Limpopo River Song

A song from Zimbabwe in Northern Ndebele (Sidebele). It is sung by people who have to walk from Matabeleland to
work in the gold mines of South Africa, crossing the Limpopo River (Ingululkudela) on the way.

Sayiwela, sayiwela,
Sayiwela sibili
Sayiwela Ingulukudela
Siyofuna imali

Baphina obaba / okoko

Basemazulwini
Basitshiyel'indubeko
Indubeko zomhlaba

We crossed it, we crossed it. We really crossed it

We crossed Ingulukudela, to look for money
Where are those fathers / mothers?
They are in heaven. They left us problems. These earthly difficulties

Limpopo River Song

A song from Zimbabwe in Northern Ndebele (Sidebele). It is sung by people who have to walk from Matabeleland to
work in the gold mines of South Africa, crossing the Limpopo River (Ingululkudela) on the way.

Sayiwela, sayiwela,
Sayiwela sibili
Sayiwela Ingulukudela
Siyofuna imali

Baphina obaba / okoko

Basemazulwini
Basitshiyel'indubeko
Indubeko zomhlaba

We crossed it, we crossed it. We really crossed it

We crossed Ingulukudela, to look for money
Where are those fathers / mothers?
They are in heaven. They left us problems. These earthly difficulties