Chemutengure
Chemutengure: Harmony Unveiled in the Ancient Lands
Lyrics
All of life is one
All of life is interconnected and unified.
Love is one for all
Love is a universal concept that binds everyone together.
So now the time of chemutengure has come
The time of "chemutengure," a happening or confluence, has arrived.
The wagons of a foreign culture brought
Foreign influences, symbolized by wagons, have arrived.
The greed and glory of another people
The negative aspects of greed and glory from another culture.
To the ancient land of Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe, the ancient land, is the focal point of these influences.
Where rivers meet there will be confluence
Confluence is expected where rivers meet, representing a coming together of different elements.
The waters of all oceans taste of salt
An analogy that suggests shared experiences or commonalities, like the salt in all oceans.
Chachemutengure viri rengoro (Now is the time of chemutengure)
Emphasizing the current period as the time of "chemutengure."
Chemutengure (A happening, confluence)
"Chemutengure" is described as a happening or confluence.
A stranger took me in and called me brother
A stranger welcoming the narrator as a brother, symbolizing unity.
Now I hear the rhythm and the beat
The narrator has embraced the rhythm and beat of the new culture.
But I do not come from that land where this
The narrator acknowledges not belonging to the land of the music's origin.
Music was born, my ancestors they speak
Recognition of ancestral heritage and connection to the past.
The people come to Zimbabwe and so
People come to Zimbabwe, spreading its influence globally.
Her muse spreads to the world, chemutengure
The muse of Zimbabwe reaches the world, contributing to "chemutengure."
Chachemutengure viri rengoro
Reiteration of the current time as the period of "chemutengure."
Chemutengure
Reaffirmation of the significance of "chemutengure."
Born in a stream it follows to the sea
Symbolic journey from birth in a stream to reaching the vast sea.
The steelhead ventures forth among the sharks
The steelhead (symbolic of the narrator) navigating challenges among powerful forces.
For years it lives and breathes that salty sea
Living in the influence of a foreign environment for an extended period.
Until the day it swims upstream, back home
The eventual return to the homeland, swimming upstream.
All of life is one
Reiteration that all of life is interconnected and unified.
Love is one for all
Love is a universal force that applies to everyone.
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