Imvelo Yinhle (Nature is Beautiful)
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09/03/2021
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By Ayanda Melansi, South Africa. Listen to this poem about the beauty of nature, told in English and isiZulu, from the book Ingwazi by Julie Khumalo.
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- [00:00:08.150]Sanibonani! Hello!
- [00:00:11.300]My name is Amanda Melansi and I am from Durban South Africa.
- [00:00:16.220]Today,
- [00:00:16.790]I am going to read for you a poem from a book by an author
- [00:00:21.260]called Julile Busisiwe Khumalo and the title of the book
- [00:00:26.120]it is called Ingwazi.
- [00:00:28.700]And the poem I am going to read for you.
- [00:00:31.550]It is titled Imvelo Yinhle
- [00:00:34.130]Nature is beautiful.
- [00:00:39.810][Zulu language]
- [00:00:44.330][Zulu language]
- [00:00:46.370][Zulu language]
- [00:00:50.090][Zulu language]
- [00:00:55.160]Nature, you are beautiful.
- [00:00:58.580]You change from time to time, but you never lose your beauty
- [00:01:05.000][Zulu language]
- [00:01:07.310][Zulu language]
- [00:01:12.230][Zulu language]
- [00:01:16.970]In summer,
- [00:01:17.630]You glow your beauty shines. In
- [00:01:22.160]winter. You are doom,
- [00:01:25.040]but then your beauty is still there [Zulu language]
- [00:01:29.660][Zulu language]
- [00:01:34.550][Zulu language] You bring hope by
- [00:01:39.410]your shine.
- [00:01:40.880]And you also bring happiness by your words.
- [00:01:46.230][Zulu language]
- [00:01:49.850][Zulu language]
- [00:01:55.070]your noise and your voice is heard through the sounds of the birds.
- [00:02:00.950]You bring joy at every given time.
- [00:02:06.680][Zulu language]
- [00:02:08.660][Zulu language]
- [00:02:13.510][Zulu language]
- [00:02:18.410][Zulu language]
- [00:02:21.830][Zulu language]
- [00:02:25.550][Zulu language]
- [00:02:28.490][Zulu language]
- [00:02:31.700][Zulu language]
- [00:02:36.440][Zulu language]
- [00:02:41.720]You even show your beauty through the clouds that cover the
- [00:02:45.830]mountains that covers the trees,
- [00:02:49.010]even in darkness at night,
- [00:02:51.590]you still show us your beauty Imvelo Yinhle.
- [00:02:57.110]This is a poem by an author called Julile
- [00:03:00.880]Busisiwe Khumalo from her book called
- [00:03:05.440]Ingwazi. Thank you very much.
- [00:03:09.970]My name again is Ayanda Melansi and I am from
- [00:03:14.020]South Africa.
- [00:03:15.400]The language that I read the poem end is isiZulu
- [00:03:19.840]isiZulu
- [00:03:20.680]It is a majority language in southern Africa,
- [00:03:25.420]which is spoken by Nguni people.
- [00:03:28.360]Nguni people are people that are Zulu that are Swati,
- [00:03:32.920]that are Xhosa, and that Ndebele. I thank you.
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