Ikliphu Yevidiyo
Ingoma
I don’t know what to do
– Andazi ukuba ndenzeni
Thought I was righteously leading our people, but
– Bendicinga ukuba ndiyabakhokela abantu bakuthi, kodwa
Now I’m faced with the truth
– Ngoku ndijamelene nenyaniso
What kind of leader can’t tell good from evil?
– Luhlobo luni lwenkokeli olungenakuthetha okulungileyo kokubi?
All those poor souls, how many could have been saved?
– Yonke loo miphefumlo ingamahlwempu, bangaphi abantu ababenokusindiswa?
How could I trust in a justice so cruel and depraved?
– Ndinokukholosa njani ngokusesikweni ngendlela ekhohlakeleyo nekhohlakeleyo?
One seeks an answer that one can not grant her
– Umntu ufuna impendulo engenakumnika yona
You’re looking for light only you can ignite
– Ufuna ukukhanya kuphela unokutshisa
Every transgression must serve as a lesson
– Lonke ukreqo lumele lube sisifundo
Yesterday, you drew sorrow
– Izolo ubuhlungu
What will you do tomorrow?
– Ngomong-ngomong ngapaen lu ke sini?
I feel no wiser than when I commanded the slaughter of those sons and daughters
– Andiziva ndilumkile kunaxa ndandiyalela ukubulawa kwabo nyana neentombi
(You can’t hide)
– (Awukwazi ukufihla)
How can I be sure I don’t repeat more massacre based on mistaken conceit?
– Ndinokuqiniseka njani ukuba andiphindi ndibulale abantu abaninzi ngenxa yokuzingca okuphosakeleyo?
(Look inside)
– (Jonga ngaphakathi)
If I stand down and leave us exposed, would that be blind to the threat Hell may pose?
– Ukuba ndimi phantsi ndize ndisishiye sichanabekile, ngaba oko bekuya kuba yimfama kwisisongelo Esisenokubangelwa Sisihogo?
You can’t know, though time flows on
– Awukwazi, nangona ixesha lihamba
So you must bear the cross bestowed upon you
– Ngoko ke kufuneka uwuthwale umnqamlezo wakho
Take pity, I pray
– Yiba nosizi, ndithandaze
Give me a sign, what’s your guidance?
– Ndinike umqondiso, yintoni isikhokelo sakho?
Please show me the way
– Nceda undibonise indlela
You speak of choices made by other voices
– Uthetha ngokhetho olwenziwe ngamanye amazwi
You can only atone (Tell me how to atone)
– Ungandixelela kuphela (Ungandixelela ukuba ungandixelela njani)
Once you speak with your own
– Nje ukuba uthethe neyakho
If souls from damnation
– Ukuba imiphefumlo evela kugwebo
Can earn their salvation
– Bangafumana usindiso lwabo
And find their forgiveness on high
– Kwaye ufumane uxolelo lwabo phezulu
How do I?
– Ndinjani?
