Lyrics and translation Lucky Dube - Shembe Is the Way

Shembe Is the Way

It wasn't the valley of death, I was walking in
It was the valley of confusion for many years
Different religions, different beliefs
Undermining my culture
Looking down upon my tradition
Making fun of my language
Telling my children, they have no God
Finally I can tell them about
Shembe is the way
Oh Shembe (Shembe)
thank you for showing us the way
nobunazaretha
Oh Shembe (Shembe)
thank you for healing my people
nobunazaretha
Oh Shembe (Shembe)
thank you for showing us the way
nobunazaretha
Finally I can tell the world
That Shemebe is the way
(.)
Finally I can tell them what I know
Shembe is the way
I hear them shouting Amen
At the top of the mountain
I hear them shouting Uyingcwele
At the top of the mountain
No one will undermine my religion
No one will undermine my culture anymore
'Cause God sent him from above, to be with the people
Bring them back to what is their own
Take them back to the ways Of our forefathers
Finally I can tell generations and generations
Shembe is the way
Oh Shembe (Shembe)
thank you
For showing us the way
nobunazaretha
Oh Shembe (Shembe)
thank you
For healing my people
nobunazaretha
Oh Shembe (Shembe)
thank you
For showing us the way
nobunazaretha
You are looking at me, I am looking at you
But we both know Shemebe is the way

Shembe est le chemin

Ce n'était pas la vallée de la mort, j'y marchais
C'était la vallée de la confusion pendant de nombreuses années
Différentes religions, différentes croyances
Sousminant ma culture
Regardant de haut ma tradition
Se moquant de ma langue
Disant à mes enfants qu'ils n'ont pas de Dieu
Enfin, je peux leur parler de
Shembe est le chemin
Oh Shembe (Shembe)
merci de nous montrer le chemin
nobunazaretha
Oh Shembe (Shembe)
merci de guérir mon peuple
nobunazaretha
Oh Shembe (Shembe)
merci de nous montrer le chemin
nobunazaretha
Enfin, je peux le dire au monde entier
Que Shemebe est le chemin
(.)
Enfin, je peux leur dire ce que je sais
Shembe est le chemin
Je les entends crier Amen
Au sommet de la montagne
Je les entends crier Uyingcwele
Au sommet de la montagne
Personne ne sapéra plus ma religion
Personne ne sapéra plus ma culture
Parce que Dieu l'a envoyé d'en haut, pour être avec le peuple
Les ramener à ce qui leur est propre
Les ramener aux voies de nos ancêtres
Enfin, je peux le dire aux générations et aux générations
Shembe est le chemin
Oh Shembe (Shembe)
merci
De nous montrer le chemin
nobunazaretha
Oh Shembe (Shembe)
merci
De guérir mon peuple
nobunazaretha
Oh Shembe (Shembe)
merci
De nous montrer le chemin
nobunazaretha
Tu me regardes, je te regarde
Mais nous savons tous les deux que Shemebe est le chemin