Document Key:
First Line: Zulu Texts
2nd Line: Pronunciation
3rd Line: English Translations
Key Vowel Sounds: There are long, short and umlauted vowels that are to be sung in German.
- ee as in the word “see”
- ah as is the word “father”
- eh as in the word “bet”
- aw as in the word “awe”
- oo as in the word “moot”
Siyahamb’ ekukhanyeni kwenkos
See yah hahm bah koo kahn yehn kwehn kaws
“We are marching in the light of (God)truth.”*
The direct translation is “We are marching in the light of God”, however the translation is often secularized when sung.