| Vipi mizigo umeshaweka tayari
| How are you packing?
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| Sijechelewa nkaachwa na gari
| It was not long before I was abandoned by a car
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| Basi jikaze usilie mpenzi
| So try not to cry, darling
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| Mi nitarudi niombee kwa mwenyezi
| I will come back and pray to the Almighty
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| Zile taabu na njaa msimu mzima mavuno hakuna
| The hardships and famines throughout the season are no harvest
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| Huwa nakosa raha pale mkikosa cha kutafuna
| I often feel uncomfortable when you have to chew
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| Roho yangu inauma, sema ntafanya nini na pesa sina
| My soul aches, tell me what to do and I have no money
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| Nakuonea na huruma, bora niende mjini kusaka tumaa
| I feel sorry for you, I better go to the city in search of rest
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| Kama watoto wakinililia waambie kesho nitarejea
| If the children cry out to me tell them tomorrow I will come back
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| Wadanganye na vibagia, waambie pipi ntawaletea
| Deceive them with handkerchiefs, tell them I will bring candy
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| Kama watoto wakinililia waambie kesho nitarejea
| If the children cry out to me tell them tomorrow I will come back
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| Nawe usichoke kuvumilia, na kila siku kuniombea
| And do not grow weary, and pray for me daily
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| Wanajua kwamba nafsi na roho vitakuwa na wasiwasi
| They know that souls and souls will be anxious
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| Ukumbuke na moyo utajawa na simanzi
| Remember and the heart will be filled with grief
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| Ntakapokuwa nakwenda shambani afu niko peke yangu honey
| When I go to the field afu I am alone honey
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| Ntapokuja kuwa na majirani ntaumia aaah
| When I come to have neighbors I will hurt aaah
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| Pale napotoka kisimani ama nipo na kuni kichwani
| When I come out of the well or I have wood on my head
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| Sina wakunitua nyumbani ntaliaa
| I have no one to take me home and I will cry
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| Maneno yako yananfanya nakosa raha na mawazo
| Your words make me feel uncomfortable with thoughts
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| Hata mwenzako sijawahi kufika dar huu ndo mwanzo
| Even your partner has never been to this house before
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| Vile nakwenda na sijui pa kukaaa wala mavazi ooh
| As I go and I don't know where to sit or dress ooh
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| We niombee niepushwe na balaa na maradhi ooh
| Pray for me to be spared the plague and the disease ooh
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| Kama watoto wakinililia waambie kesho nitarejea
| If the children cry out to me tell them tomorrow I will come back
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| Wadanganye na vibagia, waambie pipi ntawaletea
| Deceive them with handkerchiefs, tell them I will bring candy
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| Kama watoto wakinililia waambie kesho nitarejea
| If the children cry out to me tell them tomorrow I will come back
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| Nawe usichoke kuvumilia na kila siku kuniombea
| And do not tire of persevering and praying for me every day
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| Unapokwenda kama ukifika salama, utukumbuke na sisi
| When you leave if you arrive safely, remember us too
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| Usisahau kama mkeo na wana, umetuacha na dhiki
| Do not forget if your wife and children, you have left us with stress
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| Vile usijali ila naomba chunga sana, ogopa na marafiki
| So don't worry but please be very careful, be afraid of friends
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| Wakikulaghai hata kwa mbegu za mtama, waambie sidanganyiki
| If they cheat you even with sorghum seeds, tell them I will not be deceived
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| Unapokwenda kama ukifika salama, utukumbuke na sisi
| When you leave if you arrive safely, remember us too
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| Kumbuka mkeo na wana nyumbani, umetuacha na dhiki ooh
| Remember your wife and sons at home, you have left us with stress ooh
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| Vile usijali ila naomba chunga sana, ogopa na marafiki
| So don't worry but please be very careful, be afraid of friends
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| Wakikulaghai hata kwa mbegu za mtama, waambie sidanganyiki
| If they cheat you even with sorghum seeds, tell them I will not be deceived
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| Ntarejea mama
| I will not return to my mother
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| Niombee nirude salama
| Pray for me to return safely
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| Ohhh watoto wadanganye
| Ohhh kids cheat
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| Ihh, ohh
| Ihh, ohh
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| Kama watoto wakinililia waambie kesho nitarejea
| If the children cry out to me tell them tomorrow I will come back
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| Wadanganye na vibagia, waambie pipi ntawaletea
| Deceive them with handkerchiefs, tell them I will bring candy
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| Kama watoto wakinililia waambie kesho nitarejea
| If the children cry out to me tell them tomorrow I will come back
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| Nawe usichoke kuvumilia, na kila siku kuniombea | And do not grow weary, and pray for me daily |