Ividyo Kliphu
Lyrics
Strumming my pain with his fingers
– Ukushaya ubuhlungu bami ngeminwe yakhe
Singing my life with his words
– Ukuhlabelela ukuphila kwami ngamazwi akhe
Killing me softly with his song
– Ngibulale ngobumnene ngengoma yakhe
Killing me softly with his song
– Ngibulale ngobumnene ngengoma yakhe
Telling my whole life with his words
– Ngitshela ukuphila kwami konke ngamazwi akhe
Killing me softly with his song
– Ngibulale ngobumnene ngengoma yakhe
I heard he sang a good song
– Ngezwa ecula ingoma enhle
I heard he had a style
– Ngezwa ukuthi wayenesitayela
And so I came to see him
– Ngakho ngafika ngambona
To listen for a while
– Ukulalela isikhashana
And there he was this young boy
– Futhi kwakukhona le nsizwa
A stranger to my eyes
– Umuntu engingamazi emehlweni ami
Strumming my pain with his fingers
– Ukushaya ubuhlungu bami ngeminwe yakhe
Singing my life with his words
– Ukuhlabelela ukuphila kwami ngamazwi akhe
Killing me softly with his song
– Ngibulale ngobumnene ngengoma yakhe
Killing me softly with his song
– Ngibulale ngobumnene ngengoma yakhe
Telling my whole life with his words
– Ngitshela ukuphila kwami konke ngamazwi akhe
Killing me softly with his song
– Ngibulale ngobumnene ngengoma yakhe
I felt all flushed with fever
– Ngazizwa ngigcwele umkhuhlane
Embarrassed by the crowd
– Ehlazekile ngesixuku
I felt he found my letters
– Ngaba nomuzwa wokuthi wayezitholile izincwadi zami
And read each one out loud
– Futhi ufunde ngamunye ngokuzwakalayo
I prayed that he would finish
– Ngathandazela ukuba aqede
But he just kept right on
– Kodwa waqhubeka
Strumming my pain with his fingers
– Ukushaya ubuhlungu bami ngeminwe yakhe
Singing my life with his words
– Ukuhlabelela ukuphila kwami ngamazwi akhe
Killing me softly with his song
– Ngibulale ngobumnene ngengoma yakhe
Killing me softly with his song
– Ngibulale ngobumnene ngengoma yakhe
Telling my whole life with his words
– Ngitshela ukuphila kwami konke ngamazwi akhe
Killing me softly with his song
– Ngibulale ngobumnene ngengoma yakhe
He sang as if he knew me
– Wayecula sengathi uyangazi
In all my dark despair
– Ekuphelelweni yithemba kwami
And then he looked right through me
– Wabe esebheka kimi
As if I wasn’t there
– Njengokungathi ngangingekho
And he just kept on singing
– Futhi waqhubeka ecula
Singing clear and strong
– Ukucula ngokucacile nangamandla
Strumming my pain with his fingers
– Ukushaya ubuhlungu bami ngeminwe yakhe
Singing my life with his words
– Ukuhlabelela ukuphila kwami ngamazwi akhe
Killing me softly with his song
– Ngibulale ngobumnene ngengoma yakhe
Killing me softly with his song
– Ngibulale ngobumnene ngengoma yakhe
Telling my whole life with his words
– Ngitshela ukuphila kwami konke ngamazwi akhe
Killing me softly with his song
– Ngibulale ngobumnene ngengoma yakhe
Oh, oh-oh
– Oh, oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh
– Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh
La-la-la, la-la
– Ila-la-la, ila-la
Oh-oh-oh, oh, oh-oh
– Oh-oh-oh, oh, oh-oh
La, ah-ah, ah
– La, ah-ah, ah
La, ah-ah, ah-ah-ah-ah
– I-La, i-ah-ah, i-ah-ah-ah
Strumming my pain with his fingers
– Ukushaya ubuhlungu bami ngeminwe yakhe
Singing my life with his words
– Ukuhlabelela ukuphila kwami ngamazwi akhe
Killing me softly with his song
– Ngibulale ngobumnene ngengoma yakhe
Killing me softly with his song
– Ngibulale ngobumnene ngengoma yakhe
Telling my whole life with his words
– Ngitshela ukuphila kwami konke ngamazwi akhe
Killing me (Softly)
– Ngibulale (Ngobumnene)
He was strumming my pain
– Wayehlabelela ubuhlungu bami
Yeah, he was singing my life
– Yebo, wayecula ukuphila kwami
Killing me softly with his song
– Ngibulale ngobumnene ngengoma yakhe
Killing me softly with his song
– Ngibulale ngobumnene ngengoma yakhe
Telling my whole life with his words
– Ngitshela ukuphila kwami konke ngamazwi akhe
Killing me softly
– Ngibulale ngobumnene
With his song
– Ngengoma yakhe
