[Shona] Lumbalel
by Swifin Echoes
afrobeat
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Lyrics
# LUMBALELE *Ngatichitambire Tariro Pasi Rose* [INTRO — INSTANT AFRICAN PERCUSSION, PLAYFUL FEMALE VOCAL] *(Maklapu matatu. Bhasiraini rinopindura.)* He-e! Ndiani akati zuva haridzoke? Ndiani akati hope dzako dzakakura? Teerera! Pane mutinhimira mukati mako Usingabviswi nemunhu! Oh-oh-oh! Eh-ya-ya! Munhu wese wakagadzirira here? LUMBALELE! [CHORUS — EXPLOSIVE AFRO-HOUSE / AMAPIANO DROP] Lumba-lele! Lumba-lele! Inzwa mufaro kubva kumusoro kusvika kutsoka! Hey-ya, hey-ya, oh! Regai nyika yose izive! Lumba-lele! Lumba-lele! Pane nzira dzakawanda dzekukura! Pinda muzuva! Rega mufaro wako uzare! LUMBALELE! Rega mafaro achiyerera! [VERSE 1 — BOUNCY AFROBEATS, HIGHLIFE GUITAR] Panguva yakasviba kwazvo usiku, Pane mwenje mudiki wakaramba uripo. Mwoyo wese wakaramba uchitenda Wakabata tariro isingachinji. Pakanga paine madziro pakati pedu, Tinogona kuvaka zambuko panzvimbo. Kwairi nzira yakavharwa zvachose, Pane imwe nzira pamberi. Pane izwi rinoda kunzwikwa, Pane ruoko runoda shamwari. Pane hope dzakatanga zvishoma, Pane nyaya isati yapera. Munhu wese ane chinangwa, Upenyu hwese hunokodzera mukana. Uye ramangwana rinonzwa netariro Kana tichigamuchira wese kutamba. [PRE-CHORUS — RISING FEMALE HARMONIES] Unozvinzwa mumutinhimira here? Unonzwa mumhanzi here? Iro ndirori moyo weramangwana Riri kufamba nemhomho inotamba. Tora nhanho urambe uchifamba, Rega ushingi hwako hutungamire. Pane nyika yemikana Yakamirira rimwe zuva! [CHORUS — FULL AMAPIANO LOG-DRUM DROP] Lumba-lele! Lumba-lele! Inzwa mufaro kubva kumusoro kusvika kutsoka! Hey-ya, hey-ya, oh! Regai nyika yose izive! Lumba-lele! Lumba-lele! Pane nzira dzakawanda dzekukura! Pinda muzuva! Rega mufaro wako uzare! LUMBALELE! Rega mafaro achiyerera! [POST-CHORUS — VIRAL DANCE CHANT] Lum! Lum! Tora nhanho kurudyi! Ba! Ba! Tora nhanho kuruboshwe! Le! Le! Maoko kumusoro! LUMBALELE! Rega mweya wako ubhururuke! Oh-eh-oh! Oh-eh-ah! Munhu wese! Tiri pano! [VERSE 2 — SOULFUL FEMALE LEAD, ROLLING BASS] Pane amai vane zviroto, Pane baba vari kuronga. Pane mwana anovona mangwana Akazara zvishamiso mumaoko. Pane murimi ane goho, Pane mutengesi ane hope. Pane mudiki anoita zvitsva Zvatisati taona. Kubva kumusha kusvika kuguta, Kubva kumakomo kusvika kugungwa, Munhu wese anouya netarenda, Upenyu hwese hunoremekedzwa. Sweefin inobatanidza vanhu nemikana, Ichibatsira vazhinji kupinda nekukura. Kana mukana uchisvika kure, Hope zhinji dzinogona kutanga kuratidza. [PRE-CHORUS — CHOIR BUILDS] Unozvinzwa mumutinhimira here? Unonzwa mumhanzi here? Iro ndirori moyo weramangwana Riri kufamba nemhomho inotamba. Tora nhanho urambe uchifamba, Rega ushingi hwako hutungamire. Pane nyika yemikana Yakamirira rimwe zuva! [CHORUS — FESTIVAL DANCE DROP] Lumba-lele! Lumba-lele! Inzwa mufaro kubva kumusoro kusvika kutsoka! Hey-ya, hey-ya, oh! Regai nyika yose izive! Lumba-lele! Lumba-lele! Pane nzira dzakawanda dzekukura! Pinda muzuva! Rega mufaro wako uzare! LUMBALELE! Rega mafaro achiyerera! [BRIDGE — EMOTIONAL PIANO, CHILDREN'S CHOIR] Kana wakambonzwa wakanganikwa, Kana wakambomira wega, Ungawana gonhi rakazaruka, Uwane nzvimbo inonzi kumba. Kana zviroto zvako zvakanonoka, Kana nzira yareba kwazvo, Ungawana ushingi hushoma Mumashoko eiyi rwiyo. Uri kupfuura zvadzoserwa, Uri kupfuura zuro rakapfuura. Pane ramangwana rinokosha, Pane nzira iri nani yokugadzira. Uye chipo chikuru chatinopa Itariro yatinodzosera. Kana tikasimudza mumwe munhu, Tinogona kuvhura rimwe gonhi. [BREAKDOWN — MUSIC FADES TO ONE HEARTBEAT] *(Soft female voice)* Hauna mamiriro ako. Hauna zuro rako. Uri nyika yemikana. Uye nyaya yako ichiri kunyorwa. *(A second heartbeat.)* Saka tora nhanho imwe… Zvadaro imwe… Uye rega nyika yose itambe newe! [DANCE BREAK — CALL AND RESPONSE] Lead: Une chiroto here? Crowd: HONGU, TINECHO! Lead: Une ramangwana here? Crowd: HONGU, TINECHO! Lead: Tinogona kuchivaka pamwechete here? Crowd: HONGU, TINOGONA! Lead: Saka regai ndikuwonei muchitamba! [THE LUMBALELE STEP — PERCUSSION BUILDS] Lum! Lum! Tamba kurudyi! Ba! Ba! Tamba kuruboshwe! Le! Le! Maoko kumusoro! LUMBALELE! Rega mweya wako ubhururuke! *(MASSIVE AMAPIANO BASS DROP)* [INSTRUMENTAL DANCE BREAK — LOG DRUMS, HIGHLIFE GUITAR, FESTIVAL BRASS] Lumba-lele! Lumba-lele! Hey-ya, hey-ya, oh! *(Crowd chants over the groove.)* [FINAL CHORUS — FULL GLOBAL CHOIR] Lumba-lele! Lumba-lele! Inzwa mufaro kubva kumusoro kusvika pasi! Hey-ya, hey-ya, oh! Rega nyika yose izive! Lumba-lele! Lumba-lele! Pane nzira dzakawanda dzekukura! Pinda muzuva! Rega mufaro wako uzarurire! LUMBALELE! Rega mafungu akanaka afambe! [FINAL REFRAIN — SOARING FEMALE VOCALS] Mwoyo bhiriyoni! Zviroto bhiriyoni! Nyika yemikana Kwauri neni!