(A Dirge) – Written by John Kanyepa
From the Album: AFRICA – 1975
Oh ndelila, Oh ndelila,
Oh, I mourn. Oh, I mourn
Oh ndelila Ifyapakale
Oh, I mourn the past
(REPEAT X3)
Chino calo chesu ica Africa
This land of ours, Africa
Ico Lesa apele kubantu abafita
That God gave to black people
(REPEAT)
Oh ndelila, Oh ndelila,
Oh, I mourn. Oh, I mourn
Oh ndelila Ifyapakale
Oh, I mourn the past
(REPEAT)
Chino calo chesu ica Africa
This land of ours, Africa
Ico Lesa apele kubantu abafita
That God gave to black people
(REPEAT )
(DRUMS)
Oh ndelila, Oh ndelila,
Oh, I mourn. Oh, I mourn
Oh ndelila Ifyapakale
Oh, I mourn the past
(REPEAT)
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