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[Shona] Tumbaya

by Swifin Echoes

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# TUMBAYA
*Hope Yega Inotamba.*

**[INTRO — Ngoma Dzemawoko, Kuombera, Inonakidza]**

*(Dum… da-dum… clap!)*

Hey, iwe!

Ehe, iwe!

Une hope muhomwe?

Une rwiyo mutsoka?

Huya nayo!

*(Bass inotanga kutamba.)*

Tum-tum…

TUMBAYA!

**[CHORUS — KUSVIKA KWEAFRO-HOUSE]**

Tum-tum, TUMBAYA!
Zunzira guruva utambe!

Hey-ya, hey-ya, oh!
Nyika yose ngaiti, "Enda!"

Tum-tum, TUMBAYA!
Uya nehope pazuva!

Danho rimwe kunze,
Matanho maviri mukati—

TUMBAYA!
Ngatitungamire mafaro!

**[VERSE 1 — AFROBEATS, GITARE YEHIGHLIFE]**

Manheru mvura ichirova
Pamusoro peimba inoda kugadziriswa.
Mangwanani mhute yavepo,
Vavakidzani vese vanoungana.

Mumwe anounza rwiyo,
Mumwe anounza chingwa.
Mumwe anounza pfungwa itsva
Yakambogara mumusoro.

Mudzimai pamusika,
Mukomana ari kudzidza basa.
Mwana anodhaya zvirongwa
Pasi pemumvuri.

Hapana anoziva mangwana,
Hapana ane chirongwa chakakwana.
Asi hope dzinoshanduka rwendo
Kana tichiita zvatinogona.

**[PRE-CHORUS — KUSIMUDZIRA KWEKUSANGANA KWEVAKADZI]**

Oh, usamirire mhinduro dzese,
Usamirire zuva rakakwana.

Tora mukana uripo,
Ngoma ngaitungamire nzira.

Kana uine zuva rakanaka,
Goverana nemumwe mutsva.

Pane nyika yemikana
Kana pane nzvimbo yedu tose!

**[CHORUS — KUWIRA KWEAMAPIANO LOG-DRUM]**

Tum-tum, TUMBAYA!
Zunzira guruva utambe!

Hey-ya, hey-ya, oh!
Nyika yose ngaiti, "Enda!"

Tum-tum, TUMBAYA!
Uya nehope pazuva!

Danho rimwe kunze,
Matanho maviri mukati—

TUMBAYA!
Ngatitungamire mafaro!

**[POST-CHORUS — KUCHENGETEDZA KUTAMBA]**

Tum! Tum!
Hey! Hey!

Buda panze!
Zunza! Zunza!

Ba! Ba!
Ombra! Ombra!

Tendeuka!
Dzosa!

TUMBAYA!

**[VERSE 2 — KUTUNGAMIRIRA KWEVAKADZI, BASS INOTENDERERA]**

Pane murimi ane goho,
Pane mugadziri ane hope.
Pane mudzidzi ari kuvaka ruzivo,
Pane mutengesi achitsvaga zvikwata.

Kubva kumusha kusvika kuguta,
Kubva kumakomo kusvika kumahombekombe,
Munhu wese ane tarenda
Nemukana wekuwana zvakawanda.

Sweefin inosanganisa vanhu nemikana,
Ichibatsira mabhizinesi kuwana nzira yavo.
Nzira idzva dzekuchengetedza, kuchinjanisa, nekutengesa
Dzinogona kuvhura sarudzo zuva rega rega.

Uye kana mumwe awana nzira,
Ngamwe awanewo zvakare.
Pane ramangwana rinokosha kugadzira
Nezvatinogona kuita.

**[PRE-CHORUS — CHOIR INOKURA]**

Oh, usamirire mhinduro dzese,
Usamirire zuva rakakwana.

Tora mukana uripo,
Ngoma ngaitungamire nzira.

Kana uine zuva rakanaka,
Goverana nemumwe mutsva.

Pane nyika yemikana
Kana pane nzvimbo yedu tose!

**[CHORUS — KUDANZIRA KWEMAFESTIVAL]**

Tum-tum, TUMBAYA!
Zunzira guruva utambe!

Hey-ya, hey-ya, oh!
Nyika yose ngaiti, "Enda!"

Tum-tum, TUMBAYA!
Uya nehope pazuva!

Danho rimwe kunze,
Matanho maviri mukati—

TUMBAYA!
Ngatitungamire mafaro!

**[BRIDGE — PIANO INOMANIKIDZA, CHOIR YEVANA]**

**[Verse]**

Kana nzira yakuremera,
Kana wakatakura zvakawanda,

Ngawuwane mutsa mudiki
Kune nzvimbo dzinoda tariro.

Hupenyu hwese hunokodzera rukudzo,
Izwi rega rega rinokodzera rwiyo.

Ramangwana rinova netariro
Kana tikatsigirana munzira.

*(Mimhanzi inodzikira kusvika padondo rimwe chete.)*

**[SPOKEN BUILD — FEMALE LEAD]**

Hope muhomwe mako…

Rwiyo pamashangu ako…

Uye nyika yose yakamirira…

Kuti ufambe!

**[DANCE BREAK — CALL AND RESPONSE]**

Lead: Une hope here?

Crowd: Ehe, tine dziri!

Lead: Une mutinhimira?

Crowd: Ini newe!

Lead: Ndiani anogona kupinda?

Crowd: Wese munhu!

Lead: Zvino fambai nemuviri!

*(Percussion inowedzera.)*

Tum! Tum!  
Danho! Danho!

Ba! Ba!  
Rova! Rova!

Ya! Ya!  
Tendeuka!

TUMBAYA!  
Inzwa izwi iri!

*(MASSIVE AMAPIANO BASS DROP)*

**[INSTRUMENTAL DANCE BREAK — LOG DRUMS, HIGHLIFE GUITAR, FESTIVAL BRASS]**

Tum-tum!  
TUMBAYA!

Hey-ya, hey-ya, oh!

*(Crowd chants over the groove.)*

**[FINAL CHORUS — FULL FESTIVAL CHOIR]**

Tum-tum, TUMBAYA!  
Bvisa guruva utambe!

Hey-ya, hey-ya, oh!  
Nyika yose ngaitizivire, “Enda!”

Tum-tum, TUMBAYA!  
Uya nehope dzako zuva!

Danho rimwe kunze,  
Matanho maviri mukati—

TUMBAYA!  
Ngatifare tichitamba!

**[OUTRO — WARM HIGHLIFE GUITAR, FADING CHOIR]**

Zviuru zvehope dzakasiyana,  
Nzira dzakasiyana-siyana.

Kubatana kudiki,  
Tariro zuva nezuva.

Sweefin inounza nzira nyowani dzekubatanidza,  
Kugadzira, kuchinjanisa, nekukura.

Tum-tum!  
TUMBAYA!

Hope yega yega inokodzera kutamba.

TUMBAYA!

*(Final celebratory drum hit.)*