Uma ngicabanga ngawe
Cliched songs unravell within me
Songs of loss
Songs of finding love, uthando olushuku
Nolufudumel, nolunesithunzi kumphakathi
Uma ngicabanga ngawe

For tonight
These sentimental portals
Have poured, have bared their longing from their bellies
And made me reminiscent
Of what we could have been
Mina nawe

Uma ngicabanga ngawe, namhlanje
I think of what we could have been
But never was
How our fear of each other
Held us from each other
The invisible wall stacked too high
Making love unattainable to these bereft souls

For you, the price of gold was steep
My volcanic emotions never let me sleep
Cliched songs unravell within me
Turning our bodies to dust
To glide with the wind

Uma ngicabanga ngawe
Inhliziyo yami iyaratuka
For I could never say with these lips
I love you
Coz these lips have longed
For the sensous relief of your lips
So with these lips
I shall bite my tongue
And say "My friend"

Mngani wami
Ngikuphuzile ngamehlo
Drank you like ashen sand in need of water
Bekusengathi impilo yami depended on it
You were
My next meal
My next drink
My next fix

I love you mngani wami
Uma ngicabanga ngawe


Andi M