Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Thandazani, artist - Johnny Clegg. Date of issue: 27.04.2007
Song language: English
Thandazani |
| Johnny: |
| Eshe mfowethu! |
| ithini lenkunzana yasesemanzani? |
| (hi there 'bro! what does litte bull from the place of waters, say? |
| Sipho: |
| Hayi, noma izacile isandonsa-nje |
| (no, even if the bull is gaunt and thin, it still has a lot of life left in it) |
| Johnny: |
| Uthini mfowethu ngesimo esanamhlanje? |
| (what do you think, brother, about life in these times?) |
| Sipho: |
| Ithatha osemsamo lamhlahla emyango ngichaza abakini mangishonjalo |
| (fortune has removed those from chosen positions and thrown them out of the |
| house. |
| I am referring to some of your fellow countrymen who were once in power. |
| Johnny: |
| Ngibona abelungu betoyi-toyi esandton bengasafuni ukukhokha irenti |
| Uthini ngalokhu mfowethu? |
| Sipho: |
| Kulomhlaba omusha yilo usho okuthandayo |
| (in this new country of ours, everyone and anyone has the right to express |
| themselves freely…) |
| Thandazani nani makholwa |
| (everybody pray, including you christians) |
| Namhlanje kunzima-nyana |
| (for today things are a little difficult) |
| Abazusazi ekhaya mhla sifika |
| (our families will not recognize us the day we arrive) |
| Ngoba saguka endleleni njenge thaya |
| (for we grow old on the road, like a car-tyre.) |
| Johnny: |
| Egoli ngabona umfazi eshaya indoda emhlala phansi ngemzuzwana |
| (in johannesburg I saw a woman punch a man and knock him out in a |
| Few seconds) |
| Sipho: |
| Namhlanje isandla 'somfazi sinjengesendoda |
| (today a woman’s hand is equal to that of a man) |
| Johnny: |
| Egoli ngabona umnikazi wegalaji oswela imoto |
| (in johannesburg I saw the owner of a garage who didn’t own a car) |
| Sipho: |
| Isicathulo se-shoemaker sicela ipapa |
| (and the shoemaker’s shoes are hungry because they have holes in them and the |
| tongue is sticking out begging for porridge) |
| Johnny: |
| Bengithi ngishela intombi e-hillbrow yangibuza ukuthi ngiphethe imalini |
| (I tried to chat up a girl in hillbrow but she asked me how much money I had…) |
| Sipho: |
| Hawu! |
| ungakhohlwa ijazi lomwenyane, pasoba! |
| (wow! just don’t forget the «son-in-laws' overcoat», watch out!) |
| Thandazani nani makholwa |
| (everybody pray, including you christians) |
| Namhlanje kunzima-nyana |
| (for today things are a little difficult) |