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[Venda] Lumbalel

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# LUMBALELE
*U Fhindu Hu Tambaho Shango*

[INTRO — NGOMA DZA AFRIKA, IPFI LAVHUDA]

*(Makhonani mararu. Mufhiso wa bass u fhindula.)*

Hei!

Ndi nnyi o u vhudza uri ḓuvha a ḽi tsha ḓo penya?

Ndi nnyi o u vhudza uri miloro yau i khulu?

Pfa!

Hu na mulodi ngomu hau
Une muthu a si kone u u dzhiela!

Oh-oh-oh!
Eh-ya-ya!

Vhathu vhoṱhe vho lugaho?

LUMBALELE!



[CHORUS — MUDZIMU WA AFRO-HOUSE / AMAPIANO]

Lumba-lele! Lumba-lele!
Pfa dakalo u tshi thoma ṱhoho uya milenzhe!

Hei-ya, hei-ya, oh!
Tendani shango ḽoṱhe ḽi zwi pfe!

Lumba-lele! Lumba-lele!
Hu na nḓila dza zwigidi u aluwa!

Tshimbila kha ḓuvha ḽi tshi penya!
Tendani dakalo ḽau ḽi phule!

LUMBALELE!
Tendani zwivhuya zwi phule!



[VERSE 1 — AFROBEATS, NGOMA DZA HIGHLIFE]

Musi vhusiku vhu tshi vha swiswi,
Hu na mulilo muṱuku.

Mbilu dzoṱhe dzo fulufhelaho
Dzo fara tshepo i sa shanduki.

He zwikoropo zwa vha hone,
Ri nga fhaṱa borotho.

He nḓila ya vhaliwa,
Hu na nḓila ntswa phanḓa.

Hu na ipfi ḽi tshi ṱoḓa u pfelwa,
Hu na tshanḓa ḽi tshi ṱoḓa khonani.

Hu na ḽilo ḽi sa athu thoma,
Hu na ngano i sa athu fhela.

Munna na munna u na mushumo,
Vhutshilo hoṱhe vhu fanela tshibuli.

Nahone tshifhinga tshi vhonala tshi tshi khou ṋamela
Musi ri tshi ṱanganedza vhoṱhe uri vha tamba.



[PRE-CHORUS — IPFI LAVHUDA LIRI NGA FHASI]

Kha u pfe mulodi kha zwivhuya?
Kha u pfe kha ipfi?

Ndi mulodi wa matshelo
U tshi khou tshimbila kha vhathu vha tshi khou tamba.

Tshimbila u songo litsha,
Tendani tshivhindi tshau tshi tevhele nḓila.

Hu na shango ḽa tshifhinga tsha u nga
Ḽi lindela ḽiṅwe ḓuvha!



[CHORUS — AMAPIANO LOG-DRUM]

Lumba-lele! Lumba-lele!
Pfa dakalo u tshi thoma ṱhoho uya milenzhe!

Hei-ya, hei-ya, oh!
Tendani shango ḽoṱhe ḽi zwi pfe!

Lumba-lele! Lumba-lele!
Hu na nḓila dza zwigidi u aluwa!

Tshimbila kha ḓuvha ḽi tshi penya!
Tendani dakalo ḽau ḽi phule!

LUMBALELE!
Tendani zwivhuya zwi phule!



[POST-CHORUS — U AMBA U TAMBANA]

Lum! Lum!
Tshimbila nga tshauho!

Ba! Ba!
Tshimbila nga tshauho!

Le! Le!
Tshanḓa nga nṱha!

LUMBALELE!
Tendani muya wau u fhufha!

Oh-eh-oh!
Oh-eh-ah!

Vhathu vhoṱhe!
Ri fhano ngeno!



[VERSE 2 — IPFI LAVHUDA, BASS I ROLLA]

Hu na mme ane a na tshifhinga tsha u ita,
Hu na khotsi ane a fara maano.

Hu na ṅwana ane a vhona matshelo
A tshi khou fara zwimangadzo zwoṱhe.

