The best song ever, what a great legend Bab’ Vimba. Those were the days at Pan-Africa (Alex) taxi rank , elderly people circling him while throwing coins. These lyrics only make sense now at my older age. May his soul rest in peace hle.
He said mother, he said mother Wayithi umame wayithi umame He said, mother, I am ordering Wayithi umame maye ndiyala He said mother, he said mother Wayithi umame wayithi umame He told my mother to plant me Wayithi umame mayenditshala The old woman anoints the glass Isalukazi sigcob' igleselina And at night we date boys Kanti ebusuku sijola nabafana The old woman anoints the glass Isalukazi sigcob' igleselina And at night we date boys Kanti ebusuku sijola nabafana My mother bad ordered me, my lord Wangiyala kabi umama nkosi yami He said Mavusana because you beat your costi so well Wathi Mavusana ngoba uyishaya kahle lenkostini yakho He leaves at night Uhamba eshiyela ngebusuku Because one day you will say you are taking it and the ghost will burn my sheets Ngoba ngelinye ilanga uyothi uyathatha kanti sipoko esizoshisa amasheet ami He said that I can't hear the machine and I drink whiskey and I get drunk Washo ukuthi angizwa mshini mina ngiyidlel' iwisky ngiyayidakelwa I had found something else in Bree at night past 12 and said it was a child Ngasengithe ngakuthola okunye eBree ebusuku ngo past 12 ngithi yingane It's not clean, it's not deep Akuklemile akulujile amaphefumz ayenuka kona angilanda ngingale komgwaqo hello baby (Yes buti Mavusanaungabe you are still bothering us a lot by talking about dating you) hallo baby ( Yes buti Mavusanaungabe usayihlipha kakhulu ngokukhuluma sengiyakujola) Here is the luck of my king at home, my child Hayi nayi inhlanhla wenkosi yami ekhaya ke mntanami We went to my tongue and they took my sleep and I was drunk Sahamba ukufika elumini yam bangithatha ubuthongo ngiyidakelwe It stings me at night when I'm lying dead in the flat Kuyangciza ebusuku ngilele ngifile flate At dawn I woke up Kwathi sekusa ngaphaphama This thing is stabbing me with sharp knees, what kind what happened Lento engigwaza ngamadolo acije kangaka yini what kind what happened Let me turn on the light and see Ake ngikhanyise ilamu ke ngibone It snores and escapes Kuyahona kuyaphunyuka We are wearing a wig and the hair is white Newigi siphansi hawu inwele zimhlophe hu Hey old lady, please get off my bed He salukazi askies please suka la embhedeni wami If you are angry, he can hack you with a knife and find you here in my room Uma unolaka angakugenca ngocelembe wakuthola la erumini yami I don't belong with Estela Angiyindawo ke mina nge Estela I slept next to him Ngilale ngakuyen' uyithinto Here's an old lady peeing on my sheets Nasi isalukazi segoloza emashitini ami He said mother, he said mother Wayithi umame wayithi umame He said, "Mama, I'm sorry." Wayithi umame maye ngiyala He said mother, he said mother Wayithi umame wayithi umame He told my mother to plant me Wayithi umame mayenditshala The old woman anoints the glass Isalukazi sigcob' igleselina And at night we date boys Kanti ebusuku sijola nabafana
The translation is wrong. In summary he says his mother warned him about bringing girls home when he is drunk because one day he's gonna bring a ratchet girl that's gonna burn her house. He didn't take the advice one day he brought home a girl he met at night at Bree, she was stunning and smelled nice of perfumes, only to wake up in the morning and it was a very old lady with white hair who refused to leave.
