Shosholoza is a traditional Southern African folk song. The Zulu word Shosholoza means go forward or make way for the next man. It is something of a "second national anthem" in South Africa. Apparently, the lyrics differ from recording to recording, as do the Latin transcriptions. Here is one example: "Move fast on those mountains train from South Africa. You are running away on those mountains train from South Africa. "
soy salvadoreño (centroamericano) y esta cacion es inspiradora Dios bendiga Africa (i am salvadorian (from Cantral America) and this song is inspiring God bless Africa)
@karpov89 isiZulu is only spoken in South Africa. isiNdebele is spoken in Zimbabwe and Botswana. These languages were the same 200 years ago. English is mostly the same in England and the US, but there's been a lot of contact. When Mizilikaze took Shaka's cattle, he knew the only contact would be a violent one. So the two languages have drifted a bit, but if you speak one, you can understand the other. Both rely on a lot of "clicks," unlike the other language in Zimbabwe, Shona.
@karpov89 Yep. It's the song of people who have to travel to a distant mine. Even today, many people from Zimbabwe cross into South Africa hoping to find work. Sadly, they are often not received kindly.
Hi all from Italy. I sung another version of this song once during a work travel in Brits (Madibeng). Love this choir version. Anybody has the music score?
Rough English translation: Move faster, You are meandering on those mountains, The train is from South Africa. You accelerate, on those mountains, The train is from South Africa. "Shosholoza" means "Go forward" or "Make way for the next man". The word also sounds like the noise of a steam train. ("Stimela" is the Zulu word for a steam train). got it off a website :)
It is really great ot be a part of a rainbow nation. Go SA. Bokke make us this World Cup proud and bring the Web-Ellis cup a third time home!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@ImperialistRunningDo Thanks for the information...interesting! Well in Sweden we learn British English in school, but we see more films etc from America so that is a mix really..however BE and AE are indeed the same language, although the spelling and some words are different...also is the Swedish spoken in Sweden and the Swedish spoken in Finland (a Swedish minority there).
shosholoza Shosholoza uKle ... Zontaba Stimela siphume South Africa Wen'uyabaleka Wen'uyabaleka Kule ... Zontaba Stimela siphume South Africa Shosholoza Kule ... Zontaba Stimela siphume South Africa Wen'uyabaleka Wen'uyabaleka Kule ... Zontaba Stimela siphume South Africa Seguindo Adiante Seguindo adiante Através destas montanhas Trem da África do Sul Você está indo embora Você está indo embora Através destas montanhas Trem da África do Sul Seguindo adiante Através destas montanhas Trem da África do Sul Você está indo embora Você está indo embora Através destas montanhas Trem da África do Sul
@ImperialistRunningDo That is too bad...I understand the South Africans might think they are stealing jobs but you should not blame the people for that. So Zulu is a language of several countries in southern Africa!?
