Paroles et traduction Dobet Gnahoré - Inyembezi Zam

Inyembezi Zam

Ndiyeke ndife
Ndikhalin yembezi zegazi
Ndifunukufa ndidedwajwi
Kuba andifuni kushiya shiya
Na pha kati kwethu

Ukunceda abancinane
Nokubaleka kobobunzima
Akhomntu othenbe noncemelomnyé
Ingulowo nalowo uzimelen dhwini

Dhwini dhwini

Ngamanyama xesha ndiyazibuza ukuba
Leliphina elilizwe ndipilakolo
Ayomélé langa kangakô
Ndisho imithi nomhlaba
Ayomele langa kangakô

Akomfou nou kou yen domyen nen
Ngaba en difunoukou yen obousso mougegobamon
Akomfou nou kou yen domyen nen
Ngaba en difunoukou yen
Ndifun kunya maiala andazukuba ninga

Balékélaphina balékélaphina
Ndifun kunya maiala andazukuba ninga

Senzamdaka ilizwé lethu.
Ilizwé lethu mama ko owe
Ndisho imithi nomhlaba
Ayomélé langa kangakô
(Sung in Xhosa (South Africa)

Inyembezi Zam

My dearest friend
I am drowning in a sea of tears
I'm dying, I'm suffocating
Because I don't want to leave you
And be separated from you

Helping children
And escaping our poverty
The tough and the strong
It is each one of us who is struggling

Struggling struggling

In the morning I ask myself
What kind of world do I live in
Will the sun shine forever
I mean the plants and the earth
Will the sun shine forever

Akomfou nu kou yen domyen nen
Ngaba en difunoukou yen obousso mougegobamon
Akomfou nu kou yen domyen nen
Ngaba en difunoukou yen
I want to create a better world for us

Flee, flee, flee
I want to create a better world for us

My country is destroyed.
My country, mother, where are you
I mean the plants and the earth
Will the sun shine forever
(Sung in Xhosa (South Africa)