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Omari Machio - Usiende Ukulale (Don't Sleep)

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

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A2. Usiende Ukalale (Don’t Sleep)

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English:

Our past music is long gone,
Like my mother
My father told me, “Musau,
Don’t sleep because sleep will not provide for you”
The past music is long gone like my father
My father told me “Don’t sleep, go look for a partner”
Look for a partner
Together you will struggle through the tests of life
Go and sleep
Don’t look for me at my wife’s place
Go and sleep,
go and sleep
Don’t look for me at my wife’s place
You see I have changed tactics

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Swahili:

Vinya vikenge vialire kware,
vialize mama alienda navyo
Baba yangu alisema ya Musau
usiende ukalale utapata wapi
Baba yangu alisema mwana wangu,
usiende ukalale ukatafute wenzako
Utafute wa kujipima,
mujipime naye pamoja
Nenda ukalale,
ukalale usinifuate kwa muke wangu,
nenda ukalale
nenda ukalale
usinifuate kwa muke wangu
Now unaona nmechange tactic

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

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