Uthando – which is isiZulu for “love” – is Sjava at his romantic nadir; it tells the story of someone who’s been failed by and hurt in love. The chorus tells us of the journey our protagonist has taken to try and find true love but ultimately, to their dismay, we find out through each successive ver...
[Chorus]
Ng’hambe kwaze kwashon’ilanga mama
Ng’funana nothando lwangempela
Eng’batholayo badlala ngam badlala ngothando Iwamii
Ngisize
Ngisize
Ubuye umpendulo yami
Ngoba uthando lungehlule
Mmm
Thando lungehlule mama
Yeah yeah
[Verse 1]
Thando ng’yakubonga ng’geza izandla
Ntliziyo yam suyiphendule into yok’dlala
Kanti thando yini lena uyifuna kimi?
Kanti thando yini nggempela lena uyifuna kimi?
Ngoba eng’hlangene nabo bonke mina ngibathandilee
Okubuhlungu nengibathandile bangiphoxile
Yazi kuhbuhlungu ukuthanda umuntu
Uthi umnika uthando lwako yena don’t appreciate it
Mmm
They just don’t appreciate it
Yeah yeah
Uthando aluboni
Abadlale ngothando lwam
Hai ang’basoli
Vele kunjalo
Ukungazi kufana nokungaboni
[Chorus]
Ng’hambe kwaze kwashon’ilanga mama
Ng’funana nothando lwangempela
Eng’batholayo badlala ngam badlala ngothando Iwamii
Ngisize
Ngisize
Ubuye umpendulo yami
Ngoba uthando lungehlule
Mmm
Thando lungehlule mama
Yeah yeah
[Verse 2]
Phinde ung’bone ng’themb’umuntu
Phinde ung’bone ng’thand’umuntu
Yeah yeah
Ngithi uphinde ung’bone ng’thand’umuntu
Phinde ung’bone ng’themb’umuntu
Phinde ung’bone ng’thath’ithemba lami
Ngilibeka kumuntu wasemhlabeni
Ngingabathanda bonke
Kodwa ungathembi noyedwa
Noma uthanda umuntu
Umthande ubuyela ngeneno
Ngoba umuntu akuyena owakini
Umuntu ‘zokujikela emini
Thatha kimi
Lenddlela ng’yayazi mina ng’yihambile
Usethandweni la awunandaba gcine sowulimele
Vula amehlo
Uvale intliziyo
K’semhlabeni lana kugcwele iy’lingo
[Chorus]
Ng’hambe kwaze kwashon’ilanga mama
Ng’funana nothando lwangempela
Eng’batholayo badlala ngam badlala ngothando Iwamii
Ngisize
Ngisize
Ubuye umpendulo yami
Ngoba uthando lungehlule
Mmm
Thando lungehlule mama
Yeah yeah