Ubomi bePirate

Jo ho, Jo ho, igama lam ndinguPirate. Ndiyakuphanga, ndibulale, ndikuxhaphaze; ekupheleni kwemini ndisuke ndankwantya. Ndithatha endinokukufumana kwaye andize ndonele. Kuba oko kuyinxalenye yomfanekiso wam wokuziphatha, yinkohliso yokwenene leyo. Enzulwini yehlathi, xa ndifikileyo emhlabeni, ndozimela khona, ndibabambe ngesandla abafazi bakho. Kaloku ndiyi pirate ayikho enye into. Inyaniso yam bubuxoki bakho, ndithatha ndibile kwaye ndiyaqhatha. Ukuba ndilibalisela ibali lam, andizukuya kude kakhulu kuba uzobe ubala. Bonke ubuxoki endibubhengezayo kunye nentliziyo ebuhlungu endiyibangelayo. Kodwa yonke le nto yinyani yam, ke mamela kwaye uqaphele ukuba kwenzeke ntoni na.

Kuba andiphumeleli elwandle, kodwa kumanzi anzongonzongo, indawo eqhutywa ngamadoda aneemela eziya kuthi kungekudala zibe ngasemva kwam. Mamela ke andiyo pirate noba amadoda amakhulu atsho yonke imihla. Ndikhangela nje ubutyebi ekumele ukuba bukude nendawo yam. Ngenxa yokuba indawo yam igutyungelwe lunkwantyo nemfazwe, yiyo loo nto ndikhwele kweli phenyane. Ngoko ke, khawuncede, ukholwe kum, andizanga apha ukuze ndilube uxolo lwakho, kodwa nje ukuba ndibaleke kubo, amadoda ngokwemiyalelo yawo. Ngoko ndahamba ngesikhephe ndingazi ukuba umphathi-mkhosi wayeza kundisa phi ekugqibeleni. Kaloku ke yivani, xa umfi evuma iingoma zakhe, engasekho; ngokuba wathinjwe yindlala nobushushu. Andifanelekanga na kuwe? Xa ndizama ukuqonda bavele bandijikele. Ukuzilahlela ngoku kuyanwenwa apha, kuba ndiqhube kude kakhulu ukuze ndifumane into endiyifumene ngaphambili. So ngoku ndime phambi kwe gate evaliweyo kwakhona ndizibuza ukuba ndenzani ngobomi bam, lingakanani ibhadi endinalo? Kodwa ndingoyena usondeleyo kum kwaye ke ndenza konke okusemandleni am ukuze ndiphile, nokuba bandinika zonke izizathu zokungandi. Yehla ke kwelihashe lakho liphezulu uzondibona ukuba nam ndiyinzala yomntu, umntu ozelwe ethandwa, endaweni yoko abaninzi abam bayafa.

Jo ho, Jo ho, igama lam andililo ipirate, andiyonombolo, kodwa ndingunozakuzaku. Kufuneka nje uvule amehlo akho, kwaye mhlawumbi nentliziyo yakho. Kodwa hlala ukhumbula, mhlobo wam, impatho-mbi yobubele bakho nayo iphakathi kwethu. Kodwa ke, yoho, iipirates azisebenzi kakuhle.