The Poem: Madiba

You are the leader of the people, you are foe to none

You are O Madiba, the proud African son

( Thabiso )

O Madiba O Madiba, the proud son of Africa

May you rest in peace, may your place be ever bright.

( Andrea Smith )

You fought for me O soldier, long before I was born

We will always remember, long past you are gone.

( Bugoi Thobejane )

Then we lost our memory, like the clouds that carry the rain

You patched what was in tatters, with love stitched the fragments of pain

( Ubaid Darwaish )

I didn't write two lines, i didn't know what to say

Forgive me Madiba, it has been a very busy day.

( Precious )

Inside those dark cells, you sang the songs of freedom

sing us that song again, and guide us to the Eden.

( Laetitia Helenki )

Weathering persecution, he stood tall, against mighty storms of segregation and apartheid

Child of the earth, a prince amongst men, in him, humanity shall eternally abide

( Sarita Lakshmi Bukkapatnam Tirumala )

O' Madiba for you I today cry

Few gave to humanity as much as you

( HaciM Padoin )

His spirit is the legacy that fortitude can change a govenment

Resolve and resilience empowers a man to be free in a cell.

( Gerald Weeks )

Years ago, you blew away the dark clouds of storm over South Africans

Now they are smiling behind your shadow; celebrating freedom, and equality

( Pantas Pangihutan S )