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Write a poem in a language you know aside from English and then translate it back into English.
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Mnezz in Poetry & Free Verse

Ni chikondi!

mutima wanga ima lila

pamene ni ma kuona

menso yanga alangana muli yako

vini wuza chani?

kamwa yako iyenda maningi

kamba pangono pangono, napapata

na nvela manje vamena wenzo niuza

ufuna mutima yanga—

niza kupasa chamene ufuna.

my heart beats

whenever I see you

my eyes gaze deeply into yours

what do they tell me?

your mouth moves quite fast

speak much slower, please

now I’ve heard what it is u were sayin’

you want my heart—

i’ll give you what you want.

#Ni chikondi!