Play time: 02:27 minutes. Recorded in Shiru, Kenya, March 12, 2014.

Lwimbo Lwa Kuhomberitsa Mwana

Carolyne Chesi

Ku ryita vananga Carolyne Chesi. Na nyenya kwimba lwimbu lwa kuhombelitsa mwana.

Mama na yaaze, nimuvoole, uluvuvi lwu kumatsi, rwari ronze tegekeye, na runumi ko kerenge *2

Ribwoni sambe,

Mbombere umwana alariraa*2

Mbombere umwana.

Ribwoni sambe,

Mbombere umwana alariraa*2

Mbombere umwana.

Ribwoni sambe,

Mbombere umwana alariraa*2

Mbombere umwana.

Ndooro mbombera umwana *2

Mwana na asuyi kogona yavoora

Mtindiranga mnakadogo mkogoti

Mreri ka ore mwana

Awa tsitsanga witu

Mreri ka ore mwana

Awa tsitsanga witu

Ni ololi mama ni yatsaanga go,

Naginji kandu mu riitu,

Nzia kumwaganira nu vuyanzi ni mbeye ni lisuvila,

Ee mama, ee jambo mama

Eee e, ee jambo mama*2.

Song for soothing a child

My name is Carolyne Chesi. And I want to sing lullaby song.

When mother comes I will tell her the spider of water, came prepared and bite me on the foot *2

Sweet potato I roast,

Sooth the child she will cry*2

Sooth the child

Sweet potato I roast,

Sooth the child she will cry*2

Sooth the child

Sweet potato I roast,

Sooth the child she will cry*2

Sooth the child

Sleep sooth the child *2

When the child refuses to sleep she said

You are disturbing the small first born child

Baby sitter takes the child

No I am going back to my home

Baby sitter takes the child

No I am going back to my home

When she sees the mother is coming,

While she is carrying something from the forest,

I go to welcome her happily with faith,

Ee mother, ee hello mother

Ee mother, ee hello mother*2