Ikliphu Yevidiyo
Ingoma
Dashing through the snow
– Ukugqitha kwikhephu
In a one-horse open sleigh
– Kwikset handleset kwikset handleset handleset
O’er the fields we go
– Landlord we go
Laughing all the way
– Ukuhleka yonke indlela
Bells on bobtails ring
– Iintsimbi kwi-bobtails ring
Making spirits bright
– Ukwenza imimoya iqaqambe
What fun it is to ride and sing
– Yintoni emnandi ukukhwela kunye nokucula
A sleighing song tonight
– Kwinana tonight
Oh! Jingle bells, jingle bells
– Owu! Jingle bells, jingle bells
Jingle all the way
– Jingle yonke indlela
Oh, what fun it is to ride
– Yintoni emnandi ukukhwela
In a one-horse open sleigh, hey
– In open open open open open open open open open open-heyo heyo
Jingle bells, jingle bells
– Jingle bells, jingle bells
Jingle all the way
– Jingle yonke indlela
Oh, what fun it is to ride
– Yintoni emnandi ukukhwela
In a one-horse open sleigh
– Kwikset handleset kwikset handleset handleset
A day or two ago
– Usuku okanye ezimbini ezidlulileyo
I thought I’d take a ride
– Ndandicinga ukuba ndiza a ride
And soon, Miss Fanny Bright
– Kwaye kungekudala, Miss Fanny Bright
Was seated by my side
– Hlala phantsi ecaleni kwam
The horse was lean and lank
– Ihashe lalibhityile kwaye linamanzi
Misfortune seemed his lot
– Ilishwa lalibonakala lilungile
He got into a drifted bank
– Wangena ebhange eligcweleyo
And then we got upsot
– Then we exhaled
Hey, jingle bells, jingle bells
– Hey, jingle bells, jingle bells
Jingle all the way
– Jingle yonke indlela
Oh, what fun it is to ride
– Yintoni emnandi ukukhwela
In a one-horse open sleigh, hey
– In open open open open open open open open open open-heyo heyo
Jingle bells, jingle bells
– Jingle bells, jingle bells
Jingle all the way
– Jingle yonke indlela
Oh, what fun it is to ride
– Yintoni emnandi ukukhwela
In a one-horse open sleigh
– Kwikset handleset kwikset handleset handleset
A day or two ago
– Usuku okanye ezimbini ezidlulileyo
The story I must tell
– Ibali ekufuneka ndilixele
I went out on the snow
– Ndaphuma kwikhephu
And on my back I fell
– Kwaye emqolo wam ndawa
A gent was riding by
– A gentleman wandering
In a one-horse open sleigh
– Kwikset handleset kwikset handleset handleset
He laughed as there I sprawling lie
– Wahleka njengoko ndandilapho ndafafaza ubuxoki
But quickly drove away
– Kodwa wakhawuleza wemka
Jingle bells, jingle bells
– Jingle bells, jingle bells
Jingle all the way
– Jingle yonke indlela
Oh, what fun it is to ride
– Yintoni emnandi ukukhwela
In a one-horse open sleigh, hey
– In open open open open open open open open open open-heyo heyo
Jingle bells, jingle bells
– Jingle bells, jingle bells
Jingle all the way
– Jingle yonke indlela
Oh, what fun it is to ride
– Yintoni emnandi ukukhwela
In a one-horse open sleigh
– Kwikset handleset kwikset handleset handleset
Now the ground is white
– Ngoku umhlaba umhlophe
Go it while you’re young
– Hamba ngoxa uselula
Take the girls tonight
– Thatha amantombazana ngokuhlwanje
And sing this sleighing song
– Kwaye ucule le ngoma sleeging
Just get a bobtailed bay
– Fumana nje i-buckwheat ye-buckwheat
Two forty as his speed
– Amashumi amane anesibini njengesantya sakhe
Hitch him to an open sleigh
– Mbophelele kwisikhonkwane esivulekileyo
And crack, you’ll take the lead
– Khokela, khokela
Jingle bells, jingle bells
– Jingle bells, jingle bells
Jingle all the way
– Jingle yonke indlela
Oh, what fun it is to ride
– Yintoni emnandi ukukhwela
In a one-horse open sleigh, hey
– In open open open open open open open open open open-heyo heyo
Jingle bells, jingle bells
– Jingle bells, jingle bells
Jingle all the way
– Jingle yonke indlela
Oh, what fun it is to ride
– Yintoni emnandi ukukhwela
In a one-horse open sleigh
– Kwikset handleset kwikset handleset handleset
