Nightwish
Nightwish - The Children Of 'Ata songtekst
Je score:
Over deze songtekst:
Fonu oku mafu he mamahi 'oka malu efiafi
Kuo hapax koe 'e 'oseni
Foki maiki "api hoku ngaahi foha
Tonga (Chitonga) is een Bantoetaal die wordt gesproken door ongeveer 1,38 miljoen mensen in Zambia en 137.000 in Zimbabwe. In Zambia wordt Chitonga op scholen als eerste taal onderwezen in de hele zuidelijke provincie, en delen van Lusaka en Central provincies.
De vertaling:
Mijn adem is 's avonds vol van pijn
De oceaan wiegt (?) jou
Kom naar huis mijn zonen
Het lied gaat over een groep kinderen, jongens, die weggevaren zijn van Tongo. Ze raken verdwaald op de oceaan, maar worden gered door een Australische visser. Ata is een eiland bij Tonga.
Fonu oku mafu he mamahi 'oka malu efiafi Kuo hapax koe 'e 'oseni Foki maiki "api hoku ngaahi foha Still vastness in the horizon Fifteen long months under mocking sun Land threw us there, away from world Plays to us music yet unheard We were there, we were there Still vastness in our heartbeat Solitude and woe tear us apart? They say that man is the foulest beast Roaming the hills of self-deceit But we came back, we came back We are the ones to tell you why The world of us, it will survive Light a fire for the boat afar Campsite Gaia, we all are The children of 'Ata This guitar we built still chimes with hope Never gave our souls to the carrion crows Every new day we saw the sun rise Every new day we beat the lord of flies We were there, we're still here We are the ones to tell you why The world of us, it will survive Light a fire for the boat afar Campsite Gaia, we all are The children of 'Ata Ko 'etu lotu ke tau mo'ui Ko 'etu lotu ke tau mo'ui Ko 'etu lotu ke tau mo'ui We are the ones to tell you why We are the ones Ko 'etu lotu ke tau mo'ui 'Oku mau keoi lepa atu pe Ko 'etu lotu We're all here On an island of black seas Red in tooth, red in claw Red in love, the passionate young We're still here On an island of soon free Learning to live, yearning to give The stranded a ride back home We are the ones to tell you why The world of us, it will survive Light a fire for the boat afar Campsite Gaia Remember the children of 'Ata