I wrote this track in the Amazon rainforest in May 2016. I asked the forest to help me write a song that is similar to another English song that I wrote called "Blessings". As the rain fell at night, and the frogs croaked, this song came through - and in Sesotho!.
Sesotho is an African click language spoken by the Basotho people of Lesotho in Southern Africa.
This track is recorded in my hut in another part of the Amazon in December of 2017.
lyrics
Pule e monate, pule e monate (A delicious rain)
Ea na, ea na x2 (is raining)
Buleng mahlo, buleng mahlo (open your eyes
Lea bona, lea bona x2 (you see)
Mahlohonolo mahlohonolo (Blessings)
Aa na, aa na x2 (are raining
A mangata, a mangata (The blessings are many)
A makholo, a makholo x2 (The blessings are big)
credits
from Live from the Amazon,
released June 20, 2018
Lyrics, music, and performed by: DarrinJA
Recorded by: Dennis Maennersdoerfer
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