33 Ngako wenta kutsi emalanga abo endlule ashabalale njengemoya, neminyaka yabo yacedvwa tehlakalo.
“Umuntfu lotelwe ngumfati unemalangana nje lambalwa ekuphila, nawo agcwele lusizi.
“Lite lelite!” kusho uMshumayeli. “Kulite mbamba! Konkhe kulite.”
UMshumayeli utsi: “Lite lelite, konkhe kulite.”
Nitakufa, tidvumbu tenu tigcwale lonkhe lelihlane, nonkhe nine lenineminyaka lengema-20 kuya etulu nangenela lubalo, nangisola nekungisola.
Bantfwabenu batawuba belusi khona lapha, kuze kuphele iminyaka lengema-40, bahlupheka ngenca yekungetsembeki kwenu, kuze kufe newekugcina wenu.
Mine, Simakadze, sengikhulumile, futsi ngitakwenta loko kuso sonkhe lesive lesonakele lesihlanganele kumelana nami. Batawuhlangana nesiphetfo sabo lapha kulelihlane, baphelele khona.”