Текст и перевод песни Rebecca Malope - Ulahlekile

Ulahlekile

Mntanami ngibhala lencwadi
Ngenhliziyo ebuhlungu
Mhlawumbe uzothi umuyithola
Ngizobe ngingasekho Laph′emlabeni

Isiphelile iminyaka elishumi
Wena uhambile
Wang'shiya nalengane zakho ezithathu
Wawucabangeni welahlekile? Wawucabangeni?

(Olusizi, olungaka)
Mina angeke ngiyimele
Angeke
Amandla asephelile
Wemtanami
(Olusizi, olungaka)
Wawucabangeni na?
Welahlekile!!!

Ohh mntanami
Nazi lezingane ngihlezi nazo
Ngihlezi nazo kulomkhukhu owasishiya kuwo
Wona lona onethayo uma imvula ina!
Zithamba kunye nami mntanami
Zikhala kunye nami
Zihlupheka kunye nami
Omakhelwane bangihleka kunye nazo
Ngisho lezingane zakho owangishiya nazo iminyaka elishumi eyadlula

Lezizingane eziphuma okhalweni lwakho
Izingane lezi eziphuma emathunjini akho
Izingane lezi ezi zelwe nguwe mntanami
Lezizingane ezingabazi obaba bazo kuze kube yinamhlanje
Yizona eziyongivala amehlo
Yizona futhi ezizobonisa umfundisi izambatho zami zasenkonzweni
Yizona ezizobonisa umfundisi amathikithi ami okweshumi

Ohh mntanami okungizwisa ubuhlungu kakhulu yilona wentombazanyane
Ngoba usekhulile
Futhi usewabonile namalanga akhe
Akanawo ngisho amabhulukwana angaphansi
Ugqoka amabhulukwana omfowabo omncane
Akanalutho
Ohh akanalutho mntanami
Futhi angangidalela nengozi
Ohh mntanami buye′khaya
Buya uzoqoqa ihlazo lwakho
Futhi ubuwazi ukuthi mina angiphilile kahle
Nezinhlungu zomzimba zihlasele ngamandla
Ohhho nelanga selingishonele mntanami
Mhlawumbe uzothi muthola lencwadi mina ng'zobe sengigcwatshiwe
Uzoboniswa yizona lezingane ithuna lami
Ohh mntanami bengingafuni ukukubhalela incwadi
Bengifuna ukuthi sikhulume umlomo nomlomo

Ohh ngizothi mangiqeda ukubhala lencwadi besengiphuza
Amaphilisi ami ezinhlungu khona ngizokwazi ukuthola ubuthongo mntanami
Ohhh mntanami into engiyithandazelayo
Ukuthi uNkulunkulu akubheke lawukhona
Akuphephise
Angazi noma mntanami unabanye abantwana na?
Kazi la ukhona unezinye izingane na?
Oh ungaphinde ungilethele iy'ngane ezingenabo obaba.
Engikuthandazelayo nje mntanami Ukuthi uNkulunkulu akugcine
Akugcine akuphephise
Ubuye uzobona iy′ngane zakho.
Kazi ngabe mntanami usazikhumbula izimfundiso zami na?
Ngabe usawakhumbula amagama ami
Ney′thembiso owazenza kimi usazikhumbula na?

You Are Lost (Ulahlekile)

My child, I write this letter
With a painful heart
Perhaps when you receive it
I will no longer be on this earth

Ten years have passed
Since you left
You left with your three children
Did you not think you were lost? Didn't you think so?

(This sorrow, so great)
I cannot bear it
I cannot
My strength is depleted
My child
(This sorrow, so great)
Didn't you think?
You are lost!!!

Oh my child
Here are these children I live with
I live with them in this shack we left behind
The very one that leaks when it rains!
They suffer with me, my child
They cry with me
They struggle with me
The neighbors laugh at me and them
Even these children you left me with ten years ago

These children who came from your womb
These children who came from your loins
These children who were born of you, my child
These children who have not known their father until today
They are the ones who will close my eyes
They are the ones who will show the pastor my church clothes
They are the ones who will show the pastor my tithe tickets

Oh my child, what pains me the most is that young girl
Because she is grown up
And she has seen her days
She doesn't even have any underwear
She wears her younger brother's underwear
She has nothing
Oh she has nothing, my child
And she cannot even tell me about her misfortune
Oh my child, come home
Come and collect your shame
And you know that I am not well
The pains of the body attack me with force
Oh, the sun has set for me, my child
Perhaps when you find this letter, I will already be buried
These children will show you my grave
Oh my child, I didn't want to write you a letter
I wanted us to speak face to face

Oh, I will say, when I finish writing this letter, I will drink
My pain pills, then I will be able to sleep, my child
Oh my child, what I pray for
Is that God may look upon you wherever you are
May He heal you
I don't know if you have other children, my child?
Do you have other children where you are?
Oh, please don't bring me another child without a father.
What I pray for, my child, is that God may keep you
May He keep you and heal you
And you will come back to see your children.
I wonder if you still remember my teachings, my child?
Do you still remember my words
And the promise you made to me, do you still remember it?