Isikhalo (My Lament) by Rebecca Malope
(Sung in Zulu)
Bawo nginesikhalo, Bawo ngiyakhala
I have a complaint, I have a cry
Lon ‘omubi ney’ ngelosi zakhe bangihlasele
The devil and his angels are attacking me
Oh Nkosi yami bakhubaz ‘umoya wami Oh my God, they are breaking my spirit
Uwonelan’ umphefumulo wami kangaka? Why are you trying to break my faith?
Lokh ‘okwenza kimi nakuwe kuzokwenzeka?
What happens to me will happen to you
Amazwi abawakhulumayo kimi ayahlaba The words they speak are piercing
Ungathanda yini uma lokho kwenzeka kuwe
Would you be happy if that happened to you?
Lon ‘omubi ney ‘ngelosi zakhe bahlasele The devil and his angels are attacking me
umangithi ngiya ngapha Nkosi yami ngihlangana nabo
Wherever I go, My God I meet them
Amazwi abawakhulumayo kimi ayahlaba The words they speak are piercing Oh
Nkosi yami bakhubaz ‘umoya wami
Oh my God, they are breaking my spirit
Njengoba ngihamba kuyo lendlela yakho As I walk in your path Izitha
zami Nkosi yami zigula mihla yonke
My enemies grow weak everyday
Abaningi babo banomona
There are many who are jealous
Oh Nkosi yami bakhubaz ‘umoya wami Oh my God, they are breaking my spirit
Amakholwa asemhlabeni ahlaselwe Believers in the world are haunted
Babuyise Nkosi endleleni bangalahleki Bring them to your path God so that they are not lost
Bahlale ‘ndleleni yakho Nkosi yami
Help them stay in your path my King
Eyebomini ubomi obungunaphakade
That which leads to eternal life
Uwonelan’ umphefumulo wami kangaka? Why are you trying to break my faith?
Lokh ‘okwenza kimi nakuwe kuzokwenzeka?
What happens to me will happen to you
Amazwi abawakhulumayo kimi ayahlaba The words they speak are piercing
Ungathanda yini uma lokho kwenzeka kuwe
Would you be happy if that happened to you?
Lon ‘omubi ney ‘ngelosi zakhe bahlasele The devil and his angels are attacking me
umangithi ngiya ngapha Nkosi yami ngihlangana nabo
Wherever I go, My God I meet them
Amazwi abawakhulumayo kimi ayahlaba The words they speak are piercing Oh
Nkosi yami bakhubaz ‘umoya wami
Oh my God, they are breaking my spirit
Njengoba ngihamba kuyo lendlela yakho As I walk in your path
Izitha zami Nkosi yami zigula mihla yonke My enemies grow weak everyday
Abaningi babo banomona
There are many who are jealous
Oh Nkosi yami bakhubaz ‘umoya wami
Oh my God, they are breaking my spirit
Amakholwa asemhlabeni ahlaselwe Believers in the world are haunted
Babuyise Nkosi endleleni bangalahleki Bring them to your path God so that they are not lost
Bahlale ‘ndleleni yakho Nkosi yami
Help them stay in your path my King
Eyebomini ubomi obungunaphakade
That which leads to eternal life
this song is reallly talking to me, i lost my parents way back and raised by my gran, she was everything anyone can ask for but my aunt hated the fact that she loves us as her sons children(grandchildren) now shes gone and im left with no one she goes to everyone bad mouthing she even turned her son against me they always have something bad to say now yesterday i found out that she said i killed my gran ooh Lord have mercy on them and as for my gran i did beautiful things for her, took her out gave her my bank card if she needed anything today i killed her wooow "Amazwi abawakhulumayo kimi ayahlaba " Babuyise Nkosi endleleni bangalahleki" Dear Lord may Queen RIP
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