Paroles et traduction Deborah - Mangihamba

Mangihamba

Ngathi ngisahamba emhlabeni ngahlalel'ithuna lami la.
Njengembali eqhakaza lamhla, ngakusasa isibune nya.

Ngokunjalo kwangizum'ukufa ngisemusha, ngiyingane nje;
Kanti qhabo, ngiyaphila futhi, ngitshiyil'umzimba wodwa la.

Sengiphiwe ukuhlal'okuhle, laph'ukufa kwahluliwe nya;
Sengibong'iNkosi yaphezulu kanye lezithunyw'ekhaya le.

Ningakhali bazalwane bami, sahlukene umzuzwana nje;
Ezulwini sobonana futhi zonk'insizi seziphele nya.

Mangihamba

As if I still walk on the earth, I sat in my hut for a moment.
Like the flower that blooms today, it withers tomorrow.

In the same way, I thought death came to me while I was still young;
But what a surprise, I am still alive, I only left my body behind.

I have been given a good place to stay, where death has been conquered;
I give thanks to the Lord above and to the ancestors of my home.

Do not cry, my brothers, we are separated for only a moment;
In heaven we will see each other again and all sorrows will be gone.