Mpande's - University of Zululand Institutional Repository

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A star that shone and animals told one another,
Ikhwezi and Silimela stars told one another.
Run through all ways and paths,
To tell Maphitha and Tokotoko,
And say we are not calling for war,
Say it is called by Mpande,
He is one of us ofMalandela.
He surrendered cattle,
He gave them to men (Voortrekkers),
To pay homage to them,
Saying they are a place ofrefuge,
Saying it is like Dlokweni,
Saying it is like father and mother,
Saying it is Nongogo.
With only one egg,
It is one ofNgotsha.
A silver blade,
That survived from other blades.
Our household members are incriminated
For not showing a stream to the king,
They let him cross the one ofhippopotamus and crocodiles.