Kusukela kupeni lombhali, imbongi, kanye nomenzi uGeorge I-Capaccio nansi into ebuhlungu Itshe Lokuqala:
Ukube bekuyimi ePalestine
futhi ngakuthola ohlakeni
esibhedlela esishaqekile,
Bengizoguqa eduze kwakho
futhi uthathe isandla sakho esandleni sami,
sula igazi ebusweni bakho
futhi nikhulekele ukuthi uNkulunkulu anqande ukopha
njengoba nabalimele abaningi bangena ngokushesha.
Bengizokubamba ezingalweni zami
futhi ngikutshele ngelinye ilanga sizobuyela emuva
endaweni yethu yokuzalwa enyakatho
nendlu esekhona,
indlu yamatshe nezindaba esezihlolwe isikhathi
enikeza izimpilo zethu umusa wabo ohlukile.
Ngelinye ilanga leyondlu izoba eyethu, ngiyathembisa,
njengoba kwakungokukababa noyise futhi.
Khumbula ulwandle, ya habibti,
nokuthi kwasabalala kanjani phambi kwethu
njengesithembiso sokuthula esiluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka,
kanye nalezo zihlahla zomnqumo ezindala eziqinile
abazali bethu babesazisa
ngokumelana kwabo okungapheli
ebusika obubanda kakhulu
kanye namaqembu anonya abahlali.
Njengoba ngikusondeza eduze
futhi uzwe umoya wakho uphela,
Ngizokhumbula ingadi
wawuthanda kakhulu,
lowo abazali bakho abancelisayo
ngothando nangesineke
eminyakeni eminingi eyalwelwa kanzima.
Siyokha amanzi emthonjeni,
amanzi amnandi abandayo kunawo wonke
emthonjeni okhokho bethu abawumbiwayo.
Ikhona, isilinde ukuthi sibuye
ezihlahleni zom-alimondi eziqhakazile;
kanye nezihlahla zejasmine
wena wathi izimbali zikabani,
efake amakha epharadesi.
Kusihlwa, umoya usuka olwandle
izophatha izinganekwane zisuka kude.
Sizobuthana ngaphandle nomndeni wethu
ukuba netiye elinoshukela ngekhandlela
ngamaqabunga e-mint engadini,
futhi sizisize sithole amakhiwane avuthiwe
nezingcezu zamawolintshi esihlahleni samawolintshi
njengoba sisalinde ubaba, u-Hajji Salim, ukuthi aqale.
Uma ugwayi usuthelwe phansi
namalahle aseqalile ukuvutha
uyakubeka isandla sakhe phezu kwenhliziyo yakhe,
indawo lapho izindaba zakhe zigcinwa khona,
futhi abakhulule njengezimpukane zomlilo
emoyeni onephunga elimnandi lobusuku obukhanyiswe yinyanga,
ngenkathi edweba ipayipi lakhe lamanzi
namafu akhipha umhwamuko onephunga elimnandi.
Uzositshela izikhathi ezedlule
lapho kungekho muntu oweza ukuthatha izwe lethu
noma bopha ubuhle bezimpilo zethu
emaketangeni nasemaketangeni omsebenzi.
Esiphithiphithini nokwethuka kwe-ER,
Ngizocindezela isandla sakho enhliziyweni yami
futhi uzwe insimbi encane yokushaya kwenhliziyo yakho
kukhala kancane, kancane kancane,
khona-ke ngokufiphala kakhulu ukuzwa.
Ngeke ngazi ukuthi ngenzeni
uma ngikubuka, sithandwa sami,
eduze kwami โโkunamehlo ami uqobo.
Ngeke ngazi ukuthi ngenzeni
kodwa ukhalela usizo njengoba abanye bekhala
kwabathandekayo ababulawa yizikhali zakwa-Israel
noma akhishwe lapho kubhidlika izindawo zokukhosela eziqhunyiswe phezulu.
Umuntu uzofika nakanjani,
futhi bayovala amehlo akho
ngokushanela ngesineke kwesandla sabo,
futhi kuyokwenzeka.
Ngizokhala ngokungaduduzi
futhi ngibize igama likaNkulunkulu ngize ngiphefumule
ushile
nami ngizobe ngingasekho
kusukela kulokhu kuphila kuya kokunye
lapho ngizophusha khona isango lesibhedlela.
Abadubuli bangangivalela emehlweni abo,
kodwa mina ngizakuma.
Uma kuzokwenziwa isitatimende,
ngizophumelela ke
ngetshe lokuqala elilingana nesandla sami
njengomphefumulo wasendulo wezwe lakithi.
UGeorge Capaccio ungumbhali, imbongi, kanye nomculi manje ohlala eDurham, eNyakatho neCarolina selokhu asuka endaweni yaseBoston. Kusukela ngeminyaka yawo-90s, ukukhathazeka kwakhe ngabantu base-Iraq ngaphansi kwezinswinyo ezazibekwe yi-US kwamenza wathatha uhambo oluningi oluya e-Iraq njengobufakazi bemiphumela yalezi zijeziso. Ekhaya, wakhuthaza ukuthi baphakanyiswe ngokubhala nokukhuluma esidlangalaleni ngenkathi beqongelela imali yemindeni yaseBaghdad ayeyazi futhi asaqhubeka nokuxhumana nayo.
Uma ufuna ukuphawula nganoma yikuphi okuqukethwe ku-Z noma uhileleke ezingxoxweni nabanye abafundi be-Z, kungani ungajoyini Z Ukungaboni ngaso linye komphakathi iseva?