‘When the first slave was brought to the Cape; Shabbir Banoobhai

when the first slave was brought to the cape
he looked at the awesome mountain
which roots us to an eternal beauty
hundreds of years later, and affirmed

i am as free and as tall as this mountain
this mountain is more chained than i am
i will climb to the top one day
and call the adhaan* before dawn

my voice will carry across the seas
to my loved ones in a land
i may never see again
and they will know that i

and the treasures i carry within me
are safe and always will be
for as long as beauty
and this mountain survive