Impi - The 1879 Battle of Isandhlwana

Impi

Impi! wo nans impiiyeza, Obani bengathinta amabhubesi?

Impi! wo nans impiiyeza, Obani bengathinta amabhubesi?

Impi! wo nans impiiyeza, Obani bengathinta amabhubesi?

Impi! wo nans impiiyeza, Obani bengathinta amabhubesi?

All along the river Chelmsfords army lay asleep
Come to crush the children of Mageba
Come to exact the realms 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 impiiyeza, Obani bengathinta amabhubesi?

Impi! wo nans impiiyeza, Obani bengathinta amabhubesi?

They came to the side of the mountain
Scouts rode out to spy the land
Even as the realms forces they lay resting
Magebas soldiers 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 Magebas warriors marched away

Impi! wo nans impiiyeza, Obani bengathinta amabhubesi?

Impi! wo nans impiiyeza, Obani bengathinta amabhubesi?

Impi! wo nans impiiyeza, Obani bengathinta amabhubesi?

Impi! wo nans impiiyeza, Obani bengathinta amabhubesi?

Impi! wo nans impiiyeza, Obani bengathinta amabhubesi?

Impi! wo nans impiiyeza, Obani bengathinta amabhubesi?
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May God bless all the people of the sky (Zulu)

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Sir Richard...
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