Ukusuka kusiba lombhali, imbongi kunye nomdlali uGeorge I-Capaccio nantsi into ebuhlungu Ilitye Lokuqala:
Ukuba ibindim ePalestine
kwaye ndikufumene kwi-stretcher
kwisibhedlele esothuswe liqokobhe
Bendiya kuguqa ecaleni kwakho
kwaye ubambe isandla sakho kwesam,
sula igazi ebusweni bakho
kwaye sithandazela ukuba uThixo akunqande ukopha
njengoko bebaninzi abangxwelerhiweyo abakhawulezayo ukungena.
Bendiya kukubamba ezingalweni zam
kwaye ndikuxelele ngenye imini siza kubuya
kwindawo yethu yokuzalwa emantla
nendlu esemiyo;
indlu yamatye kunye namabali aphelelwe lixesha
ukunika ubomi bethu ubabalo lwabo olwahlukileyo.
Ngenye imini loo ndlu iya kuba yeyethu, ndiyathembisa,
njengokuba ibingokatata notatakhe ngokunjalo.
Khumbula ulwandle, uya kuphila,
nendlela eyasasazeka ngayo phambi kwethu
njengesithembiso esikhulu soxolo,
kunye naloo mithi yeminquma eyomeleleyo
abazali bethu babethanda
ngenxa yokunganikezeli kwabo
ukuya kobona busika bubandayo
kunye namaqela akhohlakeleyo abahlali.
Njengokuba ndikubamba ndikusondeza
kwaye uzive umoya wakho uphela,
Ndiya kukhumbula umyezo
wawuthanda kakhulu,
lowo wancanciswa ngabazali bakho
ngothando nomonde
kwiminyaka emininzi enzima.
Siya kukha amanzi equleni;
awona manzi abandayo
equleni apho oobawo bemba khona.
Ikhona, ilindele ukuba sibuye
kwimithi yeamangile etyatyambile;
namatyholo eyasmine
uthe iintyatyambo zikabani,
wayenxibe isiqholo separadesi.
Ngokuhlwa, kubethwa impepho ephuma elwandle
uya kusasaza iintsomi kude.
Siza kuhlanganisana ngaphandle nosapho lwethu
ukufumana iti eneswekile ngekhandlela
ngamagqabi eminti evela egadini,
kwaye sizincede sifumane amakhiwane avuthiweyo
kunye nezilayi zeeorenji zomthi orenji
njengoko silindele ubawo, uHajji Salim, aqalise.
Emva kokuba icuba libethelwa phantsi
namalahle aqalisa ukuvutha
uya kubeka isandla sakhe phezu kwentliziyo yakhe;
indawo apho agcinwa khona amabali akhe,
wabakhulula njengeempukane zomlilo
kumoya onuka kamnandi wobusuku obukhanyiswe yinyanga,
ngelixa ezoba kumbhobho wakhe wamanzi
namafu akhupha ivumba elimnandi.
Uya kusixelela ngamaxesha adluleyo
xa kungekho bani uzayo ukuthatha umhlaba wethu
okanye sibophe ubuhle bobomi bethu
kwiikhafu kunye namatyathanga omsebenzi.
Kwisiphithiphithi kunye nokoyikeka kwe-ER,
Ndiya kusicinezela isandla sakho entliziyweni yam
kwaye uve intsimbi encinci yepulse yakho
ukukhala kancinci, kancinci kancinci,
kwandule ke ukuba kucutheke kakhulu ukuva.
Andazi ukuba mandithini
xa ndijonga wena, sithandwa sam,
usondele kum kunawam amehlo.
Andazi ukuba mandithini
kodwa ukhale njengoko abanye bekhala
kwabo babathandayo ababulawa ziingalo zakwaSirayeli
okanye utsalwe kwingozi yeendawo zokuhlala eziqhushumbayo.
Ngokuqinisekileyo umntu uya kuza,
kwaye baya kuwavala amehlo akho
ngokutshayela ngesandla sabo,
kwaye iya kwenzeka.
Ndiza kulila ngokungathuthuzeleki
kwaye ndibize igama likaThixo kude kube ngumphefumlo wam
itshile yaphela
nam ndiya kube ndingekho
ukusuka kobu bomi ukuya kobunye
apho ndizotyhala isango lesibhedlele livuleke.
Abahlaseli banokundivalela emehlweni abo,
kodwa ndiya kuma.
Ukuba ingxelo kufuneka yenziwe,
Ndiza kuyenza ke
ngelitye lokuqala elingena esandleni sam
njengomphefumlo wamandulo welizwe lakowethu.
UGeorge Capaccio ungumbhali, imbongi, kunye nomdlali weqonga ngoku uhlala eDurham, kuMantla Carolina ukusukela oko wafuduka kwindawo yaseBoston. Ukususela kwiminyaka yoo-90, inkxalabo yakhe ngabantu base-Iraq phantsi kwezohlwayo ezazibekwe yi-US yamkhokelela ekubeni enze iihambo ezininzi eziya e-Iraq njengobungqina beziphumo zezi zohlwayo. Ekhaya, wayekhuthaza ukuba baphakanyiswe ngokubhala kunye nokuthetha esidlangalaleni ngelixa benyusa imali kwiintsapho zaseBaghdad awayezazi kwaye aqhubeka enxibelelana nazo.
Ukuba ufuna ukuphawula kuwo nawuphi na umxholo oku-Z okanye ubandakanyeke kwiingxoxo nabanye abafundi be-Z, kutheni ungangeni Z Ukungavisisani koluntu lwenethiwekhi umncedisi?