Weep Swaziland Weep! Poem by Qiniso Mogale

Weep Swaziland weep!
Weep bitterly!
Weep inconsolably!
Weep sorrowfully!
Weep agonisingly!
Weep because your once vibrant economy
is crumbling
Weep because your once vibrant economy is in the intensive care unit
Your economy is being suffocated to death by greed
Your economy is dying an agonising death.

Weep Swaziland weep!
Weep bitterly!
Weep because you have chosen wrongly
Weep because you have chosen the love for money over the love for God
You have disregarded the vision of King Somhlolo who advised that you chose God
You have scorned the advice of the wise king
By extension you have disobeyed God who gave King Somhlolo the vision
By extension you have rejected the Almighty God.

Weep Swaziland weep!
Weep bitterly!
You are held in bondage by greed
You have been enslaved by greed
How saddening!
How frustrating!
How pitiful!
How shameful!