I don't know how many people know this, but his wife was brutally murdered many years ago in front of her children while Tsepo Tshola was away on tour. My mother cried for months nonstop because she was her cousin. In this song he speaks of his wife in the first verse. Now they are together in heaven. Rip Ntate. Lumelisa Akhali.
I remember when I lost my job and I use to play this song and it consoled me. I have been blessed now and have two houses and two cars.I have a Mercedes-Benz and an Audi. I use to cry myself to sleep with this song. But God never gave up on me👐👐👏
O ne o nkalimile motswalle (You had lent me a friend) Oa re putsa ka lerato (Who loved us) Leha pelo e utloile bohloko (Even though the heart is hurting) O entse thato ea hao (Your will was done) Ntataise Jehohva (Lord raise me up) Ke mofokoli wa hao (I am your poor servant) Ke thekeselle maotong a hao (I am kneeling at your feet) Wena mopholosi waka (You are my Saviour) Ke bepitswe ke bohloko (Although my heart sighs in grief) Tlholohela ya moratuwa waka (With the longing of my beloved) Ha ke tseke Ntate (Father I don’t know) Ke mpa ke ikopela matla (But I ask for strength) Ntumele hle ntate (Father grant me) Ka tiisetso le mamello (Perseverence and patience) Ka hohle, hohle Ke leke hore (In all ways to say) Ho lokile, ho lokile (It is well, it is well) E ho lokile x2 (Yes, it is well) Ntate ha ke sa sepela (Father while I stray) Hole le lehae la heso (Far from my home on life rough’s way) O nthuse ke tsebe hore (Oh teach me to say from my heart) Ho lokile, ho lokile (It is well, it is well) Seo o nkalimileng sona (What you had lent me) Ha o re ke se busetse (When yous say it is time to return it) Ke teng ke sa leka hore (Even then I will say) Ho lokile, ho lokile (It is well, it is well) Le ha o re ke le sale (Even should you say I should stay away) Le ba ratang ho fitisa (From those who’d forget about it) Le mo ke sa lika hore (Still I will try to say) Ho lokile, ho lokile (It is well, it is well) Le ha lefu le buhale (Even though death brings misery) Le khaola ts’iu tsaka (And hurts my feelings) Ke santse ke lika hore (I will still say) Ho lokile, ho lokile (It is well, it is well) Fela ha kena le wena (But if I have you) Bohloko le di hlorisong (In my pain and my sorrow) Hohle ntate ke ntse kere (All in all Father I say) Ho lokile, ho lokile (It is well, it is well) Le ha lefu le buhale (Even though death brings misery) Le khaola ts’iu tsaka (And hurts my feelings) Ke santse ke lika hore (I will still say) Ho lokile, ho lokile (It is well, it is well) Fela ha kena le wena (But if I have you) Bohloko le di hlorisong (In my pain and my sorrow) Hohle ntate ke ntse kere (All in all Father I say) Ho lokile, ho lokile (It is well, it is well)
All.. Google and the translater here is not fluent in sesotho ... this translation does not match exact what this man is singing .......... fela hee haho khang ....... #sesothohasetolokoe*
Same here,we buried my mom on 03.03.2024 it feels like yesterday 😢😢😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😞😞as old as I am, I cried like a baby 😭😭😭the pain it hits , it's raw 🎯 so hard 😭😭😭 I wish someone can wake me up and say its prank 😢😢😭😭😭😭😭holokile holokile 😞😞
It's Correct Very right I witnessed this with my 2Grandfather's & Recent Mom. During my Tate Granddad they played this song while coming back from graveyard. It was consoling deep when u thinking of years well spend with him & those graduation ceremony He🧚♂️ loves inspiring us. I FOREVER WOW HIM🙏🧚♂️🎉🧚♂️🤶🎀
5 years ago I lost my mom 💔, I was almost 700ks away from where she was, played the song throughout the journey and I was comforted 🥺🥺. Rest In Peace Olady 😭😭😭
I find myself facing financial adversity after my car has been repossessed. However, I still regard myself as fortunate considering the fact that Covid has swept many souls and leaving many households devastated. May God preserve his Strength and continue to bless us even more his his beautiful voice. My greatest wish is for him to perform at my wedding. I should get my finances right first. Even if he can do it virtually I will still be fulfilled.
His wife was brutally murdered when he was on tour performing.. In this song he's saying God gave him a partner and cursed them with love, though it's painful to accept it is well, it is well
I Lost my twin Brother a week ago. This was his favorite song, he knew this song word to word. he taught me this song, I listen to it when i miss him because this song reminds me of him and the power that God has upon us. R.I.P to My boi will always Love you and you will always be in our hearts.
😢it will always remind me of my late friend, she called in class, we were in grd11 and she said I want to teach you Sefela se😢 she taught me and after few days she departed. It has been god 14 years but the memory doesn’t fade away. May their souls continue to rest in peace
I'm a Zulu girl this man touched me with lyrics I didn't even understand. Hazelmere dam over 100000 people who don't speak his language singing along. My God what a loss 😞
To my unborn that I never got to meet. I love you. I tried joining you but you and your great grandfather told me my journey wasn't done yet. Il continue making you proud and I hope you smiling down on me
So heart broken. Rest in eternal peace Ntate Tshepo Tshola 😭. Leha pelo di utlwile bohloko o entse thato ya gae. Leha lefu le le bogale, holokile. O nkile se ne o re adimileng sona. 15.07.2021
This is a song that whenever I am feeling down, in need of strength, when I'm feeling hopeless, I play it to lift myself up. I remember the day I lost my younger brother in 2017, I played this song throughout for days. I'd played it when I lost my grandfather in 2010. This is my comfort song. Ntate Tshola's voice delivered it in a very special way.
