The Voyage to Lilliput / Uhambo Oluya eLilliput (Gulliver's Travels / Iihambo zikaGulliver): Tranzlaty English isiXhosa

When I woke daylight had just broken.

Ndithe xa ndivuka kwabe kusanda kukhanya.

I attempted to rise, but I could not get up.

Ndizamile ukuphakama, kodwa andakwazi ukuphakama.

I had happened to fall asleep on my back.

Ndiye ndalala ngomqolo.

And now my arms and legs were fastened to the ground.

Kwaye ngoku iingalo nemilenze yam yayibotshelelwe emhlabeni.

My hair, which was long and thick, was tied down too.

Iinwele zam, ezazinde nezingqindilili, zazibotshelelwe nazo.

I could only look upward, unable to move in any way.

Ndandikwazi ukujonga phezulu kuphela, ndingakwazi nokushukuma nangayiphi na indlela.

The sun began to grow hot, and the light hurt my eyes.

Ilanga laqalisa ukuba shushu, kwaye ukukhanya kwabenzakalisa amehlo am.

I heard a confused noise all around me.

Ndeva ingxolo ebhidekileyo indijikelezile.

But I could see nothing except the sky above me.

Kodwa andizange ndibone nto ngaphandle kwesibhakabhaka phezu kwam.

After a little time I felt something alive.

Emva kwexesha elincinci ndeva ukuba kukho into ephilayo.

Something was moving on my left leg.

Kukho into eyayihamba kumlenze wam wasekhohlo.