Ividyo Kliphu
Lyrics
I don’t know what to do
– Angazi ukuthi ngenzeni
Thought I was righteously leading our people, but
– Ngacabanga ukuthi ngihola abantu bakithi ngokulunga, kodwa
Now I’m faced with the truth
– Manje sengibhekene neqiniso
What kind of leader can’t tell good from evil?
– Hlobo luni lomholi ongakwazi ukubona okuhle kokubi?
All those poor souls, how many could have been saved?
– Bonke labo bantu abampofu, bangaki ababengasindiswa?
How could I trust in a justice so cruel and depraved?
– Ngangingathembela kanjani ebulungiseni obunonya nobonakele kangaka?
One seeks an answer that one can not grant her
– Umuntu ufuna impendulo umuntu angakwazi ukumnika yona
You’re looking for light only you can ignite
– Ufuna ukukhanya kuphela ungavutha
Every transgression must serve as a lesson
– Zonke iziphambeko kumelwe zibe isifundo
Yesterday, you drew sorrow
– Izolo, udonse usizi
What will you do tomorrow?
– Uzokwenzenjani kusasa?
I feel no wiser than when I commanded the slaughter of those sons and daughters
– Angizizwa ngihlakaniphe kakhulu kunangesikhathi ngiyala ukubulawa kwalawo madodana namadodakazi
(You can’t hide)
– (Awukwazi ukufihla)
How can I be sure I don’t repeat more massacre based on mistaken conceit?
– Ngingaqiniseka kanjani ukuthi angiphindi ukubulawa kwabantu abaningi okusekelwe ekuzikhukhumezeni okuyiphutha?
(Look inside)
– (Bheka ngaphakathi)
If I stand down and leave us exposed, would that be blind to the threat Hell may pose?
– Uma ngiyeka futhi ngisishiye singabonakali, ingabe lokho bekuyoba impumputhe engozini Isihogo esingase sibe yiyo?
You can’t know, though time flows on
– Awukwazi, nakuba isikhathi siyaqhubeka
So you must bear the cross bestowed upon you
– Ngakho kumelwe uthwale isiphambano onikwe sona
Take pity, I pray
– Ngiyahawukela, ngiyathandaza
Give me a sign, what’s your guidance?
– Nginike isibonakaliso, siyini isiqondiso sakho?
Please show me the way
– Ngicela ungibonise indlela
You speak of choices made by other voices
– Ukhuluma ngokukhetha okwenziwa amanye amazwi
You can only atone (Tell me how to atone)
– Ungahlawulela kuphela (ngitshele ukuthi ungahlawulela kanjani)
Once you speak with your own
– Uma ukhuluma nge siqu sakho
If souls from damnation
– Uma imiphefumulo evela ekuqalekisweni
Can earn their salvation
– Bangazuza insindiso yabo
And find their forgiveness on high
– Futhi bathole intethelelo yabo phezulu
How do I?
– Ngikwenza kanjani?
