ngiy­athanda ke­sib­heke ukuthi uma impilo yomuntu we­si­fazane noma we­sil­isa ingam­beki es­imweni sokuthi ashade noma ashadelwe, kubalu­lake ngani ukuthi bakip­ite? mh­lawumbe ngiy­ilenhlobo en­dala, engazazi iz­into za­manje. Of course the reading here is not literal. Mantombi’s lyrics are always laden with nuance and metaphor. The burning house refers to a society facing demise. Or a society that cannot recognize itself for it has chosen many ways that do not belong to it. Maybe not chosen but been coerced, nonetheless it seems that this society has married so much of its coercer that it has lost itself. It can no longer recognize its own physiognomy. The song has some redemptive elements. It suggests, as a solution maybe, that we ought to stop this marriage to things and ways foreign. But then what follows, do we divorce that which we have already married? On 13th of the month only, Firefox will not connect with Google. | I-Firefox Isithangami Sokweseka | Ukwesekwa kwe-Mozilla