Ividyo Kliphu
Lyrics
The muses on the mountain
– Ama-muse asentabeni
By the stream, they descend with the night, yeah
– Emfudlaneni, behla nobusuku, yebo
Marsyas in the garden
– Umarsyas engadini
By the tree where they skinned him alive, yeah
– Emthini lapho bamkhumula khona ephila, yebo
Don’t waste away, why you lookin’ back?
– Ungachithi, kungani ubheka emuva?
Don’t try me now, can’t break through that
– Ungangizami manje, awukwazi ukuqhekeza lokho
Fallen with the sun, but it’s not enough
– Wehla nelanga, kodwa akwanele
Not enough, not enough
– Akwanele, akwanele
Was seven strong, now I’m dead and gone
– Wayenamandla ayisikhombisa, manje sengifile futhi sengihambile
Cut off my wings by the break of dawn
– Nginqume amaphiko ami lapho kusa
I sang the song, now it’s said and done
– Ngacula ingoma, manje sekushiwo futhi kwenziwa
Keep a lyre and a bow like I’m Apollon
– Gcina ihabhu nomnsalo onjengokuthi Ngingu-Apollon
Was seven strong, now I’m dead and gone
– Wayenamandla ayisikhombisa, manje sengifile futhi sengihambile
The twilight crests as I’m pushing on
– I-twilight crests njengoba ngiqhubeka
I sang the song, now it’s said and done
– Ngacula ingoma, manje sekushiwo futhi kwenziwa
Keep a lyre and a bow like I’m Apollon
– Gcina ihabhu nomnsalo onjengokuthi Ngingu-Apollon
I feel alone when I speak to you
– Ngizizwa ngingedwa lapho ngikhuluma nawe
Moirai cut the line from my old noose
– Umoirai wasika intambo entanjeni yami endala
Does it feel right how we live to you?
– Ingabe kuzwakala kulungile ukuthi siphila kanjani kuwe?
I’ve been reaching out, but you never knew
– Bengilokhu ngifinyelela, kodwa awukaze wazi
Stroke of fate, the circumstance is plain now
– Ukushaywa kwenhlanhla, isimo sesicacile manje
My mistake, just trying not to break down
– Iphutha lami, ukuzama nje ukungawohloki
You’re the same, the leaves are falling year-round
– Uyafana, amaqabunga ayawa unyaka wonke
The green ray told by the sundown
– I-green ray ilandiswa ukushona kwelanga
Was seven strong, now I’m dead and gone
– Wayenamandla ayisikhombisa, manje sengifile futhi sengihambile
Cut off my wings by the break of dawn
– Nginqume amaphiko ami lapho kusa
I sang the song, now it’s said and done
– Ngacula ingoma, manje sekushiwo futhi kwenziwa
Keep a lyre and a bow like I’m Apollon
– Gcina ihabhu nomnsalo onjengokuthi Ngingu-Apollon
Was seven strong, now I’m dead and gone
– Wayenamandla ayisikhombisa, manje sengifile futhi sengihambile
The twilight crests as I’m pushing on
– I-twilight crests njengoba ngiqhubeka
Sang the song, now it’s said and done
– Yacula ingoma, manje sekushiwo futhi kwenziwa
Got a lyre and a bow like I’m Apollon
– Nginehabhu nomnsalo onjengokuthi Ngingu-Apollon
The time to build up is tearing me down
– Isikhathi sokwakha siyangidiliza
The time to gather got me casting you out
– Isikhathi sokubuthana sangenza ngakukhipha
The time to rain, time to sow
– Isikhathi semvula, isikhathi sokuhlwanyela
Let me go
– Ngiyeke ngihambe
Yeah, yeah, nah
– Yebo, yebo, cha
Nah, nah, nah
– Nah, nah, nah
Yeah, yeah, nah
– Yebo, yebo, cha
Yeah, yeah
– Yebo, yebo
Oscar
– U-Oscar
