A TRIBUTE TO NELSON MANDELA (1918-2013) L I N E S T O Z I N D Z I

Zindzi,
I don’t know what can I say.
The world has lost its greatest leader.

Zindzi,
I don’t know what can I say.
The rainbow nation has lost its greatest son.

Zindzi,
I don’t know what can I say.
The world grieves for “greatest leader”.

Zindzi,
I don’t know what can I say.
S. Africa grieves for “greatest son”.

Zindzi,
I don’t know what can I say.
Your father transformed his country and himself.

Zindzi,
I don’t know what can I say.
Your father will always be father of his country.

Zindzi,
I don’t know what can I say.
Your father is the man who committed life to freedom.

Zindzi,
I don’t know what can I say.
Your father built government around reconciliation.

Zindzi,
I don’t know what can I say.
Your father inspired countless individuals during his long life.

Zindzi,
I don’t know what can I say.
Your father sacrificed all for the freedom of his people.

Zindzi,
I don’t know what can I say.
Your father learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it.

Zindzi,
I don’t know what can I say.
Your father was one of the great teachers of twentieth century.

Zindzi,
I don’t know what can I say.
Your father was a unique political figure at a unique moment in history.

Zindzi,
I don’t know what can I say.
Your father, like as Mahatma Gandhi, M L K and Mother Teresa, belongs to the ages.

Zindzi,
I don’t know what can I say.
Now your father had departed and was at peace.

Zindzi,
I don’t know what can I say.
Madiba may no longer be with us, but his journey continues on with all of us.

Zindzi,
I don’t know what can I say.
We, the citizens of the world, will always miss Madiba.

AUNG WAY (Burma)
December 6 – 2013

[Zindzi Mandela: One of Nelson Mandela’s daughters]