Johnny Clegg, Soweto Gospel Choir - Impi

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Impi! wo 'nans' impi iyeza!
Ubani 'bengathinta amabhubesi?
Impi! wo 'nans' impi iyeza!
Ubani 'bengathinta amabhubesi?
Impi! wo 'nans' impi iyeza!
Ubani obengathinta amabhubesi?
Impi! wo 'nans' impi iyeza!
Ubani obengathinta amabhubesi?
All along the river Chelmsford’s army lay asleep
Come to crush the Children of Mageba
Come to exact the Realm’s price for peace
And in the morning as they saddled up to ride
Their eyes shone with the fire and the steel
The General told them of the task that lay ahead:
To bring the People of the Sky to heel
Impi! wo 'nans' impi iyeza
Ubani 'bengathinta amabhubesi?
Impi! wo 'nans' impi iyeza!
Ubani obengathinta amabhubesi?
Mud and sweat on polished leather
Warm rain seeping to the bone
They rode through the season’s wet weather
Straining for a glimpse of the foe
Hopeless battalion destined to die
Broken by the Benders of Kings
Vain glorious General and Victorian pride
Would cost him and eight hundred men their lives
Impi! wo 'nans' impi iyeza
Ubani 'bengathinta amabhubesi?
Impi! wo 'nans' impi iyeza!
Ubani obengathinta amabhubesi?
They came to the side of a mountain
Scouts rode out to spy the land
Even as the Realm’s soldiers lay resting
Mageba’s forces were soon at hand
And by the evening, the vultures were wheeling
Above the ruins where the fallen lay
An ancient song as old as the ashes
Echoed as Mageba’s warriors marched away
Impi! wo 'nans' impi iyeza
Ubani 'bengathinta amabhubesi?
Impi! wo 'nans' impi iyeza!
Ubani obengathinta amabhubesi?
Yash' inkani babhemu
Wo 'nans' impi iyeza!
Yash' inkani babhemu
Seng' bonile
Yash' inkani babhemu
Seng’bonile
Yash' inkani babhemu
Haw nkonyane kandaba
Haw ngithi yasha ngempela
Yash' inkani babhemu
Seng’bonile
Wenkonyane kaNdaba
Seng’bonile
Yansh' inkani babhemu!
Impi! wo 'nans' impi iyeza