Stimela (The Dowry Song)-Hugh Masekela

[ti:Stimela] [ar:Hugh Masekela] [al:希望] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.42]Stimela - Hugh Masekela [00:01.22]Composed by：Hugh Masekela [00:32.99]There is a train that comes from Namibia and Malawi [00:37.44]There is a train that comes from Zambia and Zimbabwe [00:42.81]There is a train that comes from Angola and Mozambique [00:47.73]From Lesotho from Botswana from Swaziland [00:52.07]From all the hinterland of Southern and Central Africa [00:55.60]This train carries young and old African men [00:58.50]Who are conscripted to come and work on contract [01:00.98]In the golden mineral mines of Johannesburg [01:04.55]And it's surrounding metropolis sixteen hours or more a day [01:09.20]For almost no pay [01:12.15]Deep deep deep down in the belly of the earth [01:16.88]When they are digging and drilling that shiny mighty evasive stone [01:21.18]Or when they dish that mish mesh mush food [01:23.62]Into their iron plates with the iron shank [01:29.31]Or when they sit in their stinking funky filthy [01:32.47]Flea-ridden barracks and hostels [01:35.16]They think about the loved ones they may never see again [01:39.14]Because they might have already been forcibly removed [01:41.35]From where they last left them [01:43.14]Or wantonly murdered in the dead of night [01:46.01]By roving marauding gangs of no particular origin [01:51.03]We are told [01:54.09]They think about their lands and their herds [01:56.32]That were taken away from them [01:57.97]With the gun and the bomb and the teargas the gatling and the cannon [02:04.46]And when they hear that Choo-Choo train [02:07.29]A chugging and a pumping and a smoking and a pushing a pumping [02:11.19]A crying and a steaming and a chugging and a whooo whooo [02:18.91]They always cuss and they curse the coal train [02:24.45]The coal train that brought them to Johannesburg whooo whooo [06:03.47]Stimela [06:05.10]Sihamba ngamalahle [06:09.41]Sivel' eTalakubayi [06:16.93]Sangilahla kwaGuqa [06:21.83]Bathi sizoba amalahle [06:25.60]Sizoba amalahle [06:28.50]Stimela [06:32.48]Sihamba ngamalahle [06:36.61]Sivel' eTalakubayi [06:44.11]Sangilahla kwaGuqa [06:48.48]Bathi sizoba amalahle [06:53.02]Sizoba amalahle [06:55.85]Iyohhh [07:02.24]Sidl' inyol' enkomponi [07:08.23]Stimela [07:11.55]Sihleli njengezinja siyelele mame [07:17.56]Emikodini mama [07:21.41]Bathi stimela [07:25.14]Sikhalel' izihlobo zethu [07:30.04]Masibuyele le eTalakubayi [07:31.84]Sikhalel' izingane zethu wololo [07:36.56]Masibuyele le eTalakubayi [07:38.36]Sikhalela macheri wethu mama oh [07:43.38]Masibuyele le eTalakubayi [07:45.25]Sikhalel' abazali bethu [07:48.90]Yelele yelele yelele yelele yelele [07:52.34]Stimela [07:53.46]Sihamba ngamalahle [07:57.47]Sivel' eTalakubayi [08:06.39]Stimela [08:07.90]Sihamba ngamalahle [08:11.52]Sivel' eTalakubayi [08:20.14]Stimela [08:21.60]Sihamba ngamalahle [08:25.26]Sivel' eTalakubayi [08:26.35]Helele bathi Stimela Stimela Stimela Stimela Stimela mawo [08:33.51]Stimela [08:34.64]Sihamba ngamalahle [08:38.37]Sivel' eTalakubayi [08:44.27]Bathi Stimela mawo [08:46.30]Stimela [08:47.62]Sihamba ngamalahle [08:51.26]Sivel' eTalakubayi [08:55.41]Whooo whooo [08:59.72]Stimela [09:00.97]Sihamba ngamalahle [09:04.62]Sivel' eTalakubayi [09:13.35]Stimela [09:14.75]Sihamba ngamalahle [09:18.45]Sivel' eTalakubayi [09:37.87]Whooo whooo