Mama Neema - Rorexxie traduction en anglais

Mama Neema

Nikimuona Neema, na muonea huruma
Ananijua babae, hakujui mama, na
Namshukuru mungu, Neema yusalama ah
Ila ananipa machungu; "baba, wapi mama?"

Ananiuliza maswali, mengi na makali
Kila nikitafakari, huwaga mi'nakumbuka mbali

(Mama Neema Neema ulimuacha na siku nane, eh!)
(Hukuta' kungoja, ili Neema wako anyonye, ehh)
(Mama Neema Neema ulimuacha na siku nane, eh!)
(Hukuta' kungoja, ili Neema wako anyonye, ehh)

Hivi mi', ninanuksi gani, au mimi nina mkosi gani?
Au kuna kitu, kwa ndugu, jamaa, na majirani, eh?
Naogopa kusema sana, dhambi kwa maanani!

Nilizaa kamwana ikashindikana
Kama bahati bwana, nilikupata kimwana na
Nikasema na tuzae watoto, watusaidie baadae
Ulilipokea kwa furaha, ulinifuata nikukumbatie
Kumbe wewe, nakupa passport utangulie
Ilipangwa wewe utangulie mwanao abakie

(Mama Neema Neema ulimuacha na siku nane, eh!)
(Hukuta' kungoja, ili Neema wako anyonye, ehh)
(Mama Neema Neema ulimuacha na siku nane, eh!)
(Hukuta' kungoja, ili Neema wako anyonye, ehh)

Kila ninakokwenda, Neema yuko nyuma yangu mie
Na mi'siwezi kumtenga, kwani baba mie mama mie
Mara acheke mara alie, Neema mara anitanie
Naomba mollah amjalie, wazo la mama lisimjie

Najua haiwezekani, kwa kila aliye duniani
Ana miaka kumi, kila siku mama yusafarini
Na maswali ya kizushi; "mama atarudi linii-ih?"
Nayakumbuka mazishi, mi'ninabaki nauzini
Mimi nilie au ninune, hivi nini eeheh, mimi nifanyee?

(Mama Neema Neema ulimuacha na siku nane, eh!)
(Hukuta' kungoja, ili Neema wako anyonye, ehh)
(Mama Neema Neema ulimuacha na siku nane, eh!)
(Hukuta' kungoja, ili Neema wako anyonye, ehh)

20 percent, (20 Percent, 20 Percent)
Man Water, (Man Water, Man Water)

(Mama Neema Neema ulimuacha...)
(Hukuta' kungoja ili Neema...)
(Mama Neema Neema ulimuacha...)
(Hukuta' kungoja ili Neema...)

Mama Neema

When I see Neema, I feel pity for her
She knows me, her father, but doesn't know her mother, and
I thank God, Neema is safe, ah
But she gives me heartache; "Dad, where's Mom?"

She asks me so many, sharp questions
Every time I think about it, my memories drift far away

(Neema's mom, you left her at eight days old, eh!)
(You didn't even wait, so your Neema could breastfeed, eh)
(Neema's mom, you left her at eight days old, eh!)
(You didn't even wait, so your Neema could breastfeed, eh)

What have I done to you, or what curse is upon me?
Or is there something, with my relatives, family, and neighbors, eh?
I'm afraid to say too much, sin is in the details!

I gave birth, had a child, but it didn't work out
As luck would have it, I found you, my girl, and
I said let's have children, they'll help us later
You received it with joy, you followed me, I embraced you
But you, I gave you a passport to go first
It was planned that you would go first, and your child would stay

(Neema's mom, you left her at eight days old, eh!)
(You didn't even wait, so your Neema could breastfeed, eh)
(Neema's mom, you left her at eight days old, eh!)
(You didn't even wait, so your Neema could breastfeed, eh)

Everywhere I go, Neema is right behind me
And I can't abandon her, because I'm both her father and mother
Sometimes she laughs, sometimes she cries, Neema sometimes clings to me
I pray that God grants her peace, that the thought of her mother doesn't come to her

I know it's impossible, for everyone in the world
She's ten years old, every day her mother is travelling
And with tricky questions; "When will mom come back-k?"
I remember the funeral, I'm left feeling numb
Should I cry or grieve, what should I do, oh what should I do?

(Neema's mom, you left her at eight days old, eh!)
(You didn't even wait, so your Neema could breastfeed, eh)
(Neema's mom, you left her at eight days old, eh!)
(You didn't even wait, so your Neema could breastfeed, eh)

20 percent, (20 Percent, 20 Percent)
Man Water, (Man Water, Man Water)

(Neema's mom, you left her...)
(You didn't even wait, so Neema...)
(Neema's mom, you left her...)
(You didn't even wait, so Neema...)