Umama
Sjava Lyrics

Angsakhoni ngikhumbul' uMa
I am never ashamed to remember my mother

Aksavumi ngikhumbul' uMa
I cannot help but remember my mother

Ngikhumbul' uMaAksavumi
I remember my mother all the time

Sebethi indoda endala kangaka ikhalel' uMa wayo
That old man cries for his mother all the time

Ngithi bafethu ngeke ni understande
I say to my brothers, you won't understand

Ndod' endala kangaka ikhalel' uMa wayo
That old man cries for his mother all the time

Ngithi bafethu ngeke
I say to my brothers, it's impossible

Yojabula mangfika
Whoever gets joy from me

Athi uShembe uyaphila
Says Shembe, he's alive

Kulengozi zomgwaqo mntanami ngiyajubula ufika usaphila
In the midst of danger my child, I'm happy that you're alive

Beka iykhwama le emsamo
Put this rooster on the back

Land' impepho kaGogo erondweni
Plant Gogo's incense in the yard

Ngiphahle ngikhulume nabadala
Let me sit and talk to the elders

Ngibatshele usemagcekeni
Let me tell them in their graveyards

Mvula iyana emakhaya
The rain is coming home

Sesiphelile amakhaza
Our crops are gone

Mawubuy' eGoli ngicela ungiphathele iheater ngoba ngempela uzongincwaba
When you come back from Johannesburg, please get me a heater because it's really cold

Yazi uMa av' unamahlaya
You know Ma has some chicken feet

Ngeke ushone ngisak'thanda
Don't be mad, I love you

K'yoba isbusiso kimi ukuthi ubekhona Ma wami mangishada
It would make me happy if you were there my mother, do not doubt that

Ngoba uyokwazi
Because you will know

Ukungbonisa
To show it to me

Masezingbuyela
When you come back

Emshadweni
From the wedding

Into engiyithanda ngekhaya
What I love at home

Ukuthi ekhaya akungenwa ngemali (Ngemali)
Is that at home, I'm not asked for money

Noma ngingasebenzi uMama ungithanda ngingenani (ungthanda ngingena lutho)
Even if I don't work, mother still loves me even if I'm penniless

Noma umhlaba ungangishaya uzongthulisa athi Mntanami ungakhali (ungakhali)
Even if the world rejects me, you'll comfort me saying, 'Don't cry my child'

Ubukeka ukhathele awuthi ngilande ukudla Baba hlala phantsi (hlala phantsi)
You look like you're tired, sit down dad, the food's ready (sit down)

Ndod' endala kangaka ikhalel' uMa wayo
That old man cries for his mother all the time

Ngithi bafethu ngeke ni understande
I say to my brothers, you won't understand

Angsakhoni angsakhoni angsakhoni
I am never ashamed, never ashamed, never ashamed

Ngikhumbul' uMa ngith' uMa
I remember my mother, I say, my mother

Sebethi indoda endala kangaka ikhalel' uMa wayo
That old man cries for his mother all the time

Ngithi bafethu ngeke ni understande
I say to my brothers, you won't understand

Ndod' endala kangaka ikhalel' uMa wayo
That old man cries for his mother all the time

Ngithi bafethu ngeke ni understande
I say to my brothers, you won't understand

Ngikhumbul' uMankabinde
I remember Mankabinde

Isalukazi sami uMankabinde
Mankabinde is my queen

UMa
My mother