Horonan-Tsary
Tononkira
Strumming my pain with his fingers
– Mikapoka ny fanaintainako amin’ny rantsantanany
Singing my life with his words
– Mihira ny fiainako amin’ny teniny
Killing me softly with his song
– Mamono ahy moramora amin’ny hirany
Killing me softly with his song
– Mamono ahy moramora amin’ny hirany
Telling my whole life with his words
– Milaza ny fiainako manontolo amin’ny teniny
Killing me softly with his song
– Mamono ahy moramora amin’ny hirany
I heard he sang a good song
– Reko fa nihira hira tsara izy
I heard he had a style
– Reko fa nanana fomba izy
And so I came to see him
– Ary dia tonga nitsidika azy aho
To listen for a while
– Mba hihainoana kely
And there he was this young boy
– Ary teo izy io zazalahy kely io
A stranger to my eyes
– Vahiny amin’ny masoko
Strumming my pain with his fingers
– Mikapoka ny fanaintainako amin’ny rantsantanany
Singing my life with his words
– Mihira ny fiainako amin’ny teniny
Killing me softly with his song
– Mamono ahy moramora amin’ny hirany
Killing me softly with his song
– Mamono ahy moramora amin’ny hirany
Telling my whole life with his words
– Milaza ny fiainako manontolo amin’ny teniny
Killing me softly with his song
– Mamono ahy moramora amin’ny hirany
I felt all flushed with fever
– Nahatsiaro ho voan’ny tazo daholo aho
Embarrassed by the crowd
– Menatra ny vahoaka
I felt he found my letters
– Tsapako fa nahita ny taratasiko izy
And read each one out loud
– Ary vakio mafy ny tsirairay
I prayed that he would finish
– Nivavaka aho mba ho vitany
But he just kept right on
– Saingy mbola nijanona teo ihany izy
Strumming my pain with his fingers
– Mikapoka ny fanaintainako amin’ny rantsantanany
Singing my life with his words
– Mihira ny fiainako amin’ny teniny
Killing me softly with his song
– Mamono ahy moramora amin’ny hirany
Killing me softly with his song
– Mamono ahy moramora amin’ny hirany
Telling my whole life with his words
– Milaza ny fiainako manontolo amin’ny teniny
Killing me softly with his song
– Mamono ahy moramora amin’ny hirany
He sang as if he knew me
– Nihira toy ny hoe nahafantatra ahy izy
In all my dark despair
– Amin’ny famoizam-po maizina rehetra
And then he looked right through me
– Ary avy eo dia nijery ahy tsara izy
As if I wasn’t there
– Toy ny hoe tsy teo aho
And he just kept on singing
– Ary nanohy nihira fotsiny izy
Singing clear and strong
– Mihira mazava sy matanjaka
Strumming my pain with his fingers
– Mikapoka ny fanaintainako amin’ny rantsantanany
Singing my life with his words
– Mihira ny fiainako amin’ny teniny
Killing me softly with his song
– Mamono ahy moramora amin’ny hirany
Killing me softly with his song
– Mamono ahy moramora amin’ny hirany
Telling my whole life with his words
– Milaza ny fiainako manontolo amin’ny teniny
Killing me softly with his song
– Mamono ahy moramora amin’ny hirany
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
– La-la-la, la-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
– La, ah-ah, ah-ah-ah-ah
Strumming my pain with his fingers
– Mikapoka ny fanaintainako amin’ny rantsantanany
Singing my life with his words
– Mihira ny fiainako amin’ny teniny
Killing me softly with his song
– Mamono ahy moramora amin’ny hirany
Killing me softly with his song
– Mamono ahy moramora amin’ny hirany
Telling my whole life with his words
– Milaza ny fiainako manontolo amin’ny teniny
Killing me (Softly)
– Mamono ahy (Malefaka)
He was strumming my pain
– Izy no namely ny fanaintainako
Yeah, he was singing my life
– Eny, nihira ny fiainako izy
Killing me softly with his song
– Mamono ahy moramora amin’ny hirany
Killing me softly with his song
– Mamono ahy moramora amin’ny hirany
Telling my whole life with his words
– Milaza ny fiainako manontolo amin’ny teniny
Killing me softly
– Mamono ahy moramora
With his song
– Miaraka amin’ny hirany
