VEZANDLEBE
Umfowethu uyahlupha - angazi impela ukuthi uqonda ukwenzani
(My brother bothers me - I really don’t know what he’s up to)
Umfowethu uyahlupha - ukhuluma izinto engingazazi
(My brother bothers me - he speaks of things I have never heard)
Umfowethu uyahlupha - wenza sangathi uyangingcokolela
(My brother bothers me - it’s as if he is trying to put me down
Umfowethu uyahlupha - maka yeke ukungikhulumela kabi
(My brother bothers me - he should stop talking behind my back)
Nakho-ke usetshela abangane bakhe
(There! He is telling his friends)
Anginguyena owalekhaya, ngiwakwa-next door
(That I am an illegitimate child, that I come from ‘next door’)
Chorus:
Elakwabani?
(Whose child is this?)
Elakwabani ivezandlebe
(Whose is this child with his ears sticking out?)
Selicwayisa amehlo livezandlebe
(It is blinking its eyes, this child of questionable origins)
Umfowethu uyahlupha - sakhula naye saqudelana
(My brother bothers me - we grew up together always competing)
Umfowethu uyahlupha - ngamehlula njalo noma ngani
(My brother bothers me - I always beat him in every way)
Umfowethu uyahlupha - umdala kodwa ungathi usemncane
(My brother bothers me - he is older than me but he never acts his age)
Umfowethu uyahlupha - ngisuphotha ikhaya kodwa yena akanandaba
(My brother bothers me - I send money home, but he doesn’t care…)
Nakho-ke usetshela abangane bakhe
(There! He is telling is friends)
Anginguyena owalekhaya, ngiwakwa-next door
(That I am an illegitimate child, that I come from ‘next door’)
Chorus
Bridge section:
Khuzani khuzani
(Admonish, admonish)
Khuzani, webaba noma
(Admonish him, Dad and Mom!)
Chorus