[Saida Karoli]
[Saida Karoli]
Oh garuko garuko garuke1
Oh come on come on come on come on
Oh garuke mwanawange2
Oh come back my son
Garuko garuko garuke
Oh come on come on come on come on
Oh garuke mwanawange
Oh come back my son
Ayee mbali ndi niyo wanyu3
The guards are yours
Mbali ndi niyo wanyu
The guards are yours
Mbali ndi niyo wanyu
The guards are yours
Muda marefu umepita mwanangu
And long has passed my son
Tangu umefunga safari, iyeye
Since you closed the trip, yeah yeah
Urudi nyumbani uje uone hali yangu
Come home and see my condition
Nakosa chumvi sukari, iyeye
I miss the salt, sugar, yeah yeah
Kila siku nakonda kufikiria sembe
Every day I like to think of sembe
Wapi ntapata mboga familia iende
Where will I find vegetables for the family to go on
Baba yako mgonjwa ashiki ata jembe
Your sick father doesn't even hold a spade
Toka '91 sina kipya kitenge
From '91 I have no new unit
Iiih, noija noija maki mbwenu
Iiih, noija noija maki mbwenu
Iiih, noija noija maki mbwenu
Iiih, noija noija maki mbwenu
Kafukuzwa shuleni, mdogo wako Jane
Dismissed from school, your younger sister Jane
Na mengine sisemi maiyoo
And others I do not say maiyoo
Sikai sebuleni nikiona wageni
I sit in the living room and see strangers
Nakimbia madeni maiyoo
I run away from debt
Iiih, noija noija maki baba
Iiih, noija noija maki baba
Iiih, noija noija maki mbwenu
Iiih, noija noija maki mbwenu
Nitarudi mama, mama
I'll be back mom, mom
(Taliwo akagenda akabura)4
(The journey is not death)
Nitarudi mama, mama
I'll be back mom, mom
(Taliwo akagenda akabura)
(The journey is not death)
Nitarudi mama, mama
I'll be back mom, mom
(Okebuke owanyu omuka)5
(Remember it in your home)
Nitarudi mama, mama
I'll be back mom, mom
(Okebuke owanyu omuka)
(Remember it in your home)
Nitarudi mama, mama
I'll be back mom, mom
Heshima yako mama, ugua pole na baba
Yours sincerely, mother; you were not sorry with the father
Mambo yatakuwa sawa, sipendi ukilalama
Things will be fine, I do not like to complain
Kazi zimenijaa, na-hustle kupata chapaa
Jobs are full of me, I'm hustling to get a brand
Nitakuja na pesa nyumbani, sahau kuhusu dagaa
I will bring money home, forget about seafood
Si unapendaga pete na chain nitaleta za gold
You don't like rings and chains, I will bring gold
Mwambie mdogo wangu Jane ntampeleka boarding
Tell my little Jane I will send him boarding
Nitakujengea nyumba bondeni uache kulipa kodi
I will build you a house in the valley, stop paying taxes
Ntakulipia yote madeni usigongewe hodi
I will pay you all the debts, do not knock
Mwambie baba asijali
Tell dad not to worry
Atapona tutaenda hospitali
When he recovers we will go to the hospital
Asilie atakuwa shwari
Asilie will be calm
Siku yake ya birthday nitampa gari
On her birthday I will give her a car
Machozi yanilenga
Tears welled up in my eyes
Siku zinakwenda mama
Days go by, mom
Sala zenu wapendwa
Your prayers dear ones
Ndo zitanijenga sana
It will build me up
Sijawatenga
I did not take them
Sikupigi kalenda mama
I did not hit the calendar mom
Mungu akipenda
God willing
Yote nitatenda mama
I will do it mother
Naomba unisubiri nyumbani
Please wait for me at home
Nitarudi mama, mama
I'll be back mom
(Taliwo akagenda akabura)
(The journey is not death)
Nitarudi mama, mama
I'll be back mom, mom
(Nitarudi ningojee)
(I'll be back, wait for me)
Nitarudi mama, mama
I'll be back mom, mom
(Okebuke owanyu omuka)
(Remember it in your home)
Nitarudi mama, mama
I'll be back mom, mom
Nitarudi mama, mama
I'll be back mom, mom