Siyahamba (Andries van Tonder)

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

Edition notes: MusicXML source file(s) in compressed .mxl format.

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)

First 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 the Wikipedia article on 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.