African Expressive Cultures : African Appropriations : Cultural Difference, Mimesis, and Media

108 african appropriations

Salama Safely

Waliposafiri walikunywa na

kulewa kushangilia ya kwamba

Titaniki

On the journey they got drunk to

celebrate because the Titanic

Haizami Cannot sink

Na kumbe mbele yao kulikuwa na

wa hatari ya kutisha

And then ahead of them was

dreadful danger

Na kumbe mbele yao kulikuwa na

wa hatari ya kutisha

And then ahead of them was

dreadful danger

Na kumbe mbele yao kulikuwa na

wa hatari ya kutisha

And then ahead of them was

dreadful danger

Na kumbe mbele yao kulikuwa na

wa hatari ya kutisha

And then ahead of them was

dreadful danger

Walipoona ya kwamba mbele yao

kuna hatari

W hen they saw that ahead of them

was danger

Nahodha na wasafiri hawakujali

hilo

The captain and the passengers

were not bothered

Walisema: Titaniki They said: the Titanic

Haizami Cannot sink

Waligonga mwamba, bum, na meli

ilizama

They hit a rock, bang!, and the ship

sank

Titanic kweli ilizama, na watu pia

waliangamia

The Titanic truly sank and the

passengers drowned, too

Titanic kweli ilizama, na watu pia

waliangamia

The Titanic truly sank and the

passengers drowned, too

Titanic kweli ilizama, na watu pia

waliangamia

The Titanic truly sank and the

passengers drowned, too

Na sasa dunia yetu ndio

Titaniki inakaribia kuzama, ni

hakika

And now our world is the Titanic

about to sink, it is true

Mwenzangu My friend

Hata kama watu ni wagumu

kukubali kwamba dunia yaisha

Mwisho wake

And even if people find it hard to

accept that the world is ending

Ni hakika It is true

Dunia yaenda kuzama The world is going to sink

Na watu waenda kuangamia And human beings are going to

perish