IZIMPISI
Bongani Mavuso
1 Uma kukuhle ziyangazi
2 Uma kukubi azingazi
‘Uma’ –Ukuxhumana Siqalo
‘Ku’- Imvumelwano Maphakathi
‘-zi’- Imvumelwano sigcino
‘Ziyangazi/Azingazi’ - ukwenzasamuntu
Umuqga (line) 1: If all is well, they want to be around me, they want to hang out with
me.
Umugqa(line) 2 : once everything starts going downhill or wrong, all of a sudden
they distance themselves from me.
3 Izimpisi ezigqoke isikhumba semvu(sheep).
4 Cha zinonya(cruelty, hatred, evil hearted) olungakaze lubonwe
‘Izimpisi eziqgoke isikhumba semvu’ : ukuba ngumkhohlisi : Being a
hypocrite.
‘Unya’ : Inhliziyo embi : Evil hearted, Cruel
Umugqa(line) 3: These hyenas/ wolves that clothe themselves with the skin of a
sheep
(but because the poem is refering to people, the translation would be: The two faced
backstabbers who on the outside seem as innocent as sheep/ ‘wear’ masks that
make them seem like good people.)
Umugqa(line) 4: They are truly cruel/evil hearted.
5 Elimhlophe ziliveza lapho ngiqhamuka,
6 Kuyothi lapho ngisithela zingibeke amabala,
‘Elimhlophe’ – izinyo, izinyo limhlophe. The poet is referring to a ‘tooth’
because teeth are white.
‘Ngiqhamuka’ – uma ngivela. As i approach them, as soon as i appear.
‘Ngisithela’- uma ngisuka phambi kwazo. As soon as i leave / turn my back
against them.
‘Zingibeke amabala’ – ukugxeka/ ziyangigxeka. They critize me.
Umugqa(line) 5: They only smile when they see me approach them/ as i get closer
to them.
Umugqa(line) 6: However as soon as i turn my back against them (ngisithela)/ As
soon as i walk away, they start criticizing me.
7 Zinjalo-Ke izimfamona,
8 Azifuni ukubona omunye umuntu enotho
‘Izimfamona’ – Abantu abanomona, abangafuni ukukubona uphumelela.
Haters/ Jealous people, those that don’t want to see you succeed.
‘Enotho’ / ‘Utho’ – Okuthile. Something.
Umugqa(line) 7: That is exactly how jealous people are like / Thats exactly how
haters act.
Zothile Tatiana Nkomo
,Umugqa (line) 8: They never want to see other people achieve something/ They
never want to see someone achieve something great/good.
Izinto okumele uzazi >< Things you need to know:
1. Isakhiwo senkondlo: The Structure of the poem:
Le nkondlo yakhiwe ngesitanza (Stanza) esisodwa.This poem is only made
up of one stanza.
Inemigqa (lines) eyisishigalombili, ayilingani futhi ivalekile ngoba
ineziphumuzi/izimpawu zokuloba. It has 8 lines, the lines are unequal (length-
wise) and it has punctuation marks (iziphumuzi/izimpawu zokuloba) meaning
the lines are closed ‘ivalekile’. NB Punctuation marks could as slow down or
increase the pace of the rhythm. Izimpawu zokuloba zingayenza isigqi
(rhythm) senkondlo ukuthi sisheshe (fast) noma sinense ( slow).
2. Indikimba yenkondlo: The theme of the poem:
Umona – Jealousy.
Ukuziphatha kwabantu balolu hlobo bavamise ukwenziwa umona. Imbongi
iyasho ukuthi ‘Abafuni ukubona omunye umuntu enotho’. The way the actions
of people that are described in the poem give us an idea that it is because of
jelousy. The poet (imbongi) further substantiates this by ending the peom by
saying ‘They never want to see someone achive something/ something good’.
3. Umoya wenkodlo: The tone of the poem:
Umoya walenkondlo ngowokwexwayisa. Imbong ixwayisa abafundi
balenkondlo ngabantu abazimpisi, abayingozi. The poet is warning the
readers of the poem about haters, jealous people, two-faced people and the
danger/threat that they may pose.
Umoya walenkondlo uphinde ubengowobuhlungu ngenxa yezenzo zohlobo
lwabantu abanjalo. The poet also shows a painful tone this because of how
these people act.
4. Uhlobo lwenkondlo: The type of poem:
Yilirikhi—ngoba kulenkondlo imbongi iveza imizwa yayo ngalolu hlobo
lwabantu abayizimpisi. Yilirikhi, This is so because the poet expresses his
feeings about haters, two-faced people, jealous people, hypocritical people
(izimpisi)
Yisathaya—ngoba imbongi igxeka izenzo zabantu abafana nezimpisi.
Yisathaya, This is so because the poet is criticizing the actions of these
jealous people.
