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This Sunday, Feb. 5, 2017, photo provided by Susan Boardman shows a bald eagle with a leg-hold trap clamped to a talon, struggling to fly near White Run stream about five miles southeast of Gettysburg, Pa., near Bonneauville, Pa. Bird-welfare volunteers were still trying to locate the bald eagle on Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017, since eagles need their talons to hunt, eat, perch and defend themselves. (Susan Boardman via AP) This Sunday, Feb. 5, 2017, photo provided by Susan Boardman shows a bald eagle with a leg-hold trap clamped to a talon, struggling to fly near White Run stream about five miles southeast of Gettysburg, Pa., near Bonneauville, Pa. Bird-welfare volunteers were still trying to locate the bald eagle on Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017, since eagles need their talons to hunt, eat, perch and defend themselves. (Susan Boardman via AP)
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Zalolong’ ikway’ ezocula ngami,
Ngamhla ngithwes’ inhlabathi ngesifuba.
Kunzim’ okwesith’ esiyisimukanandwendwe.
Sezaqopha nehubo lokuthalalisa umndeni ngamagugu,
Impel’ izitha zami zingamagagu,
Zigiya ziqephuze ngegama lami zithi dudu,
Zisebenz’ ubusuku nemini zifun’ indlela yokungijuqa.
Kunzim’ okwesith’ esiyisiphuphutheki somdondoshiya.
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