Ividyo Kliphu
Lyrics
It was Christmas Eve, babe
– Kwakungu-Eva Kakhisimusi, babe
In the drunk tank
– Ethangini lokudakwa
An old man said to me
– Indoda endala yathi kimi
“Won’t see another one”
– “Ngeke ngibone omunye”
And then he sang a song
– Wabe esehlabelela ingoma
‘The Rare Old Mountain Dew’
– ‘I-Old Mountain Dew Engavamile’
I turned my face away
– Ngashintsha ubuso bami
And dreamed about you
– Futhi waphupha ngawe
Got on a lucky one
– Nginenhlanhla
Came in eighteen-to-one
– Kwafika abayishumi nesishiyagalombili kuya koyedwa
I’ve got a feeling
– Nginomuzwa
This year’s for me and you
– Kulo nyaka mina nawe
So, Happy Christmas
– Ngakho, Ukhisimusi Ojabulisayo
I love you, baby
– Ngiyakuthanda, baby
I can see a better time
– Ngibona isikhathi esingcono
When all our dreams come true
– Lapho wonke amaphupho ethu egcwaliseka
They’ve got cars big as bars, they’ve got rivers of gold
– Banemoto enkulu njengamabha, banemifula yegolide
But the wind goes right through you, it’s no place for the old
– Kodwa umoya udlula kuwe, akuyona indawo yabadala
When you first took my hand on a cold Christmas Eve
– Lapho uqala ukuthatha isandla Sami Ngobusuku obubandayo Bukakhisimusi
You promised me Broadway was waiting for me
– Wangithembisa Ukuthi Ibroadway yayingilindele
You were handsome, you were pretty, queen of New York City
– Wawumuhle, wawumuhle, uyindlovukazi Yasenew York City
When the band finished playing, they howled out for more
– Lapho iqembu seliqedile ukudlala, laphuma lizofuna okwengeziwe
Sinatra was swinging, all the drunks, they were singing
– Usinatra wayeshaya, zonke izidakwa, zazicula
We kissed on a corner, then danced through the night
– Saqabulana ekhoneni, sabe sesidansa ubusuku bonke
The boys of the NYPD choir were singing “Galway Bay”
– Abafana be-nypd choir babecula ” Galway Bay”
And the bells were ringing out for Christmas Day
– Futhi izinsimbi zazikhala Ngosuku Lukakhisimusi
You’re a bum, you’re a punk, you’re an old slut on junk
– Uyisiphukuphuku, uyisiphukuphuku, uyisifebe esidala esisemfucumfucwini
Lying there almost dead on a drip in that bed
– Elele lapho cishe efile econsi kulowo mbhede
You scumbag, you maggot, you cheap, lousy faggot
– Wena scumbag, wena maggot, wena faggot eshibhile, lousy
Happy Christmas, your arse, I pray God it’s our last
– Ukhisimusi ojabulisayo, umhlane wakho, Ngithandaza Kunkulunkulu kungokugcina kwethu
The boys of the NYPD choir, still singing “Galway Bay”
– Abafana be-nypd choir, abasacula ” Galway Bay”
And the bells are ringing out for Christmas Day
– Futhi izinsimbi ziyakhala Ngosuku Lukakhisimusi
“I could have been someone”, well, so could anyone
– “Ngangingaba umuntu othile”, kanjalo nanoma ubani
You took my dreams from me when I first found you
– Uthathe amaphupho ami kimi lapho ngikuthola okokuqala
I kept them with me, babe, I put them with my own
– Ngazigcina nami, baba, ngazifaka ezami
Can’t make it all alone, I’ve built my dreams around you
– Angikwazi ukwenza konke ngedwa, ngiye ngakha amaphupho ami ngikuzungezile
The boys of the NYPD choir, still singing “Galway Bay”
– Abafana be-nypd choir, abasacula ” Galway Bay”
And the bells are ringing out for Christmas Day
– Futhi izinsimbi ziyakhala Ngosuku Lukakhisimusi
