WILBERFORCE MUSYOKA-METHOI MA MWISO LYRICS AND ENGLISH TRANSLATION

Ndikoneke ni kyonze

niumia ndiwa ninikase (*2)

(So that I may not be seen as weak, I hurt by told to be strong)

Moko makwa matwikite ngombo ya ngolu

Akiakisya makwa membia

Vai ngumbau ite ilanga (*2)

(My hands have become a slave, but my comforters tell me no hero has no scar)

Nesiiya muno ndikese kuiia

Niia maume ndikaie ingi  (*2)

(I try so hard not to cry, but I will cry the pain again that I will not cry again)

Methoi aah methwe ma mwiso

Niia maume ndikaie ingi (*2)

(May these tears be my last, I'll cry so that I won't cry again)

Methe ma mwiiso

Methe ma mwiiso

(May these tears be my last)

Niia mathele vyu

Noone imeno ya mwiso

Nthokye utanu(*2)

(I'll cry till they are over, I will welcome joy)

Ndyaaumbwa nthine

No no no 

Ndyaaumbiwa thina (*2)

(I was not created to suffer)

Meethoi utuku

Utanu kiokoni

Niia maume ndikaie ingi

(Tears at night and joy in the morning. I'll cry so that I wont cry again)

Methe ma mwiiso

Methe ma mwiiso

(May these tears be my last)

Evo wisi kithyomo kya methoi makwa

Na niwe wisi kiindi kya mbusi sya methoi matauni makwa

Ula uvundiasya ngoo yakwa kuungama yi mauni kuungama

Usu niwe wikwatyo ukiakisyo na wivitho witu

(There's is one who knows the secret to my tears, my comforter, my hope and refuge)

Mavinda maingi ti laisi kuelesya ngoo u'wo

Wina malanga ma anayanyau (*2) 

(At time it's hard to make the heart come at peace e when you have scars caused by your friends)

Ala watuliilye ndu maukinye mwongo mathaie

Ituvi yoo kwaku ni kiio(*2)

(Those you sacrificed for, they repay you with tears)

Indi Ngai niwene niwene

Ngai niwene (*2)

(But god sees, He sees)

Methoi aah methwe ma mwiso

Niia maume ndikaie ingi

(May these tears be my last, I'll cry so that I won't cry again)