Impi! wo 'nans' impi iyeza  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  Chorus  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  Chorus  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 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  Chorus    these lyrics are submitted by Runnex