Zulu - Big Zu - перевод текста песни на английский

Ayi shun′wenkabi (ngizomosha)

Oh, hello, dear (I will bathe you)

Ayi sawubona mtanami

Oh, hello my child

Ngithemba okuthi uyaphila

I hope you are well

Ngokwe gama nguDoris

As for the name, it's Doris

Ngiyabonga usuze wa fika

Thank you for finally arriving

Mzukulu, leth' amanzi ukutheng′ icold-drink ngyafisa

Grandchild, bring water to buy a cold drink, I'm thirsty

Kodwa ikati lilele ezikho

But the cat is sleeping on them

Sibong' umphefumulo masiphila

We thank the soul, we are alive

Mtanami angixolise, ukuk'moshela isikhathi

My child, please forgive me for taking your time

Okungezeka ukuthi umatasa

You may be busy

Kodwa ngeke ngithath′ isikathi

But I will not take long

Mzukulu, awleth′ icansi

Grandchild, bring a can

Umalume ake ahlale phansi

Let your uncle sit down

Angazi ng'zoqalaphi

I don't know where I'll start

Kodwa ng′celi ukuqala phansi

But I ask to start from the beginning

Mangithi ngiya bheka, umama ugqwele usizi

As I look, your mother is filled with sorrow

Kodwa imbokodo yokuqina le iyibambe ishisa insimbi

But the grinding stone of strength holds the burning iron

Mzukulu uyahlakula kukha'l igeja ugcwel′ insimbi

Grandchild, you are weeding, there's a hoe, fill the iron

Sesizwa ileya nkomo ukuthi silale sidlile ubisi

We heard that cow, let us sleep having eaten milk

Mtanami angikusho lokhu

My child, let me tell you this

Mina ngazalelwa ukuhlupheka

I was born to suffer

Ngiyinhlekisa emphakhathini nginana impuphu neshugela

I am a laughingstock in the community, I have maize meal and sugar

Abanye bathi ngiya thakatha

Others say I am exaggerating

Ngithule bengisukela

I keep quiet while they gossip about me

Angiyazi injabulo

I don't know joy

Kodwa eZulwini ngiyokhululeka

But in Heaven, I will be free

Kuze kube nini, isimo singashintshi?

Until when will things not change?

Inhlupheko, ngikhala eb'suku ne mini

Poverty, I cry day and night

Ngothemba kuwe wedwa, mdali wami

I hope in you alone, my creator

We-Jesu nguwe ithemba lami

Jesus, you are my hope

Yebo, kunzima, nethemba lingiphelele

Yes, it's hard, and hope is lost

Lobubuhlungu nesimo ngisamukele

This pain and situation I accept

Imizamo yami iyophela kuwe

My efforts will end with you

Ngizophumula xa ndifika kuwe

I will rest when I reach you

Intokozo, mina iyami inzima

Joy, mine is difficult

Njegoba ubona amathuna

I bend over and see the graves

Bonke la ekhaya bangishiya

Everyone at home has left me

Lomtwana omsehlana yena ubabakhe wamphika

This little one next to me, his father denied him

Kusele mina neMzukulu

It's just me and Grandchild left

Masihamba kuyosala inxiwa

Let us go, only the dust will remain

Ngyazi isisho sithi "Alikho ithuna lendlala"

I know the saying, "There is no grave for hunger"

Lomtwana engimtetile, unina wamshiya ekhala

This child I raised, his mother left him crying

Lona omdala uhlale ebuza, "Ukuphi umama?"

This older one always asks, "Where is mother?"

Wahamba eyofuna itoho

She went to look for work

Akaphindanga wabuya ekhaya

She never came back home

Mtanami, kunzima kunokuphela iviki ngadlile

My child, it's hard to go a week without eating

Ngikhalela uMzukulu abuye eskoleni elambile

I cry for Grandchild who comes back from school hungry

Kodwa usebenza kanzima

But he works hard

Ukuba nekusasa eliqhakazile

To have a bright future

Ukuthi uphuma enhluphekweni

To escape poverty

Kodwa ezifundweni udlal′ ephasile

But in his studies, he plays a lot

Eqinisweni, mtanami mina ngyafisa ubaba angithathe

In truth, my child, I wish my father would take me

Kodwa abazukulu mina ngeke ngibalahle

But I will not abandon my grandchildren

Uyazi isifiso sami ukuthi bafunde baphase

You know my wish is for them to learn and pass

Nali ithawula, mtanami

Here is a towel, my child

Bengaqondile ukuthi ukhale

I didn't mean to make you cry

Kuze kube nini, isimo singashintshi?

Until when will things not change?

Inhlupheko, ngikhala eb'suku ne mini

Poverty, I cry day and night

Ngothemba kuwe wedwa, mdali wami

I hope in you alone, my creator

We-Jesu nguwe ithemba lami

Jesus, you are my hope

Yebo, kunzima, nethemba lingiphelele

Yes, it's hard, and hope is lost

Lobubuhlungu nesimo ngisamukele

This pain and situation I accept

Imizamo yami iyophela kuwe

My efforts will end with you

Ngizophumula xa ndifika kuwe

I will rest when I reach you

Liyaphuma, liyashona

It rises, it sets

Kimi akuna mehluko

For me, there is no difference

Yebo, ekukhuleni kwami nami ngakhula ngina amaphupho

Yes, as I grew up, I also had dreams

Ngyathula nje, ngilalele enkozweni besho amahubo

I just keep quiet, listening to the hymns being sung in the church

Isiqalekiso sami ubaba wabamba elentulo

My curse, my father took the food

Kwakhala inyonini layikhaya basiqalekisa

The owl cried at home, they curse us

Amathuna anele ebaleni kushoda elami ngivalelise

There are enough graves in the yard, only mine is missing to close it up

Bengaqondile ukudabukisa

I didn't mean to be sad

Ngyaxolisa mtanami, akuyona inhloso nje ukubalisa

I apologize my child, it's not the intention to just tell stories

Namhlanje mtanami, asazi siyolala sidleni

Today my child, we don't know if we will sleep having eaten

Into enokungisiza ukuyothengisa erenkeni

The only thing that can help me is to go sell at the rank

Ngizivulele itafula ngiqokelele osheleni

I will open a table and collect coins

Kokunye nginokulala khona

Maybe I can sleep there

Ngivuke ngithengise ekuseni

Wake up and sell in the morning

Kunzima mtanami, sidla imbuya ngothi

It's hard my child, we eat pumpkin leaves and mealie meal

Angilazi icala lami, emhlabeni ngiyi soni

I don't know my sin, in this world I am a disgrace

Kodwa sengivumile, injabula angiyitholi

But I have accepted, I don't find joy

Angikukhulule mtanami uhambe ilang lingashoni

I release you my child, go before the sun sets

Kuze kube nini, isimo singashintshi?

Until when will things not change?

Inhlupheko, ngikhala eb'suku ne mini

Poverty, I cry day and night

Ngothemba kuwe wedwa, mdali wami

I hope in you alone, my creator

We-Jesu nguwe ithemba lami

Jesus, you are my hope

Yebo, kunzima, nethemba lingiphelele

Yes, it's hard, and hope is lost

Lobubuhlungu nesimo ngisamukele

This pain and situation I accept

Imizamo yami iyophela kuwe

My efforts will end with you

Ngizophumula xa ndifika kuwe

I will rest when I reach you

Zulu - Big Zu

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