Play time: 06:45 minutes. Recorded in Mago, Kenya, March 14, 2014.

Vakana Vatsya Kutenya

Alice Mugasia

Kale muno kwaliho na vakana vatano vatsia kotenya mmulitu. Lwa vatsia vamanya vanyola mu lilina. Lilina liene yilio liali liyaviywi ni inyama ya valanga liaga. Ku vakina mulala yingila mu atula mu kandi undi yingila mu. Vingila mu sa mulala paga lwa vaduka vatano. Wa katano uyu ndi galoleka oyo yingiyi atsiyi ihale kabisa. Vandi lwavanya valola ndio vamanya vamwigale mwene yimwo ndio. Nivahana vatiava na mafwa ligali ni visala. Lwa yagelitsa kutula na anyola vahani sasa ye anyala kutula dave. Ma nagenya ku anyala kokola ndi. Yamanya atange kwimba ndi:

Vakana vatano, vatsia kotenya, vanyola lilina li liaga

Vavolela mulala, yingila mu go, naye yingila mu vwangu

Lwa inze ndingila mu, ndanyola ni vahani, ni ndanga kwimba ndi go

Wooooi, woi *2

Ku lelo nangole ndi go

Wooooi, woi *2

Ku lelo nangole ndi go

Ndali ni nzetemi kerenge*2

Mmba wa ndali

Ndetema*2

Keno

Ndisunga ni isuka

Kandi sasa nahulitsa alola mundu namwigula dave. Kandi natanga kwimba:

Vakana vatano, vatsia kotenya, vanyola lilina li liaga

Vavolela mulala, yingila mu go, naye yingila mu vwangu

Lwa inze ndingila mu, ndanyola ni vahani, ni ndanga kwimba ndi go

Wooooi, woi *2

Ku lelo nangole ndi go

Wooooi, woi *2

Ku lelo nangole ndi go

Ndali ni nzetemi kerenge*2

Mmba wa ndali

Ndetema*2

Keno

Ndisunga ni isuka

Ahula mundu namwigula dave. Ku nagunza yamanya nahulila ijirichi ni yana natanga lyimba:

Ijirichi ikumulanga yeyo*2

Ikumulanga sa yali yitu*2

Tsi muvolele baba na mama vakana vatsiyi vulina

Inyanza yavigalila nzililili*2

Ahula mundu nakola dave. Muyayi wavo nahula kwa umbali navola "kindiki chimba yicho ndio?" Kandi nyiyisundaga ho, kandi natanga lihula yimba:

Vakana vatano, vatsia kotenya, vanyola lilina li liaga

Vavolela mulala, yingila mu go, naye yingila mu vwangu

Lwa inze ndingila mu, ndanyola ni vahani, ni ndanga kwimba ndi go

Wooooi, woi *2

Ku lelo nangole ndi go

Wooooi, woi *2

Ku lelo nangole ndi go

Ndali ni nzetemi kerenge*2

Mmba wa ndali

Ndetema*2

Keno

Ndisunga ni isuka

Muyayi oyo nahulitsa nagenda galaha nahula isauti yeyo itulilila hayi. Kandi mukana oyo nahula ijirichi nikumula, natanga lyimba:

Ijirichi ikumulanga yeyo*2

Ikumulanga sa yali yitu*2

Tsi muvolele baba na mama vakana vatsiyi vulina

Inyanza yavigalila nzililili*2

Muyayi wavo yamanya niyisunda naduka ho nahula ha yimbila. Yamanya navugula sasa ligembe natanga kobomola lilina liene yilio natulitsa ku vindu va vali nivahaniyi. Mukana oyo yamanya natula mu yamela vindu ku muvili yiku; muyayi wavo sasa yamanya amuvuguli navola vatsie yengo. Lwa yamuvolela atsie nasula. Namuhombelitsa namuhombelitsa. Yamanya natanga lyimba:

Yengo wene iyi nanzie naki*2

Mbula ng'ombe na mburi nzie nayo*2

Muyayi yamanya natsia mu chayo namuletela imburi ya yenya yeyo ndio ni eng'ombe ni vatula ni vatsia. Lwa vatsia ni vaduka yengo vivuli vamanya vayanza na vatende ni vatsa ni vamukaribisha vamulombela ipati. Lwa vamanya sasa vamuvolela yingili mmba kandi bado achimba tsa:

Kwingila mmba mwene muno na nzingili na ki*2

Mbula ng'ombe na mburi nzingili nayo*2

Vamanya vamuha niyingila ma nivalomba viukulia vinyinge vandu ni vayanza ni vasangala. Lugano lwa luheli yaho.

Girls and firewood

Long time ago we had five girls who went to look for firewood in the forest. When they went they found a deep pit. An animal called Liaga had dug this pit. They started playing and one girl could enter inside then she leaves, and another girl gets inside. They entered inside one by one until the five of them entered. The fifth girl entered and reached the deepest place. When the other girls saw that they covered her inside. They locked her inside using thorns and sticks. When she tried to get out she found that she had been locked inside, and there was no way of getting outside. She wondered what to do. She began to sing like this:

Five girls went to look for firewood and they found a pit

They asked one to enter inside, and she entered inside very fast

When I entered inside I found that they had closed the opening and I began to sing like this

Wooooi, woi *2

What will I do now?

Wooooi, woi *2

What will I do now?

I had cut my leg*2

Inside the house where I was

I will cut myself*2

Toe

I will hung myself

She listened but no one opened the door. She began to sing again:

Wooooi, woi *2

What will I do now?

Wooooi, woi *2

What will I do now?

I had cut my leg*2

Inside the house where I was

I will cut myself*2

Toe

I will hung myself

She didn't see someone opening for her. She stayed for a while and she heard a bull mowing and she began to sing:

The bull that is mowing*2

It is mowing like ours*2

Go and tell father and mother about the girls that went to the pit

The flood blocked the way*2

She didn't hear any response. Her brother heard the voice slightly from a far distance and he asked, "What is that?" he went near and the girl began to sang:

Five girls went to look for firewood and they found a pit

They asked one to enter inside, and she entered inside very fast

When I entered inside I found that they had closed the opening and I began to sing like this

Wooooi, woi *2

What will I do now?

Wooooi, woi *2

What will I do now?

I had cut my leg*2

Inside the house where I was

I will cut myself*2

Toe

I will hung myself

The boy heard the voice keenly; as he walked he listened where the voice was coming from. The girl heard the bull mowing she began to sing:

The bull that is mowing*2

It is mowing like ours*2

Go and tell father and mother about the girls that went to the pit

The flood blocked the way*2

The brother went near and heard where the voice was coming from. He took a shovel and began to destroy the pit. The girl came from the pit and she had molds on her body. Her brother took her and asked her to go back home. When he asked her, she refused. He begged her and she began to sing:

I will go home with what*2

I do not have a cow or a goat*2

The brother went and brought the goat that she wanted from the cattle that he had. Together with the cow, and they left. When they went home the parents were very happy, and the neighbors came and welcomed her and made a party for her. When they asked her to enter inside, she continued to sing:

I will go home with what*2

I do not have a cow or a goat*2

She entered inside and they prepared a lot of food, people were very happy and they rejoiced. My story has ended there.