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Johnstone Mukabi - Nili Kwenda Safari (I Went for a Journey)

from Usiende Ukalale (Don't Sleep) - Omutibo from Rural Kenya by Various Artists

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lyrics

English:

One day I went for a journey and I found many people there who said
I found many people there who said that they love me
When I went back on the second day,
when I went back on the second day I told all of them to pack,
I told all of them to pack up their belongings so that we go together
I went to my father’s homestead,
I went to my father’s homestead and my father said she should go,
And my father said she should go because she comes from a family of cursers
Yes, it’s true she can go
We don’t want women who are cursers
If anyone dies, everybody will be crying and blaming her
I went to my father’s place in Notinya
I went to my father’s place in Notinya
and father told me that it is not good
And father said it is not good to drink alcohol

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Swahili:

Siku moja nilikwenda musafari
Siku moja nilikwenda musafari nilikuta wengi kule wakasema,
nilikuta wengi kule wakasema wananipenda
Kurudi iyo siku ya pili,
kurudi iyo siku ya pili nawaambia wale wote mukafunge,
nawambia wale wote mukafungeni tukienda leo
Nilikwenda kwa boma la baba,
nilikwenda kwa boma la baba na baba naye alisema ye aende,
na baba naye alisema ye aende kwao wachawi hao
Aa hii ni kweli wanaweza kwenda
Hatutaki wanawale wachawi
Kila mtu atakufa sasa utalia akisema ye ndio ameuwa
Nilikwenda kule Notinya kwa baba
Nilikwenda kule Notinya kwa baba
Na baba naye alisema sio mzuri
Na baba naye alisema sio mzuri mwana kulewa baba

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from Usiende Ukalale (Don't Sleep) - Omutibo from Rural Kenya, released October 12, 2017
Performed by Johnstone Ouko Mukabi

Written by George Mukabi

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