Shava Mwendamberi

Shava Mwendamberi

Maita Shava, Mwendamberi.

Maita vokwaGwenzi rakaviga mambo,

VeChitemberere.

Maita Mvurayadzongwa

Matangakunwa Shava yangu yiyi,

Vari shure vanomwa mabvongwe,

Varimberi vachinwa tsvene,

Nyahunzvi, Shava yangu yiyi,

Zvaitwa vari Tsonzo,

Vana vaChikono chengwe

VokwaZongororo kunava,

Ariona ati rakafa,

Zvaitwa veChitemberere,

Vaera mhofu,

VokwaMazurukuwanda, kurimugungwa,

Maita VaKarimudunhu uchizvinwzira.

Zvaitwa VaShava vana vaChivero,

Aiwa zvaonekwa Mendamberi.

Mitauro yeBantu

• BaKalanga vanoti ma enda-mbeli (first fruits; corn that ripens before the rest of the harvest; poor quality of sorghum).