Oh oh oh! Wandishiya yini?
Wandiphendukela, wandilahlela esibhakabhakeni
Oh oh oh! Wandishiya ndililolo
Ndingalindelanga ukuba yinkedama

Wandishiya yini we Mama?
Kunintsi ebendifuna ukukuthetha
Wandishiya yini we Mama?
Kunintsi ebendifuna ukukubuza

Mama apho ukhoyo uyandiva? Uyandibona?
Xandifun’ icebo uzakundiphendula na?
Mna ndifuna ukwazi, Mama
Uba be kwenzeka ndibuyisele
Ixesha emva kunintsi ebendiza kwenza
Kube kutsha
Ixesha elinintsi bendiza kulichitha nawe
Bendiza kuphungula ukungxama xandinawe

Chorus

Wandiqhatha yini,we Mama?
Ngokuhleka emzuzwinini wokuqdibela
Walithatha ilanga, we Mama
Aph’ emhlabeni, apho kuthanda ukugodola

Kodwa ndine’themba, ndonwabile emphefumlweni
Ngoba Mama awundishiyanga nje
Waye wandilayela

Noba ndingakhula, ndiguge
Ndohlala ndingu’mtwana wakho
Ilizwi lakho’elincindi nokuhlakanipha kwakho
Kuza uhlala entlizweni yam
Kufika sidibana futhi

Chorus

Wathatha ilanga, wa shiyaingqela
Ndahlala ndingcangaczela
Ndikhalel’ umama
Kodwa, lithi tha! ilanga kwabuy’ ukukhanya
Ndahlala ndo’nwabile, wandithumel’ ithemba

Wathatha ilanga, washiyaingqela
Ndahlala ndingcangaczela
Ndikhal’ umama
Kodwa, lathi tha! ilanga, kwabuy’ ukukhanya
Ndahlala ndonwabile ndaphola

Oh oh why did you leave me?
You deserted me and left me in the desert
Oh oh oh you left me all alone
When I wasn't ready to be orphaned

Why did you leave me, Mama?
When I still had so much to say
Why did you leave me, Mama?
When I still had so much to ask

Mama, where you are, do you hear me? Do you see me?
If I need counsel will you answer me?
I would like to know, Mama
If it could be done that I could turn back
The clock, there Is much that I would do
a new
I would spend so much time with you
I would not rush as much when with you


Why did you deceive me, Mama?
With laughter in the dying minutes
You took the sun away, Mama
On this earth where it tends to be cold


But I am hopeful and contented in spirit
For,Mama, you did not just leave
You taught me

Even as I get on in years and I age
I shall remain your child
Your sweet voice and your wisdom
Will stay in my heart
Until we meet again



You took the sun away and left the winter
And I was left shaking
And weeping for Mama
But then the sun returned and light returned
And then I became joyful for you sent me hope

You took the sun away and left the winter
And was left shaking
And weeping for Mama
But then the sun returned and light returned
Then joy returned with healing




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