Not At Peace

Ubaba Akalele (My Father Is Not At Peace) Ngahlangana nomfo' kasibiya izolo (I met up with Sibiya yesterday) Wathi "We-Jonathan, angiphathekile kahle mina (he said, "Jonathan, I am in a very bad way) Ngiphupha ubaba ongasekho ekhomba inkomo yakhe (I dream of my late father pointing at his ox) Ngikhumbula engitshela ethi "wemfana wami (and I remember him telling me -- "my boy Uma ngihamba kulomhlaba wemfana wami (on the day I pass away and leave this earth) Musa ukungifihla ngebokisi (X3) (do not bury me in a coffin) Wemfana wami (my boy) Awungebesa ngesikhumba senkomo emhlophe, wemfana wami (you should bury me wrapped in the skin of a white ox, my boy) Awungihambisa ngenkomo emhlophe (you should send me on my last journey by means of a white ox) Inkomo, inkomo kababa, wo-ye-ye-ye! (The ox, the ox of my father....) Chorus Akalele ubaba ekhaya (Father is not at ease at home) Akafuni ibokisi, ufuna inkomo (he does not want a coffin, he wants an ox) Akalele ubaba ekhaya (father is not resting at home) Washo mfokasibiya wathi "Jonathan lalela lana (Sibiya continued saying, "Jonathan, listen here.) Ngokushona kababa kwenzeka isimanga