YO SPACE:

How sweet!

Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe
Home of millions
The hissing snakes
The barking dogs
The crowing cocks
And the roaring lions
How sweet!

Rich with your people
Vast with your green vegetation
Proud of your blue sky
Your howing rivers
Boundful with your animal forest
How sweet!

Come forth and
Taste the sweetness of being born
In Africa
Land of peace
Land of plenty
Land of sky high mountains
Land of deep-flowing rivers
Your rain-pregnant clouds
How sweet!

I have much pride being
Born a Zimbabwean
The finest race among all races
Rich with a dignified culture
A culture that promotes
Unity, peace and prosperity
How sweet Zimbabwe is . . .
Its parks, oh, yes!
Saturated with game,
The elephants, the hyena, the giraffe
The buffalo — you name it
The list is endless
How sweet!

Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe!
My motherland
The flower of civilisation
98% literacy rate
Full of women filled with dignity
Women of resilience
Full of empowered, educated women
How sweet!
Oh, yes!
Go ahead and rob me of
My car, money, wealth
All that I will surrender
But never my birthright
Zimbabwe
How sweet!                        

Mirian Gono, Form 3