Paroles et traduction Freshlyground - Nomvula

Nomvula

Sondela, mhlobo wam
Nali ibali elide, apho kwaqala khona inkathazo, zo, zo
Sasibathathu kumama wam, ndingowesbini ke mna, umafungwashe katata
Ubhut′ Doc Nceba Mahola
Ndakhuliswa nguyise wam, owaswelekelwa esemtsha
Ngudarly wakhe, umama wam uedith Nomvula Thomas Mahola
Zang' alile uyise wam mhla kwakufihlwa umzimba wesithandwa seminyaka
Edon Bosco Kwazakhele, 4 rooms, with a dining-room table ebhayi
Zange balile nabathathu ecamb′ kwengcwaba lakhe
Zandl' ezincinci zalahl' uthuth′ eluthuthweni singasazi nesizathu
Tyhini na bethuna usishiyil′ usis' Nono, usishiyil′ usis' Nono
Hayini, azange sayibona intombi enje yakhuliswa yindoda
Dlamini, abazange bayibona intombi enje yakhuliswa yindoda
Sondela, mhlobo wam
Nali ibali elide; apho kwaqala khona inkathazo, zo, zo

Nomvula

My friend, listen,
This is a long story of where the trouble began, my dear.
My mother was my third wife, and I was her second child, with my father in prison.
My father, Dr. Nceba Mahola,
Raised me since I was young, after my mom passed away.
My mother's brother, my uncle Ed Nomvula Thomas Mahola,
Cried when his father hid his lover's body for years.
Edon Bosco Kwazakhele, 4 rooms with a dining-room table in Port Elizabeth
They didn't cry when the three of them danced around her grave.
Their little hands threw stones at the funeral, and we never knew why.
Oh why, they left us as orphans, they left us as orphans.
Oh dear, they never saw a girl like her raised by a man.
Dlamini, they never saw a girl like her raised by a man.
My friend, listen,
This is a long story of where the trouble began, my dear.