Paroles et traduction Oliver Mtukudzi - Baba

Baba

Imi baba manyanya kurova amai
Ndimi baba manyanya kutuka amai
Munoti isu vana tofara sei?
Isu isu vana tofara sei?
Kana mai vachichema pameso pedu
Kana mai vachingochema pameso pedu

Vati ponda hako ndifire pavana vangu
Hunzi pondai henyu ndifire pavana vangu

Ndozeza baba (tozeza baba)
Tozeza baba(tozeza baba)
Tozeza baba (tozeza baba)
Baba chidhakwa (tozeza baba)
Tozeza baba (tozeza baba)
Baba chidhakwa (tozeza baba)

Chavanotadza chiiko, chinomirira madhakwa?
I doro here rinoti mai ngava tukwe?
I doro here rinoti mai ngavarohwe?

Tozeza baba (tozeza baba)
Tozeza baba (tozeza baba)
Tozeza baba (tozeza baba)
Vauya vadhakwa (tozeza baba)
Tozeza baba (tozeza baba)
Baba chidhakwa (tozeza baba)

Imi baba marova mai
Ndimi baba manyanya kutuka mai
Munoti isu isu vana tofara seiko?
Isu vana tofara sei?
Kana mai vachingochema pameso pedu
Kana mai vachichema pameso pedu

Vati ponda hako ndifire pavana vangu
Ponda hako ndifire pavana vangu

Tozeza baba isu (tozeza baba)
Baba chidhakwa (tozeza baba)
Tozeza baba (tozeza baba)
Baba chidhakwa (tozeza baba)
Tozeza baba (tozeza baba)
Baba chidhakwa (tozeza baba)

Ndotsiura sei, imi baba?
Tinotsiura seiko pamunotadza?
Imi muri hasha dzega dzega

Tozeza baba kani
Tozeza baba (tozeza baba)
Tozeza baba (tozeza baba)
Tozeza baba (tozeza baba)
Tozeza baba (tozeza baba)

I doro here rinoti mai ngavarohwe
I doro here rinoti mai ngavatukwe

Tozeza baba (tozeza baba)
Tozeza baba (tozeza baba)
Tozeza baba (tozeza baba)
Tozeza baba (tozeza baba)
Tozeza baba (tozeza baba)
Tozeza baba (tozeza baba)

Imi baba manyanya kani
Tozeza baba (tozeza baba)

Father

You are the one, father, who beats my mother
You are the one, father, who insults my mother
How can we, your children, be happy?
How can we, your children, be happy?
When our mother cries in our presence?
When our mother cries in our presence?

You say, 'Let her be beaten, I will die for my children'
You say, 'Let her be beaten, I will die for my children'

I am hesitant, father (I am hesitant, father)
Hesitant, father (hesitant, father)
Hesitant, father (hesitant, father)
Father, you are drunk (hesitant, father)
Hesitant, father (hesitant, father)
Father, you are drunk (hesitant, father)

What have we done wrong, what is worth more than alcohol?
Does this alcohol make you say, 'May my mother be insulted'?
Does this alcohol make you say, 'May my mother be beaten'?

Hesitant, father (hesitant, father)
Hesitant, father (hesitant, father)
Hesitant, father (hesitant, father)
You come drunk (hesitant, father)
Hesitant, father (hesitant, father)
Father, you are drunk (hesitant, father)

You are the one, father, who beats my mother
You are the one, father, who insults my mother
How can we, your children, be happy?
How can we, your children, be happy?
When our mother cries in our presence?
When our mother cries in our presence?

You say, 'Let her be beaten, I will die for my children'
Let her be beaten, I will die for my children'

I am hesitant, father (hesitant, father)
Father, you are drunk (hesitant, father)
Hesitant, father (hesitant, father)
Father, you are drunk (hesitant, father)
Hesitant, father (hesitant, father)
Father, you are drunk (hesitant, father)

How can we reprimand you, father?
How can we reprimand you when you are wrong?
You are just full of anger

I am hesitant, father, but
Hesitant, father (hesitant, father)
Hesitant, father (hesitant, father)
Hesitant, father (hesitant, father)
Hesitant, father (hesitant, father)

Does this alcohol make you say, 'May my mother be beaten'?
Does this alcohol make you say, 'May my mother be insulted'?

Hesitant, father (hesitant, father)
Hesitant, father (hesitant, father)
Hesitant, father (hesitant, father)
Hesitant, father (hesitant, father)
Hesitant, father (hesitant, father)
Hesitant, father (hesitant, father)

You are too much, father, but
Hesitant, father (hesitant, father)