Ividyo Kliphu
Lyrics
Young man, there’s no need to feel down, I said
– Insizwa, asikho isidingo sokuzizwa phansi, ngathi
Young man, pick yourself off the ground, I said
– Insizwa, zithathele phansi, ngathi
Young man, ’cause you’re in a new town
– Insizwa, ngoba usedolobheni elisha
There’s no need to be unhappy
– Asikho isidingo sokungajabuli
Young man, there’s a place you can go, I said
– Insizwa, kukhona indawo ongaya kuyo, ngathi
Young man, when you’re short on your dough you can
– Insizwa, uma ungenayo inhlama yakho, ungakwazi
Stay there and I’m sure you will find
– Ay lapho futhi ngiyaqiniseka ukuthi uzothola
Many ways to have a good time
– Izindlela eziningi zokuzijabulisa
It’s fun to stay at the Y.M.C.A.
– Kumnandi ukuhlala E-Y. M. C. A.
It’s fun to stay at the Y.M.C.A.
– Kumnandi ukuhlala E-Y. M. C. A.
They have everything for young men to enjoy
– Banakho konke ukuze izinsizwa zikujabulele
You can hang out with all the boys
– Ungahlala nabo bonke abafana
It’s fun to stay at the Y.M.C.A.
– Kumnandi ukuhlala E-Y. M. C. A.
It’s fun to stay at the Y.M.C.A.
– Kumnandi ukuhlala E-Y. M. C. A.
You can get yourself clean, you can have a good meal
– Ungazihlanza, ungadla ukudla okumnandi
You can do whatever you feel
– Ungenza noma yini oyizwayo
Young man, are you listening to me? I said
– Insizwa, ingabe uyangilalela? Ngathi
Young man, what do you want to be? I said
– Insizwa, yini ofuna ukuba yiyo? Ngathi
Young man, you can make real your dreams
– Insizwa, ungenza amaphupho akho angempela
But you’ve got to know this one thing
– Kodwa kumelwe wazi into eyodwa
No man does it all by himself, I said
– Akekho umuntu owenza konke eyedwa, ngathi
Young man, put your pride on the shelf
– Insizwa, beka ukuziqhenya kwakho eshalofini
And just go there, to the Y.M.C.A.
– Futhi nje uye lapho, E-Y. M. C. A.
I’m sure they can help you today
– Ngiyaqiniseka ukuthi bangakusiza namuhla
It’s fun to stay at the Y.M.C.A.
– Kumnandi ukuhlala E-Y. M. C. A.
It’s fun to stay at the Y.M.C.A.
– Kumnandi ukuhlala E-Y. M. C. A.
They have everything for young men to enjoy
– Banakho konke ukuze izinsizwa zikujabulele
You can hang out with all the boys
– Ungahlala nabo bonke abafana
It’s fun to stay at the Y.M.C.A.
– Kumnandi ukuhlala E-Y. M. C. A.
It’s fun to stay at the Y.M.C.A.
– Kumnandi ukuhlala E-Y. M. C. A.
You can get yourself clean, you can have a good meal
– Ungazihlanza, ungadla ukudla okumnandi
You can do whatever you feel
– Ungenza noma yini oyizwayo
Young man, I was once in your shoes, I said
– Insizwa, ngake ngaba sezicathulweni zakho, ngathi
I was down and out with the blues, I felt
– Ngangiphansi futhi ngiphumile nginama-blues, ngazizwa
No man cared if I were alive
– Akekho umuntu owayenendaba nokuthi ngangiphila yini
I felt the whole world was so jive
– Nganginomuzwa wokuthi umhlaba wonke wawungajabulisi
That’s when someone came up to me and said
– Yilapho othile eza kimi wathi
“Young man, take a walk up the street
– “Nsizwa, hamba emgwaqweni
It’s a place there called the Y.M.C.A.
– Yindawo lapho ebizwa ngokuthi I-Y. M. C. A.
They can start you back on your way”
– Bangakubuyisela endleleni yakho”
It’s fun to stay at the Y.M.C.A.
– Kumnandi ukuhlala E-Y. M. C. A.
It’s fun to stay at the Y.M.C.A.
– Kumnandi ukuhlala E-Y. M. C. A.
They have everything for young men to enjoy
– Banakho konke ukuze izinsizwa zikujabulele
You can hang out with all the boys
– Ungahlala nabo bonke abafana
Y.M.C.A., it’s fun to stay at the
– Y. M. C. a., kumnandi ukuhlala e –
Y.M.C.A.
– I-Y. M. C. A.
Young man, young man, there’s no need to feel down
– Insizwa, insizwa, asikho isidingo sokuzizwa
Young man, young man, get yourself off the ground
– Insizwa, insizwa, ziphonse phansi
Y.M.C.A., it’s fun to stay at the
– Y. M. C. a., kumnandi ukuhlala e –
Y.M.C.A.
– I-Y. M. C. A.
Young man, young man, are you listening to me?
– Insizwa, insizwa, ingabe uyangilalela?
Young man, young man, what do you wanna be?
– Insizwa, insizwa, yini ofuna ukuba yiyo?
Y.M.C.A., you’ll find it at the
– I-Y. M. c. a., uzoyithola e –
Y.M.C.A.
– I-Y. M. C. A.
No man, no man does it all by himself
– Akekho umuntu, akekho umuntu owenza konke eyedwa
Young man, young man, put your pride on the shelf
– Insizwa, insizwa, beka ukuziqhenya kwakho eshalofini
Y.M.C.A. and just go to the
– I-Y. M. c. a. futhi iya nje
Y.M.C.A.
– I-Y. M. C. A.
Young man, young man, I was once in your shoes
– Insizwa, insizwa, ngake ngaba sezicathulweni zakho
Young man, young man, I was down with the blues
– Insizwa, insizwa, ngangiphansi nge-blues
Y.M.C.A., it’s fun to stay at the
– Y. M. C. a., kumnandi ukuhlala e –
