Ubaba Akalele (My Father Is Not At Peace)
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Ngahlangana nomfo' kasibiya izolo
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(I met up with Sibiya yesterday)
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Wathi "We-Jonathan, angiphathekile kahle mina
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(he said, "Jonathan, I am in a very bad way)
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Ngiphupha ubaba ongasekho ekhomba inkomo yakhe
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(I dream of my late father pointing at his ox)
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Ngikhumbula engitshela ethi "wemfana wami
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(and I remember him telling me -- "my boy
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Uma ngihamba kulomhlaba wemfana wami
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(on the day I pass away and leave this earth)
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Musa ukungifihla ngebokisi (X3)
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(do not bury me in a coffin)
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Wemfana wami
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(my boy)
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Awungebesa ngesikhumba senkomo emhlophe, wemfana wami
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(you should bury me wrapped in the skin of a white ox, my boy)
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Awungihambisa ngenkomo emhlophe
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(you should send me on my last journey by means of a white ox)
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Inkomo, inkomo kababa, wo-ye-ye-ye!
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(The ox, the ox of my father....)
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Chorus
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Akalele ubaba ekhaya
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(Father is not at ease at home)
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Akafuni ibokisi, ufuna inkomo
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(he does not want a coffin, he wants an ox)
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Akalele ubaba ekhaya
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(father is not resting at home)
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Washo mfokasibiya wathi "Jonathan lalela lana
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(Sibiya continued saying, "Jonathan, listen here.)
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Ngokushona kababa kwenzeka isimanga
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(On the day my father died a most unfortunate thing happened)
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Abantu bomndeni babethi bayamdumisa
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(Our family thought they would give hima great sendoff)
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Bamfihla ngebokisi engalifuni
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(and they buried him in a coffin, knowing he did not want this)
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Saxabana thina sodwa bomndeni (X2)
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(we fought among ourselves, we the members of the family)
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Saxabana ngoba ngathi mina bayasithela ngebadi
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(we argued because I said they had done something which would bring great
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misfortune)
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Benkunzima ngelelolanga sifihla ubaba
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(It was difficult the day we buried my father)
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Benkunzima ngelelolanga
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(It was difficult that day)
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Chorus
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Ubaba akalele ekhaya, ugudla isibaya
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(Father is not at ease at home, his spirit wanders around the cattle
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enclosure)
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Ibokisi lakhe selimbophile
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(It feels imprisoned by the coffin)
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Ufuna isikhumba senkomo yakhe (X2)
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(His spirit still wants to be accompanied by his ox)
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Ubaba Akalele (My Father Is Not At Peace)
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Johnny Clegg & Savuka |