No idea which section to put this in...

[NH]

"mbilu ndi mbili
inwe ndi dala inwe ndi tsuku"

"15 lines Private Poem"- Ike Muila.

Any expert on African languages know what this means? The writer in question was born in Soweto, if that helps at all.

[naz_nomad]

Mukalaha vho ngomela ha vhuya ha fhela maduvha mavhili othe vha sa iswi vhuongeloni naho hu ha tshigoma-mutanda zwatsho.

[NH]

Erm...probably should have said I wanted it in English.

I suppose the question was a little presumptuous.

[deadmanshand]

Ndi khou pfa ********** nandi, ndi hone ndo lovha. A huna ane a nga thusa-vho naa? Vhannga-we, a nidi na nthusa na wee!. Thamusi mudzimu o vha a tshi do mmbavhalela nda fhola. A thi khou lwala lwa u fa lini�. A vha ndi mukalaha Vho-Manugu vhane vha khou gungula hu sina ane a vha lavhelesa kha vha vhavho vha vhathannga. Avha vhanwe a ri vha ambi vhunga vho vhingwa. Vhothe vha sokouri kha iye ya ha masonganalo ndi kale vho tshila. Munwe na munwe o lavhelesa uri u do wana mukovhe kha kholomo dza mukalaha vha tshi tsiruwa. Zwenezwi zwa kholomo zwo vha balelisa na u shuma.

Mukalaha vho ngomela ha vhuya ha fhela maduvha mavhili othe vha sa iswi vhuongeloni naho hu ha tshigoma-mutanda zwatsho. U vhona zwo ralo vha vho di ruma na u fhira fhano shangoni. Vha vho vhona vha tshi khou lenga ufa vha fhambana nazwo. Ndi hone vho salaho vha tshi do sala vha tshidi phina vhunga vha sa koni u di phina zwino.

Mukalaha Vho-Manungu vha khou dzula kha uyu muta wavho muhulu we vha u fhata musi vha tshi kha di dipfa. Muthu a nga di ndi musanda a tshi sedza kudzulele kwa nndu dza hone. Zwino ho no tangana na edzi dza vhana vhavho i tou vha thavhani vhukukuma.

Nga duvha la vhuraru vha elekanya uya ha nwana wavho wa musidzana. Huno ndi kule vhunga Tshisahulu hu kule na Nzhelele naho hu na zwi namelwa. Kha muthu wa mukalaha a dovha avha atshi khou lwala a si fhano. Naho zwo ralo vha sokou dzhena ndilani na vhulwadze havho. Vha sa ralo vha do tou vhuya vha fela henfha nduni vhathu vho lavhelesa. U tshimbila ha mukalaha, muthu u di pfa unga u khou kona ngeno o tuwesa. Afho zwo vha zwi songo ralo vhunga na masheleni ovha a tshi ndi bva vhubvo. Mafhungo a uri mukalaha vho dzhena ndilani ya uya Nzhelele a swika ndevheni dza Mathsaya na Tshikonelo. Vha humbula vha guma nga la uri mukalaha a vho ngo fanelwa nga u swika hune vha khou ya hone vhunga vha tshi nga kha di fhola. Naho zwo ralo a vho ngo toda u to di dzhenis

[deadmanshand]

hope that helped NH

[NH]

Funnily enough, it didn't.

[chicklin]

Think NH wanted a translation

[NH]

Cheers chicklin. That's exactly what I wanted. But 2 nutcases can't seem to understand the language I want it translated into.