IMara Ne-Elim

Namhlanje yiElim neminquma namaqula ayo,
Imithunzi yolonwabo kwintlango ediniweyo;
IbiyiMira izolo, ingamawa nentlabathi,
Utshiswa lilanga nokubethwa sisizungu.
Kanti kwaloo ntlango inako kokubini ngokufanayo
Umoya oshushu ondanda phezu komhlaba
Ukunaba kwentili kukukhusele konke,
Kwazona ezo ntaba zibarhangqile.

Kunjalo kuthi apha emhlabeni, kwangokunjalo
Ndikhumbula ukuba kuhleli kunjalo kakade;
Ubukrakra nobumnandi, ukukhala novuyo,
Kuhleli kundawonye, kodwa kwahlulwe yimini.

Maxa wambi uThixo wenza ubukrakra bube mnandi,
Maxa wambi usinika amanzi omthombo amnandi; Maxa wambi usikhusela ngentsika yelifu,
Maxa wambi uzisa umthunzi womnquma omnandi.

Ibaluleke ngantoni? Akusayi kuba kudala;
IMara ne-Elim ziyadlula ngokufanayo;
Amaqula neminquma yentlango yethu aza kuphela,
Sifika kuwo “umzi kaThixo” ekugqibeleni.
O lizwe elimnandi! Ngaphaya kweenduli zesithukuthezi,
Apho kumpompoza ngovuyo imithombo yaphakade;
O Paradesi engcwele! Ngaphezu kwala mazulu,
Apho kophelela khona ukubhadula kwethu entlango.UL 201.2

--Horatius Bonar.