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 Impi! wo ?nans? impi iyeza Obani bengathinta amabhubesi?

 Impi! wo ?nans? impi iyezas Obani bengathinta amabhubesi?

 All along the river Chelmsford?s army lay asleep, Come to crush the children of Mageba

 Come to exact the Realm?s price for peace

 And in the morning as they saddled up to ride, Their eyes shone with the fire and the steel

 The General told them of the task that lay ahead, To bring the People of the Sky to heel

 Impi! wo ?nans? impi iyeza Obani bengathinta amabhubesi?

 Impi! wo ?nans? impi iyeza Obani bengethinta amabhubesi?

 Mud and sweat on polished leather, Warm rain seeping to the bone

 They rode through the season?s wet weather, Straining for a glimpse of the foe

 Hopeless battalion destined to die, Broken by the Benders of Kings

 Vainglorious General and Victorian pride, Would cost him and eight hundred men their lives

 Impi! wo ?nans? impi iyeza Obani bengathinta amabhubesi?

 Impi! wo ?nans? impi iyeza Obani bengathinta amabhubesi?

 They came to the side of the mountain

 Scouts rode out to spy the land

 Even as the Realm?s soldiers lay resting

 Mageba?s forces were soon at hand

 And by the evening the vultures were wheeling

 Above the ruins where the fallen lay

 An ancient song as old as the ashes

 Echoed as Mageba?s warriors marched away

 Impi! wo ?nans? impi iyeza Obani bengathinta amabhubesi?

 Impi! wo ?nans? impi iyeza Obani bengathinta amabhubesi?

Impi! wo ?nans? impi iyeza Obani bengathinta amabhubesi?

Impi! wo ?nans? impi iyeza Obani bengathinta amabhubesi?

 Impi! wo ?nans? impi iyeza Obani bengathinta amabhubesi?

 Impi! wo ?nans? impi iyeza Obani bengathinta amabhubesi?