Ndlela!
Ndlela kaSompisi, Godide!
Sothole, Gudukazi, Khuboni,
Sompisi owaphemba ngamakhanda amadoda, abanye bephemba ngomlilo,
Nina base Lenge,
Nina enabonakala ngefu lezintuli,
Kwabe kunguSompisi kaGuqa, kaMasalela,
Mazimuzimu enidla abantu,
Mgwabini wemikhonto, Umahlatshwa ebuhleni njengethole,
Umagaju njengengwe,
Inhlangu eyeqa iphindaphinda,
Umanxeba angamanxuluma,
Kwasa bemhlaba uGwabini, waphika,
Mphemba!
Langa elaphuma endlebeni yendlovu lophuma endlebeni yengwenya,
Unonjiyelwa,Kulala uhlangothi lubomvu,
Ugodo olumuka namankayiya,
Mgwabini wemikhonto !!
Ndlela clan praises with English translation:
Ndlela!
(Ndlela – the path/way).
Ndlela kaSompisi, Godide!
(Ndlela, son of Sompisi, Godide).
Sothole, Gudukazi, Khuboni,
(Sothole, Gudukazi, Khuboni).
Sompisi owaphemba ngamakhanda amadoda, abanye bephemba ngomlilo,
(Sompisi who cooked/roasted with the heads of men, while others cook/roast with fire).
Nina base Lenge,
(You of of the origin of Lenge).
Nina enabonakala ngefu lezintuli,
(You who appeared with a cloud of dust).
Kwabe kunguSompisi kaGuqa, kaMasalela,
(It was Sompisi, son of Guqa, son of Masalela).
Mazimuzimu enidla abantu,
(You who feed on other human beings).
Mgwabini wemikhonto,
(Mgwabini known for his spears).
Umahlatshwa ebuhleni njengethole,
(The one who is slaughtered in beauty like a calf).
Umagaju njengengwe,
(The one who prowls like a leopard).
Inhlangu eyeqa iphindaphinda,
(The shield that leaps and repeats/renews).
Umanxeba angamanxuluma,
(The one with wounds that are gaping/open).
Kwasa bemhlaba uGwabini, waphika,
(it was until morning when Gwabini was being stabbed but he maintained his innocence).
Mphemba!
(Mphemba).
Langa elaphuma endlebeni yendlovu lophuma endlebeni yengwenya,
(The sun that rose from the ear of the elephant and comes out from the ear of the crocodile).
Unonjiyelwa, Kulala uhlangothi lubomvu,
(He who is envied/respected, sleeping with one side red/bloody).
Ugodo olumuka namankayiya,
(The log that drifts with the wild cats).
Mgwabini wemikhonto !!
(Mgwabini of the spears).
