LINTSHONTSHO LIKATATA ELI!

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LINTSHONTSHO LIKATATA ELI!


Ntshontsho Lionel Gutyungwa 

20/05/1962 - 24/09/2021


“Iyekeni inkwenkwe izonwabele,

kuba lento iyinkwenkwe imdaka, ligeza!

kuze kubekh’ indoda kuzalw’ inkwenkwe:

ze umfazi abonis' ukuzinza kwakhe!”


uNtshontsho ube ngeyo nkwenkwe nje,

ube ngengo nyana kwisini.

uNtshontsho ube lintshontsho likaTata

Yinkwenkwe kaTata le!


uthe wakulizwa ngonyana phakathi koonyana bakhe,

into kaFuyizizwe yonela yancam’ ingeka gribi:

yathi olusana lubomvana, lumpundu mpundu lintshontsho lam.

Lintshontsho likaTata eli!


xeshekweni kuphel’ isonk’ ekhayeni,

kwaku phel’ umgubo, wena nyama, swekile netyuwa:

ikhab’ ukwal’ isoporo kway’ ixhalabil’ nendlala


uTata akanoshukuma noba angaxelwa, engxengwa.

abe cwaka, etye tyum ngath’ akevanga nto


into kaFuyizizwe ayino phakamis’ nomnwe lo:

engeka vakalis’ umsindo wakh’ uNtshontsho.

sakuvakal’ isgezo ezibhuqa bhuqa phantsi elila:

Tata kuph’ imali kulanjiw’ ekhayeni!



zide zigrobok’ iipokoto zikaTata, ayikhuphe

iphum’ imali noba encwina nje kuzohluthwa namhlanje.

ikhumbul’ into kaFuyizizwe ukubana lintshontsho lakhe eli.


uNtshontsho ube ngeyo nkwenkwe nje,

ube ngengo nyana nje kwisini.

uNtshontsho ube lintshontsho likaTata

Yinkwenkwe kaTata le!


Nyana kaFuyizizwe, mzukulwane kaMzayifani.

Myirh’ omhle, thambolenyoka,

lihlab’ elimzondayo


Nkomo zikaMyirha zikaMzondi, zikaXushe, zikaNdzutha, zikaTshutshu, zikaGabadela,

Nkomo zikaSampu, zikaNyekwayo, zikaZiyeka, zikaGxabha, zikaMpulane

Lala ngoxolo!!


Ndlelantle Myirha, Ntshontsho likaTata

uFuyizizwe, kaMzayifani kaBaklein!

hlumela likaKhokho nentsika yomzikazi

Joseph Gutyungwa


uNqulo ngo Ntshontsho Lionel Gutyungwa ongasekhoyo

lubhalwe nguMninawe wakhe: Sydney Pikelela Gutyungwa

© Ngomhla wamashumi amabini anesithandathu (26) KweyoMsintsi (September) Nonyaka (2021) 


NB: My humble apologies to all my international readers for writing this Eulogy for my Departed Brother in my Native Xhosa Language. It is not intended for English speaking audiences. Too irrelevant to translate as it will hardly be meaningful.


 

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