Eric Wainaina and Kanjii Mbugua – Mabawa Lyrics

Verse 1

Siku za mwizi ni arobaini
A thief has forty days

Na mchumba wangu amenitoroka
And my lover has left me

Alinishika nikionja tunda marufuku
She caught me eating the forbidden fruit.

Midomo yangu na asali
My lips dripping with honey

Chorus

Amepotea njiani
She has gotten lost on the way

Namtafuta simwoni
Am searching but I can’t find her

Ameniacha? La siamini
Has she has left me? No I can’t believe it

Mola nipe mabawa nimtafute majangwani
God give me wings so I can look for her in the desert

Mola nipe mabawa
God give me wings

Verse 2

Nimemtafuta mahali yote tuliyoyapenda
I’ve searched in all the places we liked

Simwoni na mimi sijulikani
I can’t see her and no-one wants to know me

Naitwa mjinga nambiwa, ‘Umepoteza malkia
They call me a fool and say I’ve lost a princess

Na umerudi utumwa.’
And become a slave

Chorus
Amepotea njiani
She has gotten lost on the way

Namtafuta simwoni
Am searching but I can’t find her

Ameniacha? La siamini
Has she has left me? No I can’t believe it

Mola nipe mabawa nimtafute majangwani
God give me wings so I can look for her in the desert

Mola nipe mabawa
God give me wings