Track 7: Mashangwa
Tevera Mashangwa waenda nebaniro
Mutserendende
He takananga kminda
Hoye takananda kumapurazi
Takananga mutserendende
Tevera Mashangwa waenda nebaniro
Mwana wenyu mwana wenyu mwana wenyu
Waenda kumapurazi
Mwana wenyu mwana wenyu mwanawenyu
Waenda kuminda
Tevera Mashanga waenda nebaniro ha..
Woye hiye tiote mutserendende
Hoyiye....takananga kuminda
Mwana wenyu mwana wenyu mwana wenyu
Waenda makura....
Mwana wenyu mwana wenyu mwana wenyu
Waenda kupurazi....
Mwana wenyu mwana wenyu mwana wenyu
Waenda kuminda....
Tevera Mashangwa waenda nebaniro
'Mr. Hunger'
You follow Mr. Hunger who went to that fertile land
In slip-and slide
We are heading straight towards the fields
Straight for the farms
Straight ahead, slip-and-slide
Following Mr. Hunger who went to that fertile land
Your child and child and child....
Went to the farms
Your child and child and child
Has gone to the fields
Following Mr. Hunger who went to that fertile plain
Us going, slip-and-slide
Straight towards the fields
Your child and child and child....
Has gone to the rich soil
Your child, and child, and child....has gone to the farms
Your child and child and child...has gone to the fields
Following Mr. Hunger who left for that open land.
This song is sung in preparation for the land war. It is sung in both high and bass voices and urges people to follow Mashagwa (Mr. Misfortune or Mr. Hunger) who has already gone to take over the farms and land. In times of great hunger, divisions between people begin.