I was notified by my lil sister about her passing. I guess everyone around my cycle knows how much I treasure the man. May his soul find peace as he enter the realm of new life.
- Seriously man, if you are a black kid, growing up in the 90’s anywhere in this part of the Sahara, Tshepo Tshola and Sankomota’s music was a part of your childhood. It was just there all the time, it played from next door, it poured from our parent’s Omega. It played at weddings. We absorbed this music with our baby food. These are hard times. We losing people we danced with, and the people that made the music we danced to. We losing our friends and families and idols. I hope we don’t lose our minds and spirits too. Rest In Peace to the village pope. He was amazing
Don't forget Ray Phiri and Stimela as well with " we're all tributaries of the great river of pain," which the apartheid regime once banned but people used to play it softly in their houses coz they already had the " LP's". Yah those were the days, hard under state of emergency but our homes were havens of love.
Personally a week wouldn't pass without playing his music. I cried when I heard his passing. It hit me hard because his music has always got me going. May his soul rest in peace. He is a star shining bright tonight and forever. I love this man and will always love and cherish his music! Modimo a be le yena le his family.
I was only 16 when I broke parents' rules (spending night out) and went to see you perform in a 6 to 6 festival at KaBokweni Stadium 1988 (Mbombela Nelspruit). Your raspy voice, your dance moves with that walking stick was a talk of the township long after you and Sankomota had left. Rest in song grootman.... It is well....Kulungile.
wow... Tshepo can out sing many of these current so-called musician at his current age. We say "holokile", 2020 did its thing and better days are coming
2015 2nd May I lost the most beautiful person ever. The mother of my 5year old daughter. Life hasn't been the same ever since. I will forever charish you my love. Life will never be the same again. The song puts me through all the time Rip Lebogang Ramokoka
This song is unbelievably powerful. I miss my mother so so much, I've been playing this song on repeat since 4am. I feel so weak. Hopefully one day I will be reunited with my queen.
After hearing about your passing I immediately came here. Ntate Tshola you will finally be reunited le Mme Tshola, may your soul rest in peace. I am so touched.
Ahhhh grootman the way I couldn't believe your departure from earth 😭😭😭one of my biggest wishes was meeting you in flesh, your music will live forever. Just know that you were loved by all❤️RIPOWER
I'm so happy that we still celebrate this legend whilst he's still alive for me this particular song Holokile is his signature song,I like the whole improvisation starting with the band to the singer well done Ntate Tshepo
I'm devastated 💔 , this song reminds me of my late Mom, we used to sing it in the mornings especially on Sundays, when she passed on we made sure that it was played in remberance of her. We have lost a legend with a voice that healed and restored lives. RIP Papa 🙏
So sad that to this day we're weeping for this legend... but regardless, he'll stay remembered and celebrated for his works he's left behind ❤ may his soul rest in peace. Amen.
The music of Faso is an inexhaustible source of sweetness. It allows us to plunge deep inside ourselves and at the same time resonate with our fellow man, Yé Lassina Coulibaly❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Blessed to have grown-up listening to your Song's, Thanks for your special talents you will always be in our Heart's, Now that your number is called Rest In Power..
The emotional attachment can be seen, scrutinize the video just after that sip. And towards the end of the song you can sense how fragile a soul can be. one of my favorite song. Just like the majority of those who are uplifted by the song, I can listen to it all day. An excellent song.
Ntate Tshepo what an amazing voice so authentic and powerful. When he performs this song I am always reminded of my late Grandmother, Koko Dorah Maluleke
I'm here again 2 years later, mourning my grandmother who passed away this afternoon. Listening to this song because once again I'm all by myself over 1000 kilometers away from home. ke ntse kare ho lokile Jehofa
Every time when I listen to this song , I think about my past, even now when I go through difficulties just say holokile , even when batho bankutlwisa bohloko still say holokile, Thanks again Ntate Tshola your song keeps me going witholding nothing against anyone
He is an Icon & magnificent legend in Heaven. His Rhythm Music is epic even this 2023._even after 2030 I believe🙏 Let help us pull through. Always it reminds of Tate Mariri Tsheoga & Mom.Their love for Development people. So beyond measures 🧚♂️🧚♂️🧚♂️🧚♂️🎉🎀
30 Aug 2020 i watched my mom pass away in my arms. My heart is still heavy she was in deep pain and she is resting in peace now. This song reminds me of that day and it give me power to face this world. 🕊
Lost my partner a few days back, nothing makes sense, I have alot of whys and if only, my heart has been ripped out of my chest, this song consoles me. It is well with my soul, rest easy Kwena.
Ntate Tsepo you will always be in our hearts and hearts of our children, our grand children, our grand grand children , all our generations. Long live in heaven. We are coming and we will meet you there
This is a true legend❤ ....pure,raw and unmatched talent. Still to this day this song comforts me. Papa Tshepo taught me a lot through his performances. You can tell he rehearsed....always live!!! No backing track👊🏽💖🙆🏽♀️🙌🏼....I got the privilege to see him perform in Mamelodi while was I still a teenager and I remember for me, him and Papa Jonas Gwangwa were the show stopers. Stella 👌🏼👌👌
This song has been playing in head the whole day. Never knew the meaning until a friend of mine lost his mom 2001 He played it this song the whole week prior to the funeral 😢... China man! Hope u good friend.
2022 I still find the song comforting I lost my beloved uncle Njengabo Skosana and my younger brother Fisukwenza Masina I still get comfort listening to this song, Thanks you Lord
A Song,... a good Song is the most intens consentrat of culture. In this Place, in this Moment, for and with those people. Thank You and Rest in Peace.
