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Thursday, August 19, 2010

"Our Father" in Swahili



Have you heard the "Our Father" in an African language.?.There is one song created by this man Christopher Tin from the album Calling all Dawn and performed by Soweto Gospel Choir.The song was used as the main menu music in the video game Civilization 4 of Sid Meir's creation , hailed as the greatest PC strategey game..Although the video is all about war ..it did not quite match the lyric's intention which is actually the "Our Father".
It is in Swahili language.... i found the definition too ...
Swahili (called Kiswahili in the language itself) is the first language of the Swahili people (Waswahili), who inhabit several large stretches of the Indian Ocean coastline from southern... Somalia to northern Mozambique, including the Comoros Islands.I included the lyrics below.



Baba Yetu ( Our Father )

CHORUS
Baba yetu, yetu' uliye
Mbinguni yetu, yetu, amina!
...Baba yetu, yet'uliye
Kun jina lako e'litukuzwe.
(x2)
Utupe leo chakula chetu
Tunachohitaji utusamehe
Makosa yetu, hey!
Kama nasi tunavyowasamehe
Waliotukosea usitutie
Katika majaribu, lakini
Utuokoe, na yule, milele na yule!
CHORUS
Ufalme wako ufike utakalo
Lifanyike duni ani ka ma mbinguni. (Amina)
CHORUS
Utupe leo chakula chetu
Tunachohitaji utusamehe
Makosa yetu, hey!
Kama nasi tunavyowasamehe
Waliotukosea usitutie
Katika majaribu, lakini
Utuokoe, na yule, simama mwehu
Baba yetu, yet'uliye
Jina lako e'litukuzwe.
(x2)

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