Zimbabwean national anthem
Country: | Zimbabwe |
Title: | Kalibusiswe Ilizwe leZimbabwe (on IsiNdebele) Simudzai mureza wedu weZimbabwe (in Shona) (English: "Blessed be the land of Zimbabwe") |
Text: | Solomon Mutswairo (1994) |
Composer: | Fred Lecture Changundega (1994) ) |
National anthem since: | 1994 |
Original text on IsiNdebele:
Phakamisan` if`legi yethu yeZimbabwe
Eyazalwa yimpi yenkululeko;
Le gaze` elinengi lamaqhawe ethu
Silivikele ezitheni zonke;
Kalibusiswe ilizwe leZimbabwe.
Khangelan` i Zimbabwe yon` ihlotshi si we
Ngezintaba lang` miful` e bu keka yo.
I zulu kaline, izilimo zande;
Iz` sebenzi zenam`, abantu basuthe;
Kalibusiswe ilizwe leZimbabwe.
Nkosi bu sis` ilizwe le-thu leZimbabwe
Ilizwe labo khokho bethu thina sonke;
Kusuk` eZambezi Kusiy` e Limpopo.
Abakho kheli babe lobuqotho;
Kalibusiswe ilizwe leZimbabwe.
Original text on Shona:
Simudzai mureza wedu weZimbabwe
Yakazvarwa nomoto wechimurenga;
Neropa zhinji ramagamba
Tiidzivirire kumhandu dzose;
Ngaikomborerwe nyika yeZimbabwe.
Tarisai Zimbabwe nyika yakashongedzwa
Namakomo, nehova, zvinoyevedza
Mvura ngainaye, minda ipe mbesa
Vashandi vatuswe, ruzhinji rugutswe;
Ngaikomborerwe nyika yeZimbabwe.
Mwari ropafadzai nyika yeZimbabwe
Nyika yamad quote guru edu tose;
Kubva Zambezi kusvika Limpopo,
Navatungamiri vavenenduramo;
Ngaikomborerwe nyika yeZimbabwe.
German translation:
unknown