Isiqhamo esingaqhelekanga
Emva kokumamela iSiqhamo esiSmanga nguNina Simon okokuqala, umzimba wam waphendula ngokuzigquma ngamaqhuqhuva njengoko amehlo am evaleleke bubunzima bosizi emva kokuba umxholo weengoma ucacile engqondweni yam. Kwiintsuku kamva emva kokuhambisa amava, ndiphanda ngembali kwaye ndeva imvelaphi kaBilly Holiday. Umyalezo uye wangena nzulu emzimbeni wam kwaye ndaqonda ukuba indalo iza kukhula kungekudala. Kwafuneka ndiqonde ukuba le ngoma yabakho njani ndaza ndafumanisa ukuba yayibhalwe nguAbel Meeropol ekuqaleni eyayinesihloko esithi “Isiqhamo Esikrakra”, utitshala wesikolo owayebhala imibongo. UAbheli wabhala umbongo (1937) emva kokubona ifoto ye-lynching. Kamva wongeza umculo kunye negama yona "Isiqhamo esingaqhelekanga". Yena wayidlala kumnini weklabhu yeSixeko saseNew York ogqithisele kuBillie Holiday yaza yacula ngowe-1939, abanye njengoko besitsho yi imbali.
Ndaba nombono ukuba le ndalo ingaphuhlisa kwi umfanekiso oqingqiweyo kunokuba umzobo. Emva kokuhlelwa kweengcamango ezimbalwa ngokuzoba, oku kulandelayo kwadalwa.
Abel Meeropol Billy Holiday UNina Simon
Billy Holiday
Nina Simon
Imithi yasezantsi ivelisa isiqhamo esingaqhelekanga;
Igazi emagqabini kunye negazi kwiingcambu,
Umzimba omnyama ujinga kwimpepho yasemaZantsi,
Iziqhamo ezingaqhelekanga zijinga kwimithi yepoplar.
Umboniso wobufundisi kuMzantsi okhaliphile,
Amehlo adumbileyo kunye nomlomo ojijekileyo;
Ivumba le-magnolia limnandi kwaye litsha,
Kwaye ngequbuliso ivumba lokutsha kwenyama!
Nasi isiqhamo sokuba amagwababa asikhe;
Ukuze imvula ihlanganise, ukuze umoya ufunxe;
Ukuba ilanga libole, umthi uwise;
Nasi isityalo esingaqhelekanga nesikrakrayo.
U-Abel ucaphule le foto yokuhlanjululwa kukaThomas Shipp kunye noAbram Smith , ngo-Agasti 7, 1930, ekhuthaza umbongo wakhe, "Isiqhamo esingaqhelekanga".