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[Venda] Sundrum

by Swifin Echoes

afrobeat

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Lyrics

# SUNDRUM
*U Duvha Luswa Lu Vha Kha U Dovha*

**[INTRO — Distant Drumbeat, Whistled Melody, Handclaps]**

*(Boom… boom-boom… clap!)*

Ni khou pfa?

Hu na fhungo liswa mitshini.

Oh-eh, oh-eh!

Vhuyani vhoṱhe!

**[CHORUS — Explosive Afro-House Drop]**

Duvha, duvha, SUNDRUM!
U duvha luswa lu khou vha kha u dovha!

Gidima, gidima, u songo gidima—
Dzula fhano, tamba ngoma!

Hey-oh! Hey-oh!
Nga vhuvha hu dzhene!

Hathe, mbubye,
Vhoṱhe ri tshi tshimbila!

Duvha, duvha, SUNDRUM!
U pfa shango lothe tshi dzumbama!

**[VERSE 1 — Bouncy Afrobeats, Highlife Guitar]**

Muthu u imba nga fasiteria yo vuleaho,
Muthu u tshi tshina mulamboni.
Zwa kale mitshini zwo vha zwi tswaho,
Zwino zwi khou ri vhidza nga dzina.

Hu na borotho u fhira mulamboni
Hune muri wo vha u tshi dzumbama.
Hu na ndila dzi fhiraho gidi dza u thoma hafhu,
Na zwithu zwo fhiraho gidi zwa u ita.

Ndi vhona zwanḓa zwi tshi fhira vhukule,
Ndi vhona vhathu vha tshi wana vhupo hu fanaho.
Muthu muṅwe na muṅwe a tshi dzhena kha khorasi
U ita mmbwa ine ya pfala khwine.

**[PRE-CHORUS — Rising Vocal Harmonies]**

Arali ni na tshivhindi tshine tsha itwa,
Dzhiani tshikhalani.

Arali ni wana mbofholowo,
Vhulahani luimbo lwa muṅwe.

A ro ngo fanela u thoma u swika henefho,
A ro ngo fanela u ima lufuno lune lwa khou ita.

Fhedzi vhusiku uno ri tshi tshimbila roṱhe—
Ni pfe tshikhalani, ni pfe luimbo!

**[CHORUS — Full Amapiano Log-Drum Drop]**

Duvha, duvha, SUNDRUM!
U duvha luswa lu khou vha kha u dovha!

Gidima, gidima, u songo gidima—
Dzula fhano, tamba ngoma!

Hey-oh! Hey-oh!
Nga vhuvha hu dzhene!

Hathe, mbubye,
Vhoṱhe ri tshi tshimbila!

Duvha, duvha, SUNDRUM!
U pfa shango lothe tshi dzumbama!

**[POST-CHORUS — Percussion-Led Dance Chant]**

Boom-boom! Clap!
Vhuya na duvha!

Boom-boom! Hey!
Tshina u bvela phanda!

Vhumbeloni,
Ni kha vha fhasi!

SUNDRUM!
Ni pfe tshelede!

**[VERSE 2 — Female Lead, Rolling Bass]**

Hu na mme vha tshi vula mushumo wavho,
Hu na khotsi vha tshi guda tshithu tshiswa.
Hu na ṅwana ane a penda na mivhala,
A tshi penda shango zwine ra sa zwi divhi.

Hu na mulimi a tshi bvisa vhuvhu,
Hu na mufunzi a tshi bvela phanda.
Lufuno lu thoma hune ha vha,
Mbudzi dza thoma hune ra ima.

U bva mulaloni u ya mutshatsharoni,
U bva thavhani u ya lwanzheni,
Sweefin i khou vhuxisa vhathu na dzinwe ndila,
I tshi thusa u vula mikano minzhi.

A ro ngo fanela u tshimbila nga ndila yo leluwaho,
A ro ngo fanela u kona u bvela phanda.
Fhedzi musi vhathu vhanzhi vha na tshifhinga,
Hu na vhupo hune lufuno lu bvela phanda.

**[PRE-CHORUS — Crowd Harmonies Build]**

Arali ni na tshivhindi tshine tsha itwa,
Dzhiani tshikhalani.

Arali ni wana mbofholowo,
Vhulahani luimbo lwa muṅwe.

A ro ngo fanela u thoma u swika henefho,
A ro ngo fanela u ima lufuno lune lwa khou ita.

Fhedzi vhusiku uno ri tshi tshimbila roṱhe—
Ni pfe tshikhalani, ni pfe luimbo!

**[CHORUS — Festival Drop]**

Duvha, duvha, SUNDRUM!
U duvha luswa lu khou vha kha u dovha!

Gidima, gidima, u songo gidima—
Dzula fhano, tamba ngoma!

Hey-oh! Hey-oh!
Nga vhuvha hu dzhene!

Hathe, mbubye,
Vhoṱhe ri tshi tshimbila!

Duvha, duvha, SUNDRUM!
U pfa shango lothe tshi dzumbama!

**[BRIDGE — Warm Piano, Layered Choir]**

[Verse]

Arali vhusiku vhu tshi tou lemela,
Arali nndwa i tshi tou lunga kale,

Thetshelesa mbilu i tshi vhuya,
I tshi u humbela u bvela phanda.

Ri nga kona u vha na vhuthu,
Ri nga thusa nga tshanḓa tshashu.

Fhasi lishango li nga pfala lu bva hone,
Arali ri tshi ḓivha hune vhaṅwe vha ima hone.

*(Piano stops. One drum continues.)*

**[DANCE BREAK — Call-and-Response]**

Lead: Ni khou pfa ngoma?
Crowd: Boom-boom!

Lead: Ni khou pfa ḓuvha?
Crowd: Li khou dzhena!

Lead: Vha mema nnyi?
Crowd: Vhaṅwe na vhaṅwe!

Lead: Ndi hone ni tshi shuma!

*(Bass rises)*

Boom-boom! Clap!
Tshimbilani nga murahu!

Hey-oh! Hey!
Tshimbilani nga ngomu!

Vhalani milenzhe,
Vhuyelela fhasi!

SUNDRUM!
Tendani u tshimbila!

*(Massive bass drop)*

**[FINAL CHORUS — Full Choir, Brass, Percussion]**

Duvha, duvha, SUNDRUM!
Pfela ḓuvha ḽiswa ḽi tshi dzhena!

Gidima, gidima, u songo gidima—
Dzula fhano, tambani ngoma!

Hey-oh! Hey-oh!
Tendani mulodi u tshimbila!

Tshimbila, tshimbila,
Vhaṅwe vhoṱhe vho kwasha!

Duvha, duvha, SUNDRUM!
Pfela shango ḽoṱhe ḽi tshi imba!

**[OUTRO — Guitar, Whistle, Fading Crowd Vocals]**

Oh-eh, oh-eh!

Tshilidzi tshiṱuku,
Luzwimi lwa ḓuvha.

Zwimvo zwa ḓivha
Vhusiku.

Sweefin—u vhona vhathu,
U sika vhudzulo ha u aluwa.

Duvha, duvha, SUNDRUM!

Pfela ḓuvha ḽiswa ḽi tshi dzhena!

*(Boom-boom… clap!)*