Sivelisa, sisebenzise, kodwa ngelishwa kakhulu kakhulu
sikhawuleza silibale ukuba: "Yintoni injongo yethu?"
Ukonwaba ngokuba nezinto yinto esinethemba layo
kodwa umhlaba wethu, ewe uchaphazeleke kakhulu kuwo.
Siba izixhobo esingenalungelo lazo ',
ukusetyenziswa kwethu kule mihla, ngelishwa, kulula kakhulu.
Ukucoca amahlathi, ukumpompa ioyile, inye into ekufuneka ivunywa,
ngaphandle kwethu umhlaba ubuya kujongeka ungcono kakhulu.
Endaweni yevumba elimnandi leentyatyambo
yi-CO2 kuphela edadayo emoyeni wethu,
umaleko we-ozone sele uvaliwe,
lonke igalelo libalulekile.
Kodwa ngoku zibuze umbuzo
umhlaba uphuma nini emva kwemini?
Usuku nosuku kufuneka esilwele
kwaye siyambulela ngomsi oyityhefu.
"Ngaba ndiyayidinga nyani loo nto?" Kufuneka iphinde iqwalaselwe
Phambi kokuba sinikezele ngemali yethu kwiikickknacks.
Ngaba ndiye ndangumntu ongcono ngenxa yokuba ndinempahla engaphezulu?
Okanye ngaba oku kuthenga bekungayi kuba yimfuneko kwakhona?
Ubomi obungcono buthenjiswe kum ngezinto
kodwa ngokusetyenziswa kwanamhlanje yonke imithetho yemozulu yaphulwe.
Ukuthathela ingqalelo umhlaba ayisiyiyo inketho apha,
Ukucinga kwethu okungakhanyiswanga kuhlala kuyinto engathandekiyo.
Oko kufunwa lihlabathi lethu ngoku kubonakala kucace gca
inkcubeko entsha yomthengi kuya kufuneka iphuhliswe ekuhambeni kweminyaka.
Uninzi kufuneka ngoku lutsibe kuloliwe,
ekuphela kwendlela yokugcina ikamva lethu.
Ukuqubha ngokuchasene nexesha langoku: kunzima kakhulu ekuqaleni,
kodwa ngaphandle kokuzibophelela kwethu akukho tshintsho.
Kodwa ayisiyiyo indalo kuphela eya kubulela kuwe
uya kufumana amandla angakumbi ebomini bakho.
Ngokwabelana, ukuboleka, ukunciphisa,
uncumo luya kuhombisa ubuso bakho
ukonwaba kakhulu uya kuhamba ebomini
kwaye ungalibambi ikamva lezizukulwana ezizayo.
Ke ukuchuma kwezinto eziphathekayo yinto nje encinci,
endaweni yokutshabalalisa okusingqongileyo okuxabisekileyo.
Kwangelo xesha, indawo yenzelwe izinto ezibalulekileyo kulo mhlaba,
ucinga kabini ngaphambi koku-odola iphakheji elandelayo yeAmazon.
Yiba nombulelo ngento onayo
kuba umhlaba sele uhluthi kukuziphatha kwabathengi bethu.
Ngoba: ngubani ofuna iebhatyi ezine ezahlukileyo zasebusika,
ezingalunganga ngaphandle kokungcwaba okokugqibela kwezixhobo zethu?
Ngaba ucinga ngoku: "Umntu omnye yedwa akatshintshi kangako."
Emva koko ucinga ngokuchanekileyo: "Sifuna injongo enye!"
Sisonke kufuneka sitsale kunye
Kungoko kuphela umhlaba oya kuthi usixolele izono zethu zokusingqongileyo.
Ke masenze into yokugcina umhlaba wethu uqhubeka ixesha elide
kuba sithi ababumba ikamva lethu!
Masihambise into kunye
ke umhlaba uya kusisikelela ixesha elide.
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