The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #38641 Message #2528900
Posted By: Azizi
01-Jan-09 - 06:13 AM
Thread Name: Origins: Shosholoza
Subject: RE: Origins: Shosholoza
Here's a link to a YouTube video of Ladysmith Black Mombaza* singing "Shosholoza":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVaITJZfr54
*The information about the name of the group singing is from the video's tags.
-snip-
Btw, the video contributor indicated that most but not all of the photos that accompany this sound track are from Africa.
Btw2, here is a partial transcription and translation that were posted by two different viewers of that video:
"Shosholoza
Ku lezontaba
Stimela siphum' eSouth Africa
Wen' uyabaleka
Wen' uyabaleka
Ku lezontaba
Stimela siphum' eSouth Africa"
-snip-
"the words mean
"go train go in those mountains
the train from south africa
you are running in those mountains
the train from south africa"