Siyahamba (Anonymous)
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- Editor: Jose Miguel Galan (submitted 2004-01-14). Score information: A4, 1 page Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes: Click on link 'Repertorio de Música Clásica-Moderna. (a partir de 1750)' then search alphabetically by title. Finale file also viewable via SmartViewer.
General Information
Title: Siyahamba
Composer: Andries van Tonder
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Hymn
Language: Zulu
Instruments: Drums, shakers, cow bell (optional)
Published:
Description: This is a South African freedom song. In the 1900s, the tribes of South Africa were being separated and discriminated against. This was a time of apartheid. The Africans were never truly free after the British colonisation until the 1990s.
External websites:
- Listen to an excerpt performed by dwsChorale.
Original text and translations
Zulu text
- Siyahamb' ekukhanyen' kwenkhos',
- Siyahamb' ekukhanyen' kwenkhos',
- Siyahamb' ekukhanyen' kwenkhos',
- Siyahamb' ekukhanyen' kwen-,
- Khanyen' kwenkhos',
- Siyahamba, hamba,
- Siyahamba, hamba,
- Siyahamb' ekukhanyen' kwen-,
- Khanyen' kwenkhos'.
- Siyahamba, hamba,
- Siyahamba, hamba,
- Siyahamb' ekukhanyen' kwenkhos'
English translation
- We are marching in the light of God,
- We are marching in the light of God,
- We are marching in the light of God,
- We are marching in the light of,
- The light of God,
- We are marching, marching,
- We are marching, marching,
- We are marching in the light of,
- The light of God,
- We are marching, marching,
- We are marching, marching,
- We are marching in the light of God.
Catalan translation
- Caminem, en el camí del Senyor,
- Caminem, en el camí del Senyor,
- Caminem, en el camí del Senyor,
- Caminem, en el camí del Senyor,
- del Senyor,
- Caminem, sí
- 'nem, o caminem, sí,
- 'nem, o caminem, en el camí del Senyor,
- del Senyor,
- Caminem, sí,
- 'nem, o caminem, sí,
- 'nem, o caminem, en el camí del Senyor.
