Ikliphu Yevidiyo
Ingoma
Schoolbag in hand, she leaves home in the early morning
– Ibhegi yesikolo esandleni, ushiya ekhaya kusasa
Waving goodbye with an absent-minded smile
– Goodbye, goodbye unbeatable smiling
I watch her go with a surge of that well-known sadness
– Ndimbukele ehamba kunye nokwanda kolo lusizi lwaziwayo
And I have to sit down for a while
– Kwaye kufuneka ndihlale phantsi okwethutyana
The feeling that I’m losing her forever
– Ndivakalelwa kukuba ndilahlekelwe ngonaphakade
And without really entering her world
– Kwaye ngaphandle kokungena kwihlabathi lakhe
I’m glad whenever I can share her laughter
– Ndivuya nyhani kuba ndiye ndakwazi ukuncokola naye
That funny little girl
– Loo ntombazana encinane ehlekisayo
Slipping through my fingers all the time
– Ukutyibilika ngeminwe yam ngalo lonke ixesha
I try to capture every minute
– Ndibamba umzuzu ngamnye
The feeling in it
– Feeling into it
Slipping through my fingers all the time
– Ukutyibilika ngeminwe yam ngalo lonke ixesha
Do I really see what’s in her mind?
– Ngaba ngokwenene ndiyayibona into esengqondweni yakhe?
Each time I think I’m close to knowing
– Ngalo lonke ixesha ndicinga ukuba ndisondele ukwazi
She keeps on growing
– Uqhubeka ekhula
Slipping through my fingers all the time
– Ukutyibilika ngeminwe yam ngalo lonke ixesha
Sleep in our eyes, her and me at the breakfast table
– Lala emehlweni ethu, yena kunye nam kwitafile yesidlo sakusasa
Barely awake, I let precious time go by
– Ndingavuki, ndivumele ixesha elixabisekileyo lidlule
Then when she’s gone, there’s that odd melancholy feeling
– Emva koko, xa ephuma, kukho imvakalelo engaqhelekanga ye-melancholy
And a sense of guilt I can’t deny
– Kwaye ukuziva unetyala andinakuphika
What happened to the wonderful adventures
– Yintoni eyenzekayo kwi-adventures emangalisayo
The places I had planned for us to go?
– Iindawo endandizimisele ukuya kuzo?
(Slipping through my fingers all the time)
– (Ndihamba ngeminwe yam yonke ixesha)
Well, some of that we did, but most we didn’t
– Ewe, abanye babo bayenzile, kodwa uninzi asizange senze
And why, I just don’t know
– Kwaye kutheni, andazi nje
Slipping through my fingers all the time
– Ukutyibilika ngeminwe yam ngalo lonke ixesha
I try to capture every minute
– Ndibamba umzuzu ngamnye
The feeling in it
– Feeling into it
Slipping through my fingers all the time
– Ukutyibilika ngeminwe yam ngalo lonke ixesha
Do I really see what’s in her mind?
– Ngaba ngokwenene ndiyayibona into esengqondweni yakhe?
Each time I think I’m close to knowing
– Ngalo lonke ixesha ndicinga ukuba ndisondele ukwazi
She keeps on growing
– Uqhubeka ekhula
Slipping through my fingers all the time
– Ukutyibilika ngeminwe yam ngalo lonke ixesha
Sometimes I wish that I could freeze the picture
– Ngamanye amaxesha ndifuna ukuba ngumkhenkce
And save it from the funny tricks of time
– Kwaye ugcine kumaqhinga ahlekisayo exesha
Slipping through my fingers
– Ukutyibilika ngeminwe yam
Slipping through my fingers all the time
– Ukutyibilika ngeminwe yam ngalo lonke ixesha
Schoolbag in hand, she leaves home in the early morning
– Ibhegi yesikolo esandleni, ushiya ekhaya kusasa
Waving goodbye with an absent-minded smile
– Goodbye, goodbye unbeatable smiling
