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#Chitumbuka #life #marriage
Tawina Tumbuka
Loraine Masiya Mponela
Mutundu wane
Tawina Tumbuka
mu charo chapasi
tilumwazikana
kuumwera na pakati pa azania (Africa)
 
Muvyaro vinandi tilimu

Tili mu charu cha Zambiya
cha Malawi, Khongo na Tanzaniya
chikondwerero chatosi ise
chagona muchiyowoyero chithu
Chitumbuka

"muliwuli"
tikutauzgana
nachimwemwe chose tikuzgolana
"Tili makola kwalimwe"

Mutundu wane
Northern Malawi - charo chane chakubabikira
Tuluzengezgana na nyanja
jiya la Nyanja ya Malawi ilo
likutimba vikaya vithu
na tawanthu
mbwenu waka nthena demeleri
pamoza na nyanja

ise ndise WaTumbuka
Kwa vyaka na mileli tuwala
nga ndi zuwa lachihanya
tili Kutumbikika na walongozgi wamahala
malangu yaweme pela
ndiyo wakukola
Moyo withu ngwausambazi
muvinandi
ndimutilili
Kufumira kuwapapi withu
wakutemweka

Panthengwa
tupereka chuma
Kuwachanakazi
viwongo vikulu
pakutipa mwanawawo
ng'ombi zubama
ndalama mathumba mathumba
zulikitika
mwachupulikano chakhi

sumu nazu
tukowera
zakovwira awo mbalwari
mumaghanughanu yawo
Tuvina vimbuza
umo tikusanga
uchizgi.

ENGLISH VERSION
#Tumbuka People
Loraine Masiya Mponela
my people 
the Tumbuka people 
scattered across Southern and central Africa 
multinational 
within the borders of Zambia, Malawi, Congo and Tanzania
celebrating this plurality 
in language Chitumbuka
muli wuli is our greeting
tiri makola is the response with a smile

my people 
in Malawi
land of my birth
live around the lake
lake Malawi
in the north of the country
in villages and communities 
hugging the lake

Ba Tumbuka is the noun for us
have shined for a millennium
blessing our region with intelligent leaders 
values
rich in culture
inherited from our loving ancestors
we pride ourselves in

our marriages are solidified by dowry 
Kupereka chuma
which means transferring wealth
in livestock or cash 
sealed in negotiations 

we sing songs so distinct
for the troubled souls 
we offer vimbuza 
our healing dance