5. Izimpawu: The symbols:
Izimpisi—Hyenas/Wolves
o Izimpisi zimela abantu abenza sengathi bayakuthanda kantu
bayakukhohlisa.
o The hyenas/wolves symbolize the people who will ask as if they
like/love you and yet behind your back, its a different story, they
symbolize hypocrites.
Imvu—Sheep
o Imvu imela umuntu onomoya omuhle nenhliziyo ezinhle.
o The sheep is a symbol of kind-hearted people.
Zothile Tatiana Nkomo
, Imbongi iphinde isho ithi, 'Azifuni
ukubona omunye umuntu enotht'.
ikhuluma ngokuthi laba abantu
abafuni ukubona abanye
bephumelela. The poet also states
that these type of people usually don't
like seeing other people do well or do
better than them. This a translation of
the last line of the poem.
Imbongi ithi laba abantu bafuna
ukuba nawe umakumnandi kodwa
uma usebunzimeni abanandab Inkondlo ikhuluma ngabantu
nawe. Lokhu kukhombisa ukuthi UMQONDO abenza sengathi bayasithanda
bayizenzisi. The poet states that OSOBALA: kanti bayasikhohlisa. This poem
whenever things are going well for talks about the people who act
you, they want to be around you, MAIN IDEA OF as if they love us whereas they
surround themselves with you but THE POEM: are just being fake.
once things go downhil, they won't
bother themselves helping you.
This shows that they are
pretenders (abazenzisi)
Imbongi iveza lowomqondo ngokusebenzisa impisi
njengophawu lwabantu abakhohlakeleyo, abanenhliziyo
ezimbi. The poet shows this by using hyenas/wolves as
symbols representing people who are cruel and evil-
hearted.
Umyalezo walenkondlo:
Imbong iyaxwayisa abafundi balenkondlo ngzimfamona ngoba kusukela
ekuqaleni abakaze bakuthanda, bahlezi bekufisela izinto ezimbi.
The poet is warning the readers about people who are two-faced, haters
and evil-hearted and about how they never loved/ had good intentions
from the beginning, they have always had bad intentions.
Iphinde futhi ikhulume ngokubaluleka kokuba nabantu abanjengabo
empilweni zethu ngoba yibo laba abantu abasenza sifune ukwenza
kahle/siphumelele empilweni zethu.
The poet also states that such people in our lives gives us the drive/ the
motivation to do better/ to want to do well in life.
Zothile Tatiana Nkomo
, Ngikhathele ngidiniwe
Bongani Mavuso
1 Ngikhathele ngidiniwe,
2 Amehlo ami agcwele ubhici,
‘Ngi’—ukhombisa ukuthi imbongi ikhuluma ngokuthi yona
izizwa njani. ‘Ngi’ – shows that the poet is referring to himself.
‘Ubhici’ – ulwelwe oluba semehlweni olubasemehlweni
oludala ukungaboni kahle ngokucacile.Luthola emehlweni
uma usanda kuvuka noma uma ungabuka indawo eyodwa
isikhathi eside. This is known as eye discharge that results
from sleeping or starring at something for a long period of time.
It causes a cloudy vision.
Umugqa/Line 1: I am so tired, i am so fed up.
Umugqa/Line 2: My eyes are full of eye disharcharge.
3 Ngenxa yesici,
4 Esibhacekwe emzimbeni wami ngidiniwe.
‘ci’—imvumelwano sigcino ( umugqa/line 2 and 3 )
‘sici’—iphutha. Fault/ weakness/ temptation.
‘-bhacekwa’—namathiselwa/nemeka. Attached to.
‘Esibhacekwe’—izwa yokubona, One of the senses – Eye-sight.
Umugqa (line) 3: Because of this fault/ what i’m seeing, ( the poet is most probably referring
to the content being displayed on TV)
Umugqa (line) 4: That is being
5 Mabonakude uyinkathazo,
6 Uyinkathazo mabonakube,
‘Mabonakude’ – ukuxhumana okuyingxemu
‘Mabonakude’ – ukuxhumana okuyisiphambano
(isiphambano: cross, just as shown in the screenshot)
‘Uyinkathazo’ – ukuxhumana okuyingxemu
‘Uyinkathazo’ – ukuxhumana okuyisiphambano.
‘Uyinkathazo’—Isingathekiso,Metaphor.
Umugqa/Line 5 – Television you are problematioc/troublesome
Umugqa/Line 6 – You are problematic television.
NB: The poet is directly addressing/ directly talking to the TV.
7 Udoba izingane ngopopayi,
8 Zikholwe yiyo yonke le mfishimfishi,
‘Udoba’—uyenga. You lure.
‘Opopayi’ – izinto ezingasilona iqiniso. Cartoons/Fake objects.
‘Mfishimfishi’ – amanga/ into engekho. Lies/ Something that doesn’t exist.
Umugqa/ Line 7: You lure children through cartoons.
Zothile Tatiana Nkomo
