VANHU LAVA SALEKEKE · Nkandziyiso wa Xitsonga · Nhlayo 7
A KU NA ADIRESE LEYI TIYEKE
Ku na nkarhi lowu mepe wu tshikaka ku va mepe naswona wu va ntokoto. Eka mina swi humelele hi ku nonoka — a ku ri na roso ya vuepiki, ntsena nyangwa yi pfulekile, endzhaku ka yona a ku ri misava. Loko u siya ndhawu leyi u kuleke eka yona, xilo xosungula lexi u xi lahlekaka i xihlawuhlawu xa leswaku ndlela ya wena yo hanya i yona ya ntumbuluko. Kutani u kuma vulaveleko byin’wana, mixinya yin’wana, hinkwabyo bya na xichavo lexifana na bya wena.
Tiko rin’wana ni rin’wana a ri woneka ri hlamusela nguva yin’wana ya ntsheketo wun’we wa vumunhu. Tindzimi ti cincile, swikandza swi cincile, kambe swivutiso swi sale swi fana: ku aka ndyangu ha ndlela yihi, ku sirhelela leswi u swi rhandzaka ha ndlela yihi. Vanhu vo tala va ehleketa leswaku ku famba swi vula ku suka. A hi ntiyiso. Ku famba swi vula ku cinca vonelo.
Loko u hanya ekule swinene, rito ‘kaya’ ri cinca nhlamuselo. A ri ha fambelani na adirese kumbe doroba. Ri va leswi u swi kotaka ku famba na swona — mianakanyo, switsundzuxo, vanhu lava u va rhandzaka. Ndzi dyondzile leswaku vanhu va fana swinene na leswi va swi chavaka ku tlula leswi va swi kumeke, naswona i eka ku tsana loku ku phavumelanaka lokunene ku velekiwaka.
Eku heteleleni, ku cinca lokukulu a hi ku suka ku ya etikweni rin’wana. A ku ri ku suka evonelweni leri tsongo ku ya eka leri andzeke. Misava yi cincile adirese. Naswona adirese yintshwa a hi mina.
Ferdinando Frega
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