I-Lunar New Year Lantern Festival eyishumi nanhlanu

Yaziwa nangokuthi “umkhosi we-Shangyuan” noma uMkhosi Wezibani

Ungumkhosi wokuqala obalulekile ngemva koMkhosi Wasentwasahlobo

Inyanga kaMasingana yinyanga yokuqala

Abantu basendulo babebiza ubusuku ngokuthi "ubusuku"

manje

Thatha ubusuku bokuqala benyanga egcwele yonyaka

Inyanga yokuqala yokuthwasa kwenyanga ibizwa ngokuthi uMkhosi Wezibani

Lantern Festival

Ukuzinza ngesifiso samaShayina sokuhlangana futhi futhi sijabule

Namuhla

Umndeni wonke udla amadombolo ndawonye

"Ukulahla" kanye "nokuhlangana kabusha" ukuphimisa okufanayo

Uphawu lokuyindilinga, phila ngokuzwana

Ubusuku be-Lantern

Izibani nezibani emigwaqweni

Abantu bajabulela izibani, ukuqagela nezimfumbe, badle izibani

Imigubho ezoqhubeka kusukela ngoNcibijane

Komunye uvuthondaba

Yibani amasiko ezizukulwaneni

Izinkulungwane zeminyaka

Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi umnandi noma ulahlekile

Noma ukhathazeke

Konke mayelana nothando

Isimo somndeni

Kuba namhlanje ebusuku

Emuhle kakhulu futhi enyakazayo

Namuhla ebusuku, abantu abazimisele ukuhlangana futhi izinyanga ezimbili

Namuhla ebusuku, kungase kube abathandanayo bashade