Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika

X: 1
T: Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika
T: God Bless Africa
C: Enoch Sontanga 1897
R: march
Z: John Chambers <jc@trillian.mit.edu>
N: Enoch Sontanga was a teacher at a methodist mission school in Johannesburg SA.
N: The first two (almost identical) stanzas are the original.  Seven additional
N: Xhosa verses were written in 1927 by poet Samuel Mqhayi.  There are versions
N: in all the southern African languages.
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Bb
| "Bb"BA Bc d2 d2 | "F7"c2 c2 "Bb"B4 \
| "Bb"dd cd "F7"e2 e2 | "Bb"dd d2 "F7"c4 |
| "Bb"BA Bc d2 d2 | "F7"c2 e2 "Bb"d4 \
| "Cm"c4 "Bb"B4 | "F7"AB c2 "Bb"B4 \
| "Cm"c4 "Bb"B3B | "F7"AB c2 "Bb"B4 :|
| "Bb"B2 AG F4- | F8 \
| "Bb"B2 AG F4- | F8 \
| "Bb"B2 cd "Eb"G4 | "Cm"ed c2 "Bb"B4 | "F7"AB c2 "Bb"B4 |]
W:
W: Modern Xhosa version:
W:
W: Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika
W: Maluphakanyisw' uphondo lwayo
W: Yiva imathandazo yethu
W: Nkosi Sikelela
W: Nkosi Sikelela
W:
W: Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika
W: Maluphakanyisw' uphondo lwayo
W: Yiva imathandazo yethu
W: Nkosi Sikelela
W: Thina lusapho lwayo.
W:
W: Chorus
W: Yihla moya, yihla moya
W: Yihla moya oyingcwele
W: Nkosi Sikelela
W: Thina lusapho lwayo.
W:
W: Zulu version:
W:
W: Nkosi, sikelel' iAfrika,
W: Malupnakanyisw' udumo lwayo;
W: Yizwa imithandazo yethu
W: Nkosi sikelela,
W: Nkosi sikelela,
W:
W: Woza Moya (woza, woza),
W: Woza Moya (woza, woza),
W: Woza Moya, Oyingcwele.
W: Usisikelele,
W: Thina lusapho lwayo.
W:

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