84 |
- Ndo funzwa nga khotsi mubebi:
I was taught by my father who bore me (as distinct from classificatory father):
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85 |
- 0 beba ndi tshilombe.
He bore a child possessed with musical ability.
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86 |
- Tshimbiluni tshi nga tshilombe:
Tshimbiluni is like a wandering minstrel:
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87 |
- Zwi vho mpha na mavhengani.
People may be jealous and hate me (because I am with all the girls).
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88 |
- Zwa zwi a bebelwa:
To be a good singer, you must be born to it:
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89 |
- Zwa zwi a lokisa.
If you are a good singer, people may bewitch you (through jealousy).
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89a |
- Zwa vhulombe zwi a lokisa.
Musical ability can invite witchcraft.
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90 |
- u -ri Ndo beba:
Madilonga says to himself, "What kind of a son have I borne?"
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91 |
- Vho beba tshifhungu shangoni.
He bore a genius in the bush.
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92 |
- Makumbila o(vho) -bebela.
Makumbila has begotten a fine child.
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93 |
- Makumbila ndi :
Makumbila is a fool (clown):
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94 |
- Makumbila o tswa tshisese (thovholo);
Makumbila stole fine maize meal (in the desert);
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95 |
- Tshisese tsha -vhuse,
Fine meal with some coarser grains in it,
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96 |
- Tshisese tsha vhafumakadzi.
The fine meal of well-born married women.
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97 |
- 0 lwela tshivhuya-nga-shuvhe,
He quarrelled about the little water-melons;
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98 |
- Tsimuni ya Tshikangavhadze,
In the garden at Tshikangavhadze (near the river Mutale),
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99 |
- Tshikangavhadze -Luonde,
At the home of Neluonde,
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100 |
- Mukomana wa Malivhoho.
The older brother of Malivhoho.
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Different personal names may be substituted in lines 90, 92, and 93. But lines 94-100 seem to be peculiar to the late Makumbila