A SHOKT 8TITDY ON ZULU MUSIC, 



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only, and sounds impressive on account of tlie rude, powerful 



rendering and the strange action. 



The composers of chiefs' songs are invariably men, not 



Avonien ; in fact, very foAv songs originate from women. 



4. Aihlom' Imidhleke,"^ Let the Imidhleke prepare for war, 

 He lidume. Let the thunder of war roll, 



Ladhramadina, The dinner has been eaten, 



Lidume. Let the thunder of war roll. 



Ai hlom: ImidkLeke He lidume. L&dkl'&.Trta.dln.a. Lidume. Ai- 



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hlom' lyriidhieke He Lidume, L^dkVQ.ma.dina. Lidume. 



This is an ihubo lem|)i, war-song, of Hennhemu, father 

 of Mveli, the present chief of the Mafunzi tribe, in the 

 Zwaartkop location, near Pietermaritzburg. 

 5. Inqa buqili See the crafty hiding themselves, 



Siyausilanda, We will fetch their cattle, 



Nang'u Zulu. Here we are (we Zulus). 



/ng& buqili Si - y& u 3l l&ndii. N&nq'u. Z u- iu. 



DC. 



War song used in some parts of Zululand, which was com- 

 posed after a tight with the Swazis at the beginning of 

 Pande's reig-n. 



Prepare for war. 

 Far, far away, 



There is tlie chief of the land. 

 We ask which chief is going to 

 die. 



(3. Hlasela le, 

 Wayiwa le, 

 Ikon'inkosi yezwe, 

 Sibuz'inkosi ezaukufa. 



* The name of a regiment. 



