Sound Of The Ama-Butho Poem by LLM Mbatha

Um em-eh! hhumm!
Um om-oh! hhumm!
Hhumm eeh! hhumm!
Hhumm ooh! hhumm!

NDABEZITHA! Lamb, of the
Zulu Kings! Who could
touch The Lion, The Lion! ?
Here comes the ‘impi’!

Um em-eh! hhumm!
Um om-oh! hhumm!
Hhumm eeh! hhumm!
Hhumm ooh! hhumm!

The ones who being right here
Are also over there, being over there
They are everywhere!
Here comes the ‘impi’!

Um em-eh! hhumm!
Um om-oh! hhumm!
Hhumm eeh! hhumm!
Hhumm ooh! hhumm!

Come; let us go back to kwa-Dukuza
Where the ama-BUTHO will grab the bull
by the horns, until the bull gives in!
Here comes the ‘impi’!