Lyrics and translation David Lutalo - Embwa Y'ekatwe

Embwa Y'ekatwe

Erabika yaggwa dalu eruma, tawuni ye katwe ya ntama nze, agenda yo gwerumma...
Embwa yomugagga gyeyagirundira.

Erabikayaggwa dalu eruma, tawuni ye katwe ya ntama nze, agenda yo gwerumma bagita, embwa yomugagga gyeyagirundira.

Waliyo omusajja ekatwe Samanya, yali mugagga alina nnyo esimbi, yasimba amaka kyokomya amaaso, no mukyala omuto ngo mukuumi,
Yalina buli kimu maka kirinji nga bakyala abakyusa buli kadde, nga talina kyeyegomba maama nga ddula no kuddula sebo,
Nga wadde yali omugagga bungi nnyo,
Yegomba ewaka obako ne mbwa ye, yagula akabwa nakalunda naye nga takata kuda walala,
Kati yakula yagyita naye ate etabuse, yadde mukama wayo yamukye, eruma buli agyiyise mumaaso,
Toyitira ekatwe oba nkulimba...

Samanya lumu yagyisumulula, agyiteko ewaka nayo mbu yetaye, bwe yagyita yagoba omukyala nemuluma omutwe na ma gulu, omukyala yakuba omulanga era omwami nagya amutase, emulumye olubuto ne mumaaso, aliko kikuba mukono.
Omusajja yakuba embwa omuggo, embwa ne buuka geti nga ekamye, yasibira mudala gwawali ekatwe neluma buli aliwo ohh.

Abantu bayiyizayo enkola gyebasobolera okuyita kweno embwa naye ate banakuwavu bambi enkola mbu yakabi nyo era ekoya, oyambala kabuuti ne sepewo ovulo sokisi ne gambutusi, ne webika ne face yona bwotyo tolaba gyogenda kulaga, kati omulala bwatukako mumaaso ngalaba teli kimukanga ngakyusa ovulo ne sepewo ngabisula so abigyako wali embwa emulinda...

A Chained Dog

It is too late at night to be outside, you see, I am a resident of Katwe; you should go to bed...
The dog of the rich man is the one that bit you.

It is too late at night to be outside, you see, I am a resident of Katwe; you should go to bed darling, the dog of the rich man is the one that bit you.

There was a man in Katwe called Samanya, he was a rich man with a lot of money, he built a house that would make your eyes pop out, and a young wife as beautiful as a doll,
She had everything in the house every month like the wealthy women who change their clothes every day, she had no problem with her mother because she was always sending her things,
Even though he was very rich,
She had to share with the dog at home, he bought her a very big dog but it could not go outside,
Now it had grown and he tied it up, even though its master had abandoned it, it chased everyone who passed by it,
Don't provoke a chained dog or else you will regret it...

Samanya once went on a business trip, he left with it at home but it is said it got lost, when he returned he beat his wife on the head and in the stomach, the wife reported him and her husband came and divorced her, he kicked her in the stomach and in the face, there was a commotion of people chasing each other.
The man hit the dog on the head, the dog jumped up barking, it ran into the forest nearby and bit everyone it found there.

People tried many ways to pass by the dog but they were defeated, to some people those ways were bad and evil, you wear a sackcloth and a dirty vest and cover your face with a sock and gumboots, and then you appear and your face is hidden, now the other one comes right before your eyes and sees that nothing is stopping you from changing that sackcloth and dirty vest knowing that you covered it and there is a chained dog protecting you...