Kuyafundw' Osizini (Ilembe) - Ladysmith Black Mambazo traduction en anglais

Kuyafundw' Osizini (Ilembe)

Wena Lembe eleq' amanye amalembe
Ufundephi wena?
Leso sikolo owafunda kuso singagowala kuso
Sonke abanye bathi wafunda Osizini Schoof
Wafunda wagogod' ekuhluphekeni School
Kepha wena sengathi usufuna ukukubalekela nje

Ukuhlupheka kuyafundwa ekuhluphekeni
Kuyafundwa osizini mngani wami bo!

Yizwa ke
Kwangilungela ukuba ngihlushwe
Ukuze ngifunde izimiso zakho Baba wami
Umthetho womlomo wakho muhle
Kunezinkulungwane zegolide nesiliva baba wami.

Lalela ulalelisise kahle ilwile insizwa
Ilwe namadimoni ilwe yaphumelela
Abaleka amadimoni, ayabaleka zilwile
Zilwe namadimoni evimba umculo womdabu
Ukuthi ungaphumeleli, isipho sethu
Esivela kubaba singaphumeleli

Kodwa sibizwe ngokuthi sifundile
Sifundi----le ufundeni? Wazini?
Uma ungamazi uNkulunkulu
Yini oyaziyo, uma ungamazi uMdali wakho
Yini oyaziyo, uma ungamazi ngish---ubaba wakho
Nje yini oyaziyo uma ungamazi (ngisho)

Umama wakho, yini oyaziyo?

Ungamazi umama wakho

Kuyafundw' Osizini (Ilembe)

Oh, Ilembe, the years have passed you by
Where have you been studying?
Now the school you attended is no more
Everyone says you studied at the Osizini School
You studied at the School of Hard Knocks
But now it seems you want to run away from it

Hardship is learned in hardship
It is learned in the osizini, my friend!

Listen
It was good for me to be afflicted
So that I could learn your laws, my Father
The law of your mouth is better
Than thousands of gold and silver, my Father

Listen, listen carefully to the song of the youth
He fought the demons and he won
Those who run from the demons, they run because they are afraid
They are afraid of the demons that prevent the music of the indigenous people
Saying that we will not succeed, our gift
That comes from our father, we will not succeed

But we are called to be taught
What are you learning? What do you know?
If you do not know God
What do you know, if you do not know your Creator
What do you know, if you do not know your father?
What do you know if you do not know (even)

Your mother, what do you know?

Do you know your mother