Ividyo Kliphu
Lyrics
I’m supposed to choose a suitor to wear the crown
– Kufanele ngikhethe umlingani ozogqoka umqhele
I said I would choose as soon as I weave this shroud
– Ngathi ngizokhetha ngokushesha nje lapho ngiluka lesi sidumbu
They don’t know that every night
– Abazi ukuthi njalo ebusuku
I unthread all the work I’ve done
– Ngikhipha yonke imisebenzi engiyenzile
‘Cause I’d rather lie
– Ngoba ngincamela ukuqamba amanga
Than allow them to think they’ve won
– Kunokuba bavumele bacabange ukuthi banqobile
Though I never thought that I’d resort to this
– Nakuba ngangingakaze ngicabange ukuthi ngizosebenzisa lokhu
Just know I’ll be here
– Ngiyazi nje ukuthi ngizoba lapha
But I don’t know how much longer I’ll last
– Kodwa angazi ukuthi ngizohlala isikhathi eside kangakanani
Since we saw that storm
– Kusukela sabona leso siphepho
And though it was so close to our kingdom
– Futhi nakuba kwakuseduze kakhulu nombuso wethu
It was far from the norm
– Kwakungeyona neze into evamile
Unless
– Ngaphandle uma
Oh, could it be some kind of sign
– Oh, ingabe kungaba uhlobo oluthile lwesibonakaliso
That my world is all about to change?
– Ukuthi izwe lami selizoshintsha?
Is it finally time for the challenge I arranged?
– Ingabe ekugcineni sekuyisikhathi senselele engiyihlelile?
Though I never thought that it would come to this
– Nakuba ngangingakaze ngicabange ukuthi kwakuzofika kulokhu
Just know I’ll be here, buying you time
– Yazi nje ukuthi ngizoba lapha, ngikuthengele isikhathi
Time is fleeting, it’s running out
– Isikhathi siyadlula, siyaphela
Time to be the man of the house
– Isikhathi sokuba umuntu wendlu
Oh, buying you time
– Oh, ukuthenga isikhathi
Time is fleeting, it’s running out
– Isikhathi siyadlula, siyaphela
Time to be the man of the house
– Isikhathi sokuba umuntu wendlu
Whoever can string my husband’s old bow
– Noma ubani ongabopha umnsalo omdala womyeni wami
And shoot through twelve axes cleanly
– Futhi adubule izimbazo eziyishumi nambili ngokuhlanzekile
Will be the new king, sit down at the throne
– Uyoba yinkosi entsha, ahlale phansi esihlalweni sobukhosi
And rule with me as his queen
– Futhi ubuse nami njengendlovukazi yakhe
Let the arrow fly
– Ake umcibisholo undize
Once you know that your aim is true
– Uma wazi ukuthi umgomo wakho kuyiqiniso
‘Cause I’d rather die
– Ngoba ngincamela ukufa
Than grow old without the best of you
– Kunokuba uguge ngaphandle kokuhle kakhulu kuwe
Though I never thought
– Nakuba ngangingakaze ngicabange
That these would be the lengths we go for love
– Ukuthi lokhu kungaba ubude esiya kubo ngenxa yothando
I would not have it any other way
– Ngangingeke ngikwenze ngenye indlela
And though I never thought that it would end like this
– Futhi nakuba ngangingakaze ngicabange ukuthi kwakuyophela kanje
Just know I’ll be here
– Ngiyazi nje ukuthi ngizoba lapha
Waiting, waiting
– Ukulinda, ukulinda
Penelope
– Upenelope
Waiting, waiting
– Ukulinda, ukulinda
Penelope
– Upenelope
Waiting, waiting
– Ukulinda, ukulinda
Oh
– Oh
