Ubaba Akalele (My Father Is Not At Peace)

Ngahlangana nomfo' kasibiya izolo
(I met up with Sibiya yesterday)
Wathi "We-Jonathan, angiphathekile kahle mina
(he said, "Jonathan, I am in a very bad way)
Ngiphupha ubaba ongasekho ekhomba inkomo yakhe
(I dream of my late father pointing at his ox)
Ngikhumbula engitshela ethi "wemfana wami
(and I remember him telling me -- "my boy
Uma ngihamba kulomhlaba wemfana wami
(on the day I pass away and leave this earth)
Musa ukungifihla ngebokisi (X3)
(do not bury me in a coffin)
Wemfana wami
(my boy)
Awungebesa ngesikhumba senkomo emhlophe, wemfana wami
(you should bury me wrapped in the skin of a white ox, my boy)
Awungihambisa ngenkomo emhlophe
(you should send me on my last journey by means of a white ox)
Inkomo, inkomo kababa, wo-ye-ye-ye!
(The ox, the ox of my father....)
Chorus
Akalele ubaba ekhaya
(Father is not at ease at home)
Akafuni ibokisi, ufuna inkomo
(he does not want a coffin, he wants an ox)
Akalele ubaba ekhaya
(father is not resting at home)
Washo mfokasibiya wathi "Jonathan lalela lana
(Sibiya continued saying, "Jonathan, listen here.)
Ngokushona kababa kwenzeka isimanga