Hu na mulimi ane a vha na zwikavhelo,
Hu na muthengisi ane a vha na miloro.

Hu na muvhumbedzi a sa athu vhonwa,
A tshi khou fhaṱa zwithu zwoṱhe.

U bva muḓini uya doroboni,
U bva thavhani uya lwanzheni,

Munna na munna u na talente,
Vhutshilo hoṱhe vhu na vhugala.

Sweefin i khou vhona vhathu na mikano,
I tshi thusa vhanzhi u dzhenelela na u aluwa.

Musi tshibuli tshi tshi swika kule,
Miloro minzhi i nga thoma u vhonala.



[PRE-CHORUS — KWAYA I KHOU FHAṰUWA]

Kha u pfe mulodi kha zwivhuya?
Kha u pfe kha ipfi?

Ndi mulodi wa matshelo
U tshi khou tshimbila kha vhathu vha tshi khou tamba.

Tshimbila u songo litsha,
Tendani tshivhindi tshau tshi tevhele nḓila.

Hu na shango ḽa tshifhinga tsha u nga
Ḽi lindela ḽiṅwe ḓuvha!



[CHORUS — MUDZIMU WA TAMBANI]

Lumba-lele! Lumba-lele!
Pfa dakalo u tshi thoma ṱhoho uya milenzhe!

Hei-ya, hei-ya, oh!
Tendani shango ḽoṱhe ḽi zwi pfe!

Lumba-lele! Lumba-lele!
Hu na nḓila dza zwigidi u aluwa!

Tshimbila kha ḓuvha ḽi tshi penya!
Tendani dakalo ḽau ḽi phule!

LUMBALELE!
Tendani zwivhuya zwi phule!

[BRIDGE — EMOTIONAL PIANO, CHILDREN'S CHOIR]

Arali o no vhuya wa hangwiwa,
Arali o ima woṱhe na vhone,

Nga u vhone mulenzhe wo vuleaho,
Nga u wana hayani hu do vho.

Arali zwiḽiwa zwau zwo linda,
Arali nḓila yo vha khulwane,

Nga u vhone tshivhindi tshiṱuku
Nga maipfi a luimbo luno.

U na mishumo minzhi u fhira vhuleme,
U na maṱo maṱuku u fhira ḓuvha la kale.

Hu na tshifhinga tshine ra nga ita,
Hu na nḓila yavhuḓi ya u ita.

Na tshifhiwa tshihulwane tshe ra ṋea
Ndi fulufhelo tshe ra dovha ra vusa.

U tshi takusa muthu munwe,
Ri nga vula munango muṅwe.



[BREAKDOWN — MUSIC FADES TO ONE HEARTBEAT]

*(Soft female voice)*

A thi nga pfesesi zwa kale.

A thi nga pfesesi zwa kale.

Ndi shango la zwiṅwe zwithu.

Na ngano yau i tshee khou ṅwalwa.

*(A second heartbeat.)*

Ngavhe u dzhia gundo…

Na tshiṅwe…

U tshi vhidza shango ḽoṱhe u tshine na iwe!



[DANCE BREAK — CALL AND RESPONSE]

Lead: U na muloro?

Crowd: EE, RI NAWO!

Lead: U na vhumatshelo?

Crowd: EE, RI NAWO!

Lead: Ri nga zwi fhaṱa roṱhe?

Crowd: EE, RI NGA KONA!

Lead: Ndi vhona u tshi tshina!



[THE LUMBALELE STEP — PERCUSSION BUILDS]

Lum! Lum!
Tshina vhuḓi!

Ba! Ba!
Tshina nga tshenzhe!

Le! Le!
Mavoko a tshi takula!

LUMBALELE!
Nga muya wau u fhufha!

*(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!
Pfa dakalo u bva ṱhohoni u swika milenzheni!

Hey-ya, hey-ya, oh!
Nga shango ḽoṱhe ḽi vhe na maṱo!

Lumba-lele! Lumba-lele!
Hu na nḓila d