Moliva lyrics

Artist  : Johnny Clegg 
Song : Moliva



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Hawu baba ngashada intombi yami esikolweni
emoliva
(Oh father I married my girl at the
school on Mooi River)
Kwashunqa uthuli
kwandlovu madoda silwela lobuhle
(The dust was
rising with all the preparations at Ndlovu's
home)
Usipho wakipha izinkomo ezamalobolo
ezinamasondo
(Sipho paid the bride price with
a motor car)
Wadlala umukwa wami, wadlala
engalindile
(And my father-in-law performed an
unexpected war dance
on the spur of the
moment)
Wadlala umukwa wami engalindile
kwakhikhiza abafazi
(My father-in-law
performed an unexpected war dance
and the
women encouraged him with shrill cries)
Ngisho
izulu eliphezulu lalihleka kancane
(Even the
Heaven above - i.e. the Zulu King - gave a small
laugh)
'Zulu eliphezulu lalikhona lalihleka
kancane
(The Heaven above was present and he
gave a small laugh)
Emoliva, emoliva
(At
Mooi River)

Chorus:
Yamnandi lendaba
ngaze ngashada emoliva ngiyabonga
webanguni
(It was a wonderful event, for I
eventually got married at Mooi River
and I
thank you people of the chunu clan)
Ngaze
ngashada ngaze ngathola nowami
(I eventually
got married, I eventually even got my own
wife)

Wemzila wangincelisa amasiko ngaze
ngaba wumuthu
(Mzila! you suckled me on the
traditions and customs
of the Zulu and I
became a person)
Hawu wemakhabela nangikhulisa
ngaze ngaba wumuthu
(Oh you people from
Makhabeleni you raised me until I became a
person)
Kungathiwani ngani banguni
nahlanganisa zonke izizwe
(And what can be
said about you, Machunu people,
for you
brought together all the nations)
Nahlanganisa
zonke izizwe ubesehlulekile ubotha
(You brought
all the nations together,
Botha long having
failed to do this)
Nahlanganisa zonke izizwe
ngobuhle ubesehlulekile ubotha
(You brought
all the nations together in good spirit,
Botha
having long failed)
Emoliva
(At Mooi
River)

Chorus

(Here I call out the
praise names of various people who have
been
important in my life, most of whom were
present at my marriage)

Chorus