Sizalelwe Indodana - A South African Christmas Song (with lyrics and links to additional examples)

Concord Nkabinde Music, Dec. 19, 2019

This time of the year always reminds me of my childhood & my years of growing up in Dube, Soweto. The one song that became a soundtrack for the Christmas season at that time was this simple Traditional song that really takes me back there. This is my interpretation of it. Sizalelwe Indodana Igama layo nguJesu Iyo yodwa, Iyo yodwa, Iyo yodwa Umsindisi. Unto us a Son/Saviour is born. Have a Blessed & a meaningful Christmas season. **** Edited by Azizi Powell This pancocojams post showcases the South African (Xhosa?) song "Sizalewe Indodana". The lyrics to this song are given in this post along with the Google translation results. This post also includes links to several other YouTube versions of this song. The content of this post is presented for cultural, religious, and aesthetic purposes. All copyrights remain with their owners. Thanks to the composer/s of this song and thanks to Concord Nkabinde Music for this embedded video. Thanks also to all those who are associated whose renditions are given via links in this post.

**** LYRICS WITH GOOGLE TRANSLATE RESULTS

Sizalelwe Indodana Igama layo nguJesu Iyo yodwa, Iyo yodwa, Iyo yodwa Umsindisi. -snip- These words are repeated, forming the entire song. The Google translate feature for these words gave these results for Zulu and for Xhosa: "A Son Has Been Born to Us 
His name is Jesus 
Alone, Alone, Alone Savior.
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Instead of the word "alone", a better English translation might be "our only" or "the only".

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ADDITIONAL LINKS FOR EXAMPLES OF THIS SONG
Example #1:

Sazalelwa Indodana

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yb559GkcuQ0&ab_channel=TheTwelveApostolicChurchOfChrist

The Twelve Apostolic Church Of Christ Mar 18, 2018

Song led by Mfundisi Dube
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In response to a question, a commenter wrote that this video was filmed in Dublin, Ireland.

Here's information about The Twelve Apostolic Church Of Christ (TACC)
From ,https://www.sundaymail.co.zw/twelve-apostles-in-thanksgiving-service
..."TACC originated in South Africa and has Zimbabwe branches in Harare, Bulawayo and Masvingo; as well as in Europe and the Americas.

Very recently, evangelism has taken TACC to Ghana, India, Kenya and DRC,” reads a message on the church website.”… 

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Example #2: Sizalelwe Indodana

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xm5nv6xxqHE&ab_channel=NilsLandgren-Topic

Nils Landgren - Topic, Oct. 29, 2020

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Example #3:  Sizalelwe Indodana (Unto us a Son is Born)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzZMfVb8P9E&ab_channel=IvangeliGospel-Topic

Ivangeli Gospel - Topic, Nov. 19, 2020

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