Bena
babili
Prosper
oh! –
Baya
baya!
Bena
babili,
bali
ne
munda
Ba
Lesa
abapela,
ati
mukalime
Early
morning,
baimya
ulupato
Ati
twalabwela,
munda
tukakonde
Koma
mowa
udabwera
na
masana
Dzuwa
linatuluka,
munda
udakali
bwe!
Anzathu
ali
ku
chikwati
cha
mowa
Iye
mwini
munda
akudikirira
Bena
babili,
baya
kumwa,
munda
wabula! (
Eeeh!)
Balefwaya
umutende,
mu
chikopelo
Balefwaya
chimwemwe,
mu
botolo
Lelo
munda
nao,
uletangala
Bwerani,
bwerani,
mukakolole!
One
had
a
hoe,
one
had
a
seed
God
said “
Tilimeni,
you
shall
feed”
But
bottle
called
them, “
Come
forget
stress”
Now
garden
is
dry,
heart
no
rest
Anzathu
obvala,
mawa
akubwela
But
grace
still
dey,
bola
tikonze!
Lesa
tekatala,
akatulilila
Munda
uchili
wenu,
bweleleni
Musiye
botolo,
kamuleniko
ipanga
Bushe
mukabwela
lili? –
Lelo!
Panuma
ya
masiku,
balimene
umulopa
Ati
tuchinja
mweo,
Lesa
atupusushe
Baotola
amapanga,
baoya
ku
munda
Namishishi
batampile,
Lesa
abapalele
Munda
wa
meka,
amataba
yafuma!
Mowa
wabapita,
umweo
wabwela
Bena
babili,
lelo
ba
m’
banja
Bakokola
ifisabo,
ba
sanga
imfumu!
Bena
babili,
baya
kumwa,
munda
wabula!
Bena
babili,
baya
kumwa,
munda
wabula!
Bena
babili,
baya
kumwa,
munda
wabula! (
Eeeh!)
Bena
babili,
baya
kumwa,
munda
wabula!
Lelo
Lesa
ati,
nabanina
mweo
Bena
babili,
baya
kumwa,
munda
wabula!
Lelo
Lesa
ati,
nabanina
mweo
Munda
kuti
ubuyako,
ngamwabwela
Siyani
mowa,
sungeni
moyo
Bwerani,
bwerani,
mukakolole!
Bwerani,
bwerani,
mukakolole! *
OUTRO*
Umwa
nshiku
ushila
umwa
akalilo…
Prosper
Umwa
nshiku
ushila
umwa
akalilo…
Prosper
Munda
wenu
uchili
palya.
Lesa
akakukwafwa
ukukonka.