Lyrics and translation Meskerem Getu - Lemin

Lemin

ስንቱ ያልተገባውን ከፍታ ረግጧል
ያልዘራዉን መልካም አጭዶ ተዘልሏል
መንገዱ ተቃንቶለት
ተሳክቶለታል በሕይወቱ
ሳይለፋ ምንም ሳይደክም
ባይተጋም ሙሉ ነዉ ቤቱ
ግን ለፃድቁ ተከለከለ በጽድቅ የዘራዉንም አጣ
ሕይወቱ ከፋበት ተጨነቀ ያለ ኃጥያቱ ተቀጣ
አላልፍልህ አለዉ ጨለማ መንጋቱን እየናፈቀ
ጥሮ ግሮ አላተረፋም በኪሳራ ያለዉ አለቀ

ለምን (፬x)
ለምን ግን ለምን
ለምን ለምን

የኃይላቸዉ ጥንካሬ ብርታታቸዉ ሲበዛ
በምስኪኑ ሲሳለቁ ሲያሳዩት ጭንቅ አበሳ
አመፀኞች ከፍ ሲሉ ሳይደክሙ ሲከናወኑ
ተከታይ ሲበዛላቸዉ ፃዲቁን ግን ሲኮንኑ

ለምን (፭x)
ለምን ግን
ለምን ለምን

እግዚአብሔር ከቶ አይባልም ለምን
የሚሰራዉን ስለሚመዝን
ፍርድ የተዛባ ቢመስልም እንኳን
አላማ አለዉ የእርሱ ዝምታ

ኃጥአን በድጥ ላይ ናቸዉ
ይፈጥናል ዉድቀታቸዉ
እግዚአብሄር ሲነሳ ከፊት ነዉ ጥፋታቸዉ
ለልበ ንጹሐን ግን ቀን ይወጣላቸዋል
የደረሰባቸዉን እግዚአብሔር ተመልክቷል
ፃድቅ ፃድቅ እግዚአብሔር ፃድቅ
እርሱ አይሳሳት ፃድቅ ነዉ ፃድቅ

Lost

Climbed a height that was not meant to be
Sowed no seed, yet reap the honey
Your path has been diverted
Tangled up in life
Never tiring, never failing
A house full of sheep
But closed down for the righteous. Lost a seed of truth
Life grew worse, burdened without sin
You will not pass, darkness says, your candle fading
You have not sown, nor reaped, nothing left in your barn

Why (4x)
Why but why
Why, why

Your strength, your power, growing bolder
Laughing at the poor, showing contempt
Oppressors rising high, never tiring, achieving
Followers increase, while the righteous you condemn

Why (5x)
Why but why
Why, why

God is never questioned why
For he sees the workers
Though judgment may seem delayed
There is purpose in his silence

Sinners, rest assured
Your downfall is being prepared
When God rises, your destruction is imminent
But for the pure in heart, a day will come
God has seen your suffering
Righteous, righteous, God is righteous
He makes no mistake, righteous, righteous