Siyahamba (Andries van Tonder)

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Editor: Jose Miguel Galan (submitted 2004-01-14).   Score information: A4, 1 page, 67 kbytes   Copyright: Personal

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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:

• View Wikipedia article for Siyahamba (Andries van Tonder).

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.