Prayer of a Radical Boy from the Village
Nyanja + Shona version
Verse 1
Baba Leza, ndili pano pa dothi,
Mwana wa mu mudzi, ndine moto mu mtima.
Mwari, munondiona, munoziva zita rangu,
So ndiri kuisa vanhu vangu pamberi penyu nhasi.
Chorus
Dalitsani banja langa, musawasiye,
Dalitsani asisi, pamene dziko lapenga.
Dalitsani abale, tungamirirai nzira yavo,
Dalitsani vazukulu, kwese kwavari.
Komborerai mai vangu, pukutai misodzi,
Komborerai baba vangu, muvape chiremerera.
Ndine mwana wemusango, radical pamoyo,
Asi ndinokukumbirai mutichengete tose.
Verse 2
Ndili na maloto akulu kuposa nyumba ya dothi,
Vanondiita radical chifukwa ndinofunsa.
Asi ndisati ndazungunutsa nyika, ndinoti:
Musarege njala igogoda pa chitseko chedu.
Asisi ayende mushe mu musewu wofiira,
Abale awane basa, maoko awo akomborerwe.
Vazukulu vasakanganwe kuti tiri ropa rimodzi,
Kunyange guta rava dhonza, tisingazive kwatiri.
Bridge
Sindingathe kukupani golide, ndiribe mbiri,
Ndingori nemaoko akakwasharara nekutenda kwakasindimara.
Tora mwana uyu wa mu mudzi, umuite moto,
Asi tangai mwadalitsa maina ese ndatchula.
Chorus
Dalitsani banja langa, musawasiye,
Dalitsani asisi, pamene dziko lapenga.
Dalitsani abale, tungamirirai nzira yavo,
Dalitsani vazukulu, kwese kwavari.
Komborerai mai vangu, pukutai misodzi,
Komborerai baba vangu, muvape chiremerera.
Ndine mwana wemusango, radical pamoyo,
Asi ndinokukumbirai mutichengete tose.
Outro
Amen kuchokera pa guruva, Amen kuchokera musango,
Inzwai munamato wemwana wenyu radical.