Mwana - Sampa the Great, Mwanje, Theresa Mutale Tembo

We mwana

Ndi naiwe

We mwana wandi

Ndi naiwe

Ulemfwaya elyo ndi naiwe

Naba naiwe inshita yonse

Ndi naiwe

(My child

I’ve been with you all this time

You’re looking for me but I am with you)

Ayeh

Mwana wandi ikala panshi

Ikala panshi ikala panshi

Ndi naiwe

(My child sit down, sit down, sit down

I am with you)

Ayeh

Mwana wandi ikala panshi

Ikala panshi ikala panshi

Ndi naiwe

I can see them right beside me

I cannot tell

Why can’t I tell?

I can feel them

Right beside me

All through the hell

I cannot fail

Don’t give up on me

Ayeh

Mwana wandi ikala panshi

Ikala panshi ikala panshi

Ndi naiwe *2

I guess I found my fortune

I don’t need home to feel important

But I need a feeling of peace

I’m not broken

Searching but soft spoken

Leaning up to the ether

Wonder if ancestors been living

On through my ugh

My DNA

Been searching for what’s inside of me

Physically displaced

And spiritually erased

Unceded space

This is a war about face

Physically sentenced us

Spiritual exodus

Kidnapped

I’m in space

But my own don’t recognise voice

Don’t know my face

Pace

This is a war about face

Physically sentenced us

Spiritual exodus

Ayeh

Mwana wandi ikala panshi

Ikala panshi ikala panshi

Ndi naiwe *2

Mwanje

All the tears I felt

All the pain I felt

To find myself

I found myself again

All the strength I found

Feet are on the ground

They walked this ground again

I walk this ground again

Don’t cry again

Don’t be afraid

The voice I’ve found has said

Don’t cry again

Don’t be afraid

Ayeh

Mwana wandi ikala panshi

Ikala panshi ikala panshi

Ndi naiwe *8

We mwana wandi

Naba naiwe inshita yonse

Ulemfwaya elyo ndi naiwe

Sampa!

(My child

I’ve been with you all this time

You’re looking for me but I am with you)