Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Impi, artist - Johnny Clegg. Album song Live At The Nelson Mandela Theatre, in the genre Музыка мираDate of issue: 04.12.2008
Record label: Stêr Musiek, Sting
Song language: English
Impi |
| 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 |