Ikliphu Yevidiyo
Ingoma
Now I’ve heard there was a secret chord
– Ngoku ndivile ukuba kukho i-chord eyimfihlo
That David played and it pleased the Lord
– Ukuba Udavide wadlala kwaye kwakholisa Inkosi
But you don’t really care for music, do ya?
– Kodwa awukhathali ngomculo, akunjalo?
It goes like this, the fourth, the fifth
– Oku kuya kwenzeka, okwesine, okwesine
The minor fall, the major lift
– Ukuwa okuncinci, ukuphakama okukhulu
The baffled king composing “Hallelujah”
– King bongeziwe mabandla compiling ” Haleluya\”
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
– Haleluya, Haleluya
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
– Haleluya, Haleluya
Your faith was strong, but you needed proof
– Ukholo lwakho lwalomelele, kodwa wawufuna ubungqina
You saw her bathing on the roof
– Umbonile ehlamba eluphahleni
Her beauty and the moonlight overthrew ya
– Ubuhle bakhe kunye nokukhanya kwenyanga kwabhukuqa ya
She tied you to a kitchen chair
– Wakubopha esitulweni sasekhitshini
She broke your throne and she cut your hair
– Waphula itrone yakho kwaye wacheba iinwele zakho
And from your lips she drew the Hallelujah
– Kwaye kwimilebe yakho watsalela Uhaleluya
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
– Haleluya, Haleluya
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
– Haleluya, Haleluya
You say I took the name in vain
– Nithi ndilithathile igama
I don’t even know the name
– Nangona andizange ndikwazi igama
But if I did, well, really, what’s it to ya?
– Kodwa ukuba ndiyenzile, ngokwenene, yintoni na?
There’s a blaze of light in every word
– Kukho ukukhanya kuwo onke amazwi
It doesn’t matter which you heard
– Ayinamsebenzi ukuba uvile ntoni
The holy or the broken Hallelujah
– Chrum kwik kwik kwik kwik Kwik Chrum Chrum Chrum Chrum Chrum Kwik Kwik Kwik Kwik Kwik Chrum Chrum Chrum Chrum Chrum
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
– Haleluya, Haleluya
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
– Haleluya, Haleluya
I did my best, it wasn’t much
– Ndenze konke okusemandleni am, akukho nto ingako
I couldn’t feel, so I tried to touch
– Andizange ndive, ngoko ndazama ukuchukumisa
I’ve told the truth, I didn’t come to fool ya
– I’ve been dumb, i’ve been dumb
And even though it all went wrong
– Kwaye nangona yonke into yayingalunganga
I’ll stand before the lord of song
– Ndime phambi kwenkosi yeengoma
With nothing on my tongue but hallelujah
– Akukho nto ngolwimi lwam ngaphandle kohaleluya
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
– Haleluya, Haleluya
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
– Haleluya, Haleluya
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
– Haleluya, Haleluya
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
– Haleluya, Haleluya
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
– Haleluya, Haleluya
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
– Haleluya, Haleluya
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
– Haleluya, Haleluya
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
– Haleluya, Haleluya
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
– Haleluya, Haleluya
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
– Haleluya, Haleluya
Baby, I’ve been here before
– Baby, i’ve been there ukulele
I know this room, I’ve walked this floor
– Ndiyazi eli gumbi, ndihambe lo mgangatho
I used to live alone before I knew ya
– Ndandidla ngokuhlala ndedwa ngaphambi kokuba ndikwazi
And I’ve seen your flag on the marble arch
– Kwaye ndibone iflegi yakho kwimarble arch
Love is not a victory march
– Uthando ayingomatshi woloyiso
It’s a cold and it’s a broken Hallelujah
– Kuyabanda kwaye kuyaphuka Haleluya
There was a time you let me know
– Kwafika ixesha lokuba undazise
What’s really going on below
– Yintoni eyenzekayo ngezantsi
But now you never show it to me, do ya?
– Introduce you, okay?
And remember when I moved in you
– Kwaye khumbula xa ndafudukela kuwe
The holy dove was moving too
– Nehobe elingcwele lalishukuma
And every breath we drew was Hallelujah
– Kwaye wonke umoya esawutsalayo yayinguhaleluya
Maybe there’s a God above
– Mhlawumbi Kukho uthixo ngaphezu
But all I’ve ever learned from love
– All i’ve seen from love
Was how to shoot at someone who outdrew ya
– Ngaba indlela yokudubula umntu ophume ya
And it’s not a cry that you hear at night
– Kwaye akusiyo isikhalo ukuba uve ebusuku
It’s not somebody who’s seen the light
– Akukho mntu ubonileyo ukukhanya
It’s a cold and it’s a broken Hallelujah
– Kuyabanda kwaye kuyaphuka Haleluya
