THETHA MAMA
Thetha
Thetha mama
Thetha
Thetha mama
Ndimamele ...thetha Mama
Ndikumamele
Thetha mama
Thetha
Thetha mama
Thetha
Thetha mama
Ndikumamele… thetha mama
Ndicel’usondele kum
Lamadoda
Awavum’
Ukutyhil’ iintliziyo
Amakhwenkw’ ayakhala
Ootata kudala bahamba
Andifuni ukuwa
Kwelo liwa laphakade
Thetha
Thetha tata
Thetha
Thetha … thetha nam
Ndicel’usondele’
...thetha tata
Ndikumamele
Iza kum!
Thetha
Thetha s’thandwa.
Thetha
Thetha nam.
Ndikumamele
Thetha s’thandwa
Ndicel’usondele’
Iza kum
Abafaz’
Abavum’
Ukutyhil’ iintliziyo
Amantomb’ ayakhala
Oomama kudala bahamba
Andifuni ukuwa
Kwelo liwa laphakade
Kwelo liwa laphakade
Kwelo liwa laphakade
THETHA MAMA TRANSLATION
THETHA MAMA = SPEAK MAMA
Speak
Speak mama
Speak
Speak mama
I’m listening… speak mama
I’m listening to you
Speak mama
Speak
Speak mama
Speak
Speak to me
I am listening to you
Speak mama
Please come closer to me?
These men
Don’t want to reveal their hearts
The boys are crying
The fathers have long gone
I don’t want to fall
over that bottomless cliff
Speak
Speak father
Speak
Speak
Speak to me
Please come closer?
… speak father
I am listening to you … come to me?
Speak.
Speak, beloved
Speak
Speak to me.
I am listening to you
Speak, beloved
Please come closer …
Come to me
The women don’t want to turn their hearts
The girls are crying
The mothers have long gone
I don’t want to fall
Over that bottomless cliff
Over that bottomless cliff
Over that bottomless cliff
by The One Who Sings 2020
image credit: Gary van Wyk shot
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