Tuesday, June 27, 2017

Memeza!

-memeza
shout, call out

Kwezwakala umuntu ememeza ethi, "Iyasha indlu! Iyasha indlu kwa Mthombeni!"
A person was heard shouting, "A house is burning! A house is burning at Mthombeni!"

Brenda Fassie's song Memeza, title song of her 1997 album:
listen here on youtube.


Lyrics

Bangitholile (memeza ma, memeza ma)
Abanganaxolo (memeza ma, memeza ma)
Bangikhomba (memeza ma, memeza ma)
Ngezibhamu nemikhontho (memeza ma, memeza ma)

Bangitholile (memeza ma, memeza ma)
Abanganaxolo (memeza ma, memeza ma)
Bangikhomba (memeza ma, memeza ma)
Ngezibhamu nemikhontho (memeza ma, memeza ma)

Noma ngingamemeza ma (memeza ma, memeza ma)
akusizi lutho (memeza ma, memeza ma)
yimi nabo (memeza ma, memeza ma)
yiminabo nkosiyami (memeza ma, memeza ma) (repeat x2)

Chorus
Noma ngingamemeza ma (memeza ma, memeza ma)
Noma ngingamemeza ma (memeza ma, memeza ma)
Noma ngingamemeza ma (memeza ma, memeza ma)
Akusizi lutho (repeat x2)

Bangitholile (memeza ma, memeza ma)
Abanganaxolo (memeza ma, memeza ma)
Bangikhomba (memeza ma, memeza ma)
Ngezibhamu nemikhontho (memeza ma, memeza ma) (repeat x2)

Noma ngingamemeza ma (memeza ma, memeza ma)
akusizi lutho (memeza ma, memeza ma)
yimi nabo (memeza ma, memeza ma)
yiminabo nkosiyami (memeza ma, memeza ma) (repeat x2)

Chorus
Noma ngingamemeza ma (memeza ma, memeza ma)
Noma ngingamemeza ma (memeza ma, memeza ma)
Noma ngingamemeza ma (memeza ma, memeza ma)
Akusizi lutho (repeat x2)


Lyrics from www.letssingit.com
Example from isiZulu Oxford Living Dictionary

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