Play time: 04:14 minutes. Recorded in Mago, Kenya, March 19, 2014.

Musakulu Nyadida

Sarah Nyamera

Kwali ho nu musakulu mulala yalangwa Nyadida. Musakulu mwene oyo yali na avana veve. Vwachietsanga Nyadida yalanga avana veve avola "mutsi koveye ni chikalo kwenya kovolane mang'ana." Ma avana vatsa. Lwa avana vatsanga ma musakulu oyo avilalila mang'ana avavola kuli vanyala komenya. Ma vana vavola "ni vulahi baba." Lelo lidiku lilala liali ho Nyadida mwene oyo yali nu mwana mulala wa yali yayanza. Galoleka mwana mwene oyo Nyadida amuyanzi lakini vandi yava avenyi dave. Lwu mwana mwene oyo yali nashugulikanga ni tsigasi tsia hango. Galoleka vandi yava vamulombeye injama ma galoleka venya kumwita na baba weve si yali namanyi tsa avana yava vaveye ni ichuki ni undi uyu. Ma natanga kuvavolela "munyi na avana vange, nitali gandolanga munyi si mwenya undi uyu dave. Na uyu manyi ndi ni mwana wange mukogoti na munyi ni va imbili. Ku lwa yago muvuguli mwana uyu kuli mwana winyu." Navo si venya kuhu7la dave. Lwa vatanga kolembana vatsomatsoma kana kandi kadi yaka vakatsoma galoleka baba wavo ayanza dave. Ku lidiku lilala baba wavo natula nako natsia nako havundu mu vugeni. Lwa yatsia kogenda mu vogeni na vene yavo vibanji tsa vavoye "lelo kalunu niyatsa, muvano gulavita mu ye." Na baba wavo uyu wayatsia wene eyo galoleka mundu yali namusimi ku namuvoleye lelo kalunu ogendagange meso kijira vasiomeye mwana wovo mudi uyu sana. Vavola yive wamuyanza, vindu viosi viekoleka yive ovola tsa mwene oyo unyala kovola ku mwana mukulundu dave. Ma baba wavo navavolela "ni vulahi mumbole vulahi, nitali mwana wange uyu inze sinyala kuyanza vamwite dave, kali mukere wange anyala vamwite dave." Ku lwa vali vaveye ho na mukere yatsa. Lwa mukere yatsa ma atanga kwimba:

Musatsa wandimba hango havo

Aaa wooiye haa

Uyu wandimba go

Aaa wooiye haa ndalila

Musatsa wandimba wa ndalugilanga vuchima na mavuyu

Musatsa wandimba gooo inze ndi muvolelanga

Mundu wanyola mwana walanga ingugi

So loli ku mundu mwene nu mundu muhindila

Atsunu wooyi nii wooyi ni mundu muhindila

Ma mukere namala lwimbu, musakulu niyingila na lwamanya niyingila kandi vatanga vosi kwimba.

Mukere wandimba hango havo

Aaa wooiye haa

Uyu wandimba go

Aaa wooiye haa ndalila

Mukere wandimba wa ndalugilanga vuchima na mavuyu

Mukere wandimba gooo inze ndi muvolelanga

Muangi walila vana vavo

Aaa wooiye haa

Oyo walila gooo yeye

Aaa wooiye haa ndalila

Mukere wandimba wa ndalugilanga vuchima na mavuyu

Mundu wanyola mwana walanga ingugi*2

So loli ku mundu mwene nu mundu muhindila

Atsunu wooyi nii wooyi ni mundu muhindila

Mundu wanyola mwana walanga ingugi*2

So loli ku mundu mwene nu mundu muhindila

Atsunu wooyi nii wooyi ni mundu muhindila

Enza mutwi gwene, enza mmoni mwene, enza virenge viene, mundu muhindila.

Old man Nyadida

We had an old man called Nyadida. That old man had his children, in the morning Nyadida used to call his children and say "you come we have a meeting we want to share issues" the children used to come. When the children came he used to tell them how they could stay. Then the children say that it was well father. There was a day Nyadida had a child that he loved most. It appeared that Nyadida loved that child more and he didn't want the other children. That child was doing his tasks at home and the other children were plotting to kill him. The father knew that they had grudge with him. Then he began telling them "you are my children, but I am seeing that you do not want the other child and you know he is my lastborn and you are the elders. On that note that you should take the other one as your brother" they didn't want to listen to that. When they started quarreling and piercing the small child the father didn't like that. One day he went with him to a ceremony. When they went to the ceremony the others had plotted to kill him when he returns. And where their father had gone, someone had signaled him that he should be careful, because they were planning to kill their small brother. They were saying that he loves him very much. "Everything that happens he says that he takes over, he does not allow his elder son to work on them" their father told them they have done well to inform him that, and he wont like anyone to kill him even the wife. While they were there a woman came and was singing:

A man that I am singing while at their home

Aaa wooiye haa

This one that I am singing

Aaa wooiye haa I will cry

A man that I am singing the one that cooked for baked maize flour and eggs

The man that I am singing gooo I am telling him

The one that received a child and called him chipanzee

You have seen that person is a grown up

Atsunu wooyi nii wooyi is grown up

The woman finished the song, when the man entered in they began to sing:

A woman that I am singing while at their home

Aaa wooiye haa

This one that I am singing

Aaa wooiye haa I will cry

A woman that I am singing the one that cooked for baked maize flour and eggs

The woman that I am singing gooo I am telling him

Muangi has cried because of their children

Aaa wooiye haa

Oyo she has cried gooo yeye

Aaa wooiye haa I will cry

A woman that I am singing the one that cooked for baked maize flour and eggs

The one that received a child and called him chipanzee*2

You have seen that person is a grown up

Atsunu wooyi nii wooyi is grown up

The one that received a child and called him chipanzee*2

You have seen that person is a grown up

Atsunu wooyi nii wooyi is grown up

Look at the head, look at the eyes, look at the feet, a grown up person.