Dzina Lanu
Leza. Chisumphi. Namalenga. Chauta. Chiuta. Mbona. Mphambe. Mangadzi. These were your names Before the time when you were prescribed Before something more common replaced you, Mulungu Ancient. Full of power and mystery These were the names for the times when we danced When your daughters, Makewana, offered prayers for the masses When the dust led us to you The rains were a response to you, evidence of you, the joy of you For you were not brought to us Not transported across the seas Not confounded to a single mind But have always been here Whispering in the wind We’ve seen your evidence in the skies Uta wa Leza For you’ve always shined We see your slow messengers Birimankhwe Carrying promises of hope for all kind The first prints of time found on mountains wide Dzalanyama Kaphirintiwa Where fire chased you from our side Now in the heavens where you reside Amayi Malawi, forever impacted by your hands of time You are the one we know,...