Ividyo Kliphu
Lyrics
I stepped into an avalanche
– Ngagibela i-avalanche
It covered up my soul
– Kwafihla umphefumulo wami
When I am not this hunchback that you see
– Lapho ngingeyena lo hunchback ukuthi ubona
I sleep beneath the golden hill
– Ngilala ngaphansi kwegolden hill
You who wish to conquer pain
– Nina enifisa ukunqoba ubuhlungu
You must learn, learn to serve me well
– Kumelwe ufunde, ufunde ukungikhonza kahle
You strike my side by accident
– Ushaya uhlangothi lwami ngengozi
As you go down for your goal
– Njengoba wehla ngenxa yomgomo wakho
The cripple here that you clothe and feed
– Abakhubazekile lapha ukuthi ugqoke futhi ondle
Is neither starved nor cold
– Ayibulawa indlala noma ibanda
He does not ask for your company
– Akaceli inkampani yakho
Not at the center, the center of the world
– Hhayi enkabeni, enkabeni yezwe
And I am on a pedestal
– Futhi ngisesisekelweni
You did not raise me there
– Awungikhulisanga lapho
Your laws do not compel me now
– Imithetho yakho ayingiphoqi manje
To kneel grotesque and bare
– Ukuguqa ngendlela exakile futhi engenalutho
I myself am the pedestal
– Mina ngokwami ngiyisisekelo
For this ugly hump at which you stare
– Ngenxa yalesi sigubhu esibi lapho ugqolozela khona
You who wish to conquer pain
– Nina enifisa ukunqoba ubuhlungu
You must learn what makes me kind
– Kumelwe ufunde ukuthi yini engenza ngibe nomusa
The crumbs of love that you offer me
– Imvuthuluka yothando onginika yona
Are the crumbs I’ve left behind
– Ingabe imvuthuluka engiyishiye ngemuva
Your pain is no credential here
– Ubuhlungu bakho abukho lapha
It’s just a shadow, shadow of my wound
– Kumane nje kuyisithunzi, isithunzi sesilonda sami
I have begun to long for you
– Ngiqale ukukulangazelela
I who have no greed
– Mina ongenakho ukuhaha
I have begun to ask for you
– Ngiqale ukukucela
I who have no need
– Anginasidingo
You say you’ve gone away from me
– Uthi usuhambile kimi
But I can feel you, feel you when you breathe
– Kodwa ngingakuzwa, ngikuzwe lapho uphefumula
Do not dress in those rags for me
– Ungagqoki lezo zindwangu kimi
I know you are not poor
– Ngiyazi ukuthi awumpofu
And don’t love me, quite so fiercely now
– Futhi ungangithandi, ngokuqinile manje
When you know that you are not sure
– Uma wazi ukuthi awuqiniseki
It is your turn, my beloved one
– Kuyisikhathi sakho, othandekayo wami
It is your flesh that I wear
– Yinyama yakho engiyigqokayo
