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Lines 251 - 271
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- Dzimauli a hu diei:
Dzimauli cannot be attacked:
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252 |
- Ndi fhethu mahosho-hoshoni.
It is a place from which you can throw rocks down.
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253 |
- Mpata wa Ramadzivhisa
The caves of Ramadzivhisa (are a refuge),
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254 |
- Wo dzivhisa khanga u pala.
Though they do not provide food for the guinea fowl.
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Some masters follow line 252 with:
255 |
- Ndi luthihi na Mukumbani,
It is just like Mukumbani,
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256 |
- lwa Vho-Thugwane.
With the hill Lwaname, where Thugwane lives.
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257 |
- Phanda-mashango ,
The boundary is the river Mutshindudi,
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258 |
- Wo fhanda Gole na Tshivhase.
Which divides the countries of Gole and Tshivhase.
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259 |
- Pile Nyatshibwanana:
Your Pile is the place of Mrs Puppy:
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260 |
- Tshibwanana tsho fura samu;
The little dog was full of juice from the Cape mahogany tree (Trichilia emetica Vahl);
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261 |
- Tsho vhombela, khulu dza luma.
He growled, but the big ones bit him.
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Pile is near Dzimauli. The people of Pile thought they could fight with a stronger group, but were routed.
The following lines are often sung after line 258 above:
262 |
- tsha Gole ndi dzunde,
Gole's grove is the garden where people work for the chief,
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263 |
- Ndi dzunde Nyamutshenuwa.
It is the garden for (his mother) Nyamutshenuwa.
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264 |
- Musadzi o tshenuwa demba,
She was frightened by a gourd,
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265 |
- 0 tshenuwa demba u lila;
She was frightened by a gourd that cracked;
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266 |
- A fhima uri ndi tshigidi.
She thought it was a gunshot.
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Nyamutshenuwa was the mother of Tshivhase Ramaremisa and came from Manenzhe (see lines 302-315).
267 |
- Tsha kunda Gole ho zwikuwa;
That which defeats Gole has become dislodged;
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268 |
- Zwi a lidza ho rali hu .
It plays when it is wet like this.
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269 |
- Kale havho vha tshe' mmembe,
In olden times they were still mmembe,
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270 |
- Vha tshi runga muthu nga pfumo.
When they stab(bed) a person with a spear.
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271 |
- Wa fhano u dina u lemela.
The one here worries because things are heavy.
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I do not understand these lines well, and could get no satisfactory explanation.
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