi kunye nabakhuseli bengqondo
An’ the unpawned painter behind beyond his rightful time
'Sasijonge iindawo zokukhulula
Ngayo
wild cathedral evening the rain unraveled tales
Kuba ezikhutshiweyo iifom ezingenabuso akukho sikhundla
Ukuhlawula ngeelwimi kungekho ndawo yokuzisa iingcamango zabo
All down in taken-for-granted situations
Tolling for the
deaf an’ blind, tolling for the mute
Tolling for the mistreated, mateless mother, the mistitled prostitute
Ngenxa yolwaphulo-mthetho olugwenxa, uleqwa 'oqhathiweyo ngokusukelwa
'Sasijonge iindawo zokukhulula
Nangona a
cloud’s white curtain in a far off corner flashed
I-hypnotic inkungu esasazekileyo yayiphakamisa kancinci
Isibane sombane sisabetha okweentolo, ezidubulayo kodwa kwezo
Ugwetyelwe ukukhukuliseka okanye kungenjalo ugcinwe ekukhukulisekeni
Tolling for the
searching ones, on their speechless, seeking trail
For the lonesome hearted lovers with too personal a tale
An’ for each unharmful, gentle soul misplaced inside a jail
'Sasijonge iindawo zokukhulula
Starry-eyed and
laughing as I recall when we were caught
Bavaleleke kungekho mkhondo weeyure kuba baxhonywa baxhonywe
Njengoko sasimamele okokugqibela sabukela ngokujonga okokugqibela
I-Spellbound an' iginywe 'de kuphele ukurhafisa
Tolling for the
aching ones whose wounds cannot be nursed
Kwabaninzi ababhidekileyo, abatyholwayo, abasetyenziswa kakubi, abagxothiweyo babi kakhulu
Umntu ngamnye oxhonyiweyo kwindalo yonke ebanzi
'Sasijonge iindawo zokukhulula