Mazviita Gumbo,
Maita zvenyu Madyirapanze,
Vaidyira panze nokutya Vaera Shiri,
Hekanhi Chidonhamuto,
Chidonhamukaka mhuru inobva muGona,
Chifukamakono hadzi dzakatseketera,
Shava huru yakapamba Gona,
Gara ramasango, chipauro chamafuta,
Godzamuto mhuru inobva Gona,
VoRufura,
Venzeve tsvuku,
Mushukuro weGona,
Vanechitanga chisizari n’ombe,
Chinotozara musi wezvita,
Maita vari Masakadza,
Maita vari Njaidza,
Navari Mhiri kwaNyazvidzi,
Maita vari Hwiru,
Tatenda vari Chikwidzire chamabwe machena,
Chakada mutema muzvare Mataruse,
Hekanhi vari Raubwi,
Vari muhari huru,
Vari chikomo chaMabwazhe,
Mhare yokurwa yaiganza kunge handira,
Zvaitwa Chisema, Sambiri,
Chikara wapanze,
Chifamba namana,
Chifuramakuru, mazondo tinodya,
Maita vari Svikire,
Vari Maturi, vari chivende,
Vari Hubvumwe, Chiputsamakuru; Godzamuto,
Vari Hwiru yaMazonde vokuda nyama,
Vanoera gumbo remombe asi mutumbi wayo vachidya,
Shava yangu yiyi, Chitanga, Chikanyamatope,
Maita vari Mapfukudza kunodyiwa boora nechirimo,
Naka muchadya makunguwo huku dzarova,
Hekanhi Madyirapanze, Ganyamatope,
Kuti vane nzara vaponewo,
Hekanhi Musipa,
Marera Nherera, Matsikapasikuzororahuvata,
Hekanhi Gutu, Hekanhi weGona, ndisengei,
Senga nhundwa, senga musoro pane romo neziso,
Hekanhi Mhandamakan’a, Matakuradumbu,
Matangakunwa muviri une nyota,
Vatambi vemuGanyiro,
Matsika pachena napanerima,
Hekanhi Masangedzwa,
Bvumazvirema,
Teveratsimba mutsvairo wenzira,
Hekanhi Murendo, Mushaya chirashwa,
Mafuta tinozora,
Runyanga igonamombe,
Gumbo mubhadha, dovo tinowadza,
Nyama tinodya, mukaka tinomwa,
Muswe inhawo, ndove indozura mumba,
Zvaitwa Chitova, mushukuro wegonamombe,
Aiwa zvaitwa Gumbo,
Chinemukutu, maKorekore
Gumbo Madyirapanze has for long been used as a form of identity; identifying people who belong to that totem with a unique social, economic, or historical background and past. It was thus a common unifying factor which bound together individuals, families and clans. Totems in Zimbabwe are not a thing of the past despite the changes that have come with time, people are still identified by their respective totems.
