Isithakazelo · isiZulu
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The Izithakazelo
Hadebe!Mthimkhulu!Bhungane kaNsele,Nzimande,Wena kaLangalibalele,KaNdlubu ezamila endaweni embi ngoba zamila emthondweni,Amangelengele anzipho zinde ngokuziqhwandela,Makhulukhulu! Hadeb' omuhle okhonz' agoduke,Angaze axakwe yithambo lasemzini,Sigoloza esikhangel' umuntu sengathi simjamele,Umkhulu Bhungane,Kodwa awungangoNkulunkulu,Mthimkhulu! Mashiy' amahle anjengawenyamazane,AbakwaThondo kwabakaSothondose,AbakwaDlomo-dludlu wezindlu nezindlwana,Abakwazitho zimhlophe, mashiy' amahle,Niye nabuthathaphi ubuhle obumhlophe obunje?AbakwaMaxovaxova umthombo wenkosi,AbakwaVangane, kazi sengoneni namhlanje?UNduku zimakhulukhulu,Sehla ngomnyama entabeni, kuyagonqoka,Kumnyama phansi,AbakwaNdlubu zamila emthondweni KwaSothondose. Two versions are recorded and neither has been chosen. Where community sources differ on a praise, both readings are kept. A regional form and a transcription slip are indistinguishable to anyone who is not a first-language reader.
Written down by families and by the people who recorded them.
About This Record
Where This Comes From
- Written down by
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- Themba, 2026-08-11: IZITHAKAZELO ZAMAZULU, Full Text Corpus, Tranche One
- Community compilation: iafrika.org
- Community compilation: zuluring.blogspot.com
- Community compilation: izithakazelo.blog
- Community compilation: izithakazeloizibongo.blogspot.com
- Community compilation: izithakazelo.wordpress.com
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