Zulu

Nomvula Wearing ubuhlalu (zulu beads), isicholo (hat) and a colourful umbrella

“It HAS TO BE SAID... Zulu is a beautiful Language... Spoken and Written... I just get so excited.... Get someone who knows, speaks and writes Genuine Zulu and you will know what I mean”

Those are the words that insipred me...

My heart longs for him

inhliziyo yam iyavutha

akuwona umlilo we big Nuz

loluthando lungaba ingozi kumina 

kepha angifune muntu ozolucisha

out of the blue our paths colided

ngiyafisa ukuwazi ukuthi wayevelaphi lobhuti

ofana naye angikaze ngihlangana naye

wavele wafika eskhaleni,esthubeni wangiheha

oh how he Woo'd me with his sweet words

amazwi akhe ayengafani nawabanye

aye hlukile kakhulu, ngangingeke ngimfanise nomunye umuntu,

wayezimisele, emise okwenkosi yakwa zulu, engeve egqoke kahle

iscathulo sakhe singesukum'phansi

Love takes time and so he gave me his time inreturn for my heart

wayengajahile, futhi wayezithathela iskhathi sakhe

wathi kimi, "lelilanga elethu sodwa ungesabi, yimina nawe sthandwa

kade ngangimfuna ofana nawe, njengoba sengikutholile angisoze ngakulahla"

Oh how my heart melted

wase ethi "ngiyawuzwa umculo wenhliziyo yakho, uyangibiza uthi 'Qonda ngqo unge duki' 

sengifikile manje, ngizokucela kubazali bakho, ngizokuwezna owakwam"

let he not be lead astray, in his heart is is where i belong

My Zulu Warrior, with no spear or weapon he won me over, the battle was not mine to fight

Wangishela efuna ngimqome, ngasesengimthanda ngalesoskhathi, 

ngangingeke ngicabange ukumphoxha

ngangisaba kodwa ngingazi ngisabani

ngicabanga ukuth angase abaleke nenhliziyo yami, ngangizokwenzenjani

ngavele ngathi kuyena, "Lalela La, angisona isilima, futhi nje Anginaso iskhathi sokudlala"

Wangibambela eduze whathi/he whispered "thula thula, shh shh shh" wangicindezela esfubeni sakhe

ngalesoskhathi kwakuthi angikhale, kanti ngizomuzwa ethi "uwena wedwa sthandwa, lalela nayi inhliziyo yami iyaku memeza, ibiza igama lakho lodwa, lalela umculo wothando, ngiyakuthanda Nomvula"

at this point his intentions were very clear

kwakungathi ngiya phupha

kwafika emqondweni ukuthi angizi ncinze

ngizokwazi ukuvuvka ephushweni

angifuni ukuzihlupa ngiphinde ngiphuke inhliziyo ngokuzikhohlisa ngento engekho

"hawe Ma, kwaze kwabuhlungu" ngazizwa ngimemeza, ngikhala- sengizilimaza, ngiyncinza 

ngasengibona uukthi akulona iphupho leli

Kwasukasukela! Cosi! akuyona ngisho nenganekwane,

This was my reality not a fairytale