Play time: 01:11 minutes. Recorded in Mago, Kenya, March 12, 2014.
Linyonyi Na Imbuza
Alice Mugasia
Kale muno kwala ho na linyonyi, imbula yali ni ikubi inyingi ya imbuza. Yamanya ni ishila inyumba ya linyonyi, na vana vave mu. Yamanya yite vana vene yava vosi. Linyonyi lwa lyamanya ni litsa lyamanya ni litanga kwimba:
Imbuza yo luheni, imbuza yo luheni
Si undekele kalala, si undekele kalala
Ndyalulu tundi kandi, mu ulaze kuvugula x2
Kandi ni livetsaga ni livetsaga. Kandi litanga kwimba:
Imbuza yo luheni, imbuza yo luheni
Si undekele kalala, si undekele kalala
Ndyalulu tundi kandi, mu ulaze kuvugula
Lyamanisha ndina, vali valekele ku mwana mulala. Ili lyalula vandi ku lyatsa kuvugula ku. Luganu lwange luheli yahoo.
A bird and wind
Long time ago we had a bird, it had rained heavily and wind blew away the nest that belonged to a bird and the nest had the young ones of a bird. It killed all these young ones. When the bird came it started singing:
A wind with thunder, a wind with thunder
Spare one for me, spare one for me
I hatch more, so that you can come and take x2
It stayed for a while then it started singing again:
A wind with thunder, a wind with thunder
Spare one for me, spare one for me
I hatch more, so that you can come and take
It meant that the wind could have spared one child for her so that when it gives birth the wind can come to take. My story has ended there.