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THE FIRST DAY WE MET
Who knew we were to meet?
Who knew the braveness and kindness?
Of almighty lord?
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JUBA LAM' QAGELA
Juba lam'qagela, lalela.
Kuyini no! lokhu okukeneneza samzwili
Ezingoxwen'zomgqhobhe?
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DEAR MAMA
Up, far behind the blue skies and black
Clouds I say dear mama.
Emajukujukwin' ebunzulwin' ngiyakubulisa.
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UZahara
UZahara lona abathi mnyama.
Abanye bath'nguZakhala.
Bamgcona bem, biza ngamagama.
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BLOOD IN YOUR EYES
It's the blood that I see within your eyes and I'm sure.
You are about to cry but again delight I see within you.
For decades I felt the fortune but now it's vexation that
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Nozipho Lalela!
Nozipho lalela, mamela ngikuhlebela.
Yiminjunju yezinhlungu nesizungu
Okudala ukuba ngikubone uligugu.
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IMIQH ELE NEZEVATHO
NguMfundo ongakuzekela iqiniso nemfihlo.
NguNomfundo iqhalaqhala, Iqhawekaz'
indlovukaz' engaba ufakaz'
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NGEZWA NGAMAHLEBEZ'
Ngezwa ngamahlebez'ukuba kade nikhona.
Ngezwa ngamahlebez' abos'yazi ukuba
Benizinze khona lapha, kepha mina
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ISIXHUMO
Izinsuku zokuphila kwam'
Ziyafiphala nawe wundlu lam'.
Izinyembez' zam' zigobhozela ebomini
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PAINFUL WORDS
I sweat; I thirst because of these words.
I cry, I whip if I hear these words.
I strand, I die if I think of those words.
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