Sizwa ukukhala emzini wendoda
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(We hear crying in the home of a man)
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Kukhala intombazane
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(it is a young girl who is crying)
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Ithi, "Wemama, ngiyesaba ukuya emzini
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(She says, "Mama, I am afraid to go to the house of my husband-to-be)
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Bathi ibodwe liyashisa
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(they say his family is very difficult)
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Wenhliziyo zami sezimbili
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(my heart is divided into two,)
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Enye ithi angihambe, enye ithi angibuye le khaya"
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(one heart says I should go, the other heart says I should
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stay here at home and not get married")
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Chorus
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Thula mntanami nawe uyazi
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(Be quiet, my child, you always knew the truth)
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Thula mntanami isoka lizokuthatha
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(Be quiet, my child, a young man will be coming to take
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you away and marry you)
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Thula mntanami nawe uyazi
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(Be quiet, my child, you always knew)
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Thula mntanami, uzohamba le khaya
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(Be quite, my child, for you will have to leave your family
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and your home, and join your husband's family)
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Isoka lizokuthatha
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(because a young man will take you away)
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Lizokuthatha isoka
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(he will take you, this young man)
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Sizwa ukukhala emzini wendoda
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(We hear crying in the home of a man)
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Kukhala intombazane
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(it is a young girl who is crying)
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Ithi, "Uma ngikhumbula ukukhula kwami
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(She says, "When I remember the good times I had growing up)
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Phakhathi kwalomuzi kababa
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(in the house of my father)
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Ngiyesaba, ngiyesaba ukushiya ekhaya
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(I become afraid, I become afraid of leaving home)
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'Zinhliziyo zami sezimbili"
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(My heart is split in two, I am so uncertain")
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Chorus
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Isoka Lizokuthatha (A Young Man Will Take You Away)
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| Johnny Clegg & Savuka |
