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.