HOUSE OF EXILE – Lucky Dube (Tafsiri ya Kiswahili) --

Kiingereza (Original):
You don't know what it's like
To be away from home
You don't know what it's like
To be away from the ones you love

Kiswahili (Tafsiri):
Hujui ni jinsi gani
Kuwa mbali na nyumbani
Hujui ni jinsi gani
Kuwa mbali na wapendwa wako
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You don't know what it's like
To be alone in the house of exile

Hujui ni jinsi gani
Kuwa peke yako katika nyumba ya uhamishoni

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You don't know what it's like
To speak your mind
To speak your mind
And be made a criminal

Hujui ni jinsi gani
Kusema kile unachofikiria
Kusema ukweli wako
Halafu kuitwa mhalifu

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You don't know what it's like
To be on the run
To be on the run
For your life

Hujui ni jinsi gani
Kukimbia
Kukimbia kwa ajili ya maisha yako

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You don't know what it's like
To be alone in the house of exile

Hujui ni jinsi gani
Kuwa peke yako katika nyumba ya uhamishoni

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Somebody tell me why
Why must we suffer
Just because our skin is different?
Why must we be tortured?

Mtu aniambie kwa nini
Kwa nini lazima tuumie
Kwa sababu tu ngozi yetu ni tofauti?
Kwa nini tuteswe?

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Somebody tell me why
Why must we suffer
Just because we are black?
Why must we be hated?

Mtu aniambie kwa nini
Kwa nini lazima tuumie
Kwa sababu tu sisi ni weusi?
Kwa nini tuchukiwe?

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You don't know what it's like
To be away from home
You don't know what it's like
To be away from the ones you love

Hujui ni jinsi gani
Kuwa mbali na nyumbani
Hujui ni jinsi gani
Kuwa mbali na wapendwa wako

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You don't know what it's like
To be alone in the house of exile

Hujui ni jinsi gani
Kuwa peke yako katika nyumba ya uhamishoni

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Maelezo ya Jumla:

Wimbo huu unazungumzia machungu ya mtu aliyehamishwa au kulazimishwa kuishi ugenini kwa sababu ya maoni yake ya kisiasa au rangi yake. Lucky Dube anaeleza uchungu wa kutengwa, mateso kwa sababu ya kuwa mweusi, na maumivu ya kuishi mbali na nyumbani na wapendwa. Ni wimbo wa kupigania haki, utu na kupinga ubaguzi wa rangi.
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