Ividyo Kliphu
Lyrics
Schoolbag in hand, she leaves home in the early morning
– Esandleni sesikhwama sesikole, ushiya ikhaya ekuseni kakhulu
Waving goodbye with an absent-minded smile
– Ukuvalelisa ngokumamatheka okungenangqondo
I watch her go with a surge of that well-known sadness
– Ngimbuka ehamba enosizi olwaziwa kahle
And I have to sit down for a while
– Futhi kumelwe ngihlale phansi isikhashana
The feeling that I’m losing her forever
– Umuzwa wokuthi ngimlahlekelaeverade
And without really entering her world
– Futhi ngaphandle kokungena ngempela ezweni lakhe
I’m glad whenever I can share her laughter
– Ngiyajabula noma nini lapho ngikwazi ukuhlanganyela ukuhleka kwakhe
That funny little girl
– Leyo ntombazanyana ehlekisayo
Slipping through my fingers all the time
– Ukugxuma ngeminwe yami ngaso sonke isikhathi
I try to capture every minute
– Ngizama ukubamba njalo ngomzuzu
The feeling in it
– Umuzwa kuwo
Slipping through my fingers all the time
– Ukugxuma ngeminwe yami ngaso sonke isikhathi
Do I really see what’s in her mind?
– Ingabe ngiyabona ngempela ukuthi yini engqondweni yakhe?
Each time I think I’m close to knowing
– Isikhathi ngasinye ngicabanga ukuthi ngiseduze nokwazi
She keeps on growing
– Uyaqhubeka ekhula
Slipping through my fingers all the time
– Ukugxuma ngeminwe yami ngaso sonke isikhathi
Sleep in our eyes, her and me at the breakfast table
– Lala emehlweni ethu, mina naye etafuleni lesidlo sasekuseni
Barely awake, I let precious time go by
– Lapho ngisaphaphama, ngavumela isikhathi esiyigugu ukuba sidlule
Then when she’s gone, there’s that odd melancholy feeling
– Khona-ke lapho esehambile, kunomuzwa ongajwayelekile wokudabuka
And a sense of guilt I can’t deny
– Futhi umuzwa wecala angikwazi ukuphika
What happened to the wonderful adventures
– Kwenzekani ezenzakalweni ezimangalisayo
The places I had planned for us to go?
– Izindawo engangihlele ukuba siye kuzo?
(Slipping through my fingers all the time)
– (Ukugxuma ngeminwe yami ngaso sonke isikhathi)
Well, some of that we did, but most we didn’t
– Okunye kwalokho esikwenzile, kodwa iningi asizange sikwenze
And why, I just don’t know
– Futhi kungani, angazi nje
Slipping through my fingers all the time
– Ukugxuma ngeminwe yami ngaso sonke isikhathi
I try to capture every minute
– Ngizama ukubamba njalo ngomzuzu
The feeling in it
– Umuzwa kuwo
Slipping through my fingers all the time
– Ukugxuma ngeminwe yami ngaso sonke isikhathi
Do I really see what’s in her mind?
– Ingabe ngiyabona ngempela ukuthi yini engqondweni yakhe?
Each time I think I’m close to knowing
– Isikhathi ngasinye ngicabanga ukuthi ngiseduze nokwazi
She keeps on growing
– Uyaqhubeka ekhula
Slipping through my fingers all the time
– Ukugxuma ngeminwe yami ngaso sonke isikhathi
Sometimes I wish that I could freeze the picture
– Ngezinye izikhathi ngifisa sengathi ngingawuvala umfanekiso
And save it from the funny tricks of time
– Futhi ugcine it kusukela funny tricks of time
Slipping through my fingers
– Ukugxuma ngeminwe yami
Slipping through my fingers all the time
– Ukugxuma ngeminwe yami ngaso sonke isikhathi
Schoolbag in hand, she leaves home in the early morning
– Esandleni sesikhwama sesikole, ushiya ikhaya ekuseni kakhulu
Waving goodbye with an absent-minded smile
– Ukuvalelisa ngokumamatheka okungenangqondo
