This track is sung in Sesotho, an African click language spoken by the Basotho people of Lesotho (a country in Southern Africa). I lived in Lesotho for nearly four years and love the people and the country.
I wrote this song in the Sacred Valley in Peru (Pisac). The song is about journeying, journeying with Ancestors (balimo), spirit (moya), and the trees (lifate).
lyrics
Re tsamaile Re tsamaile
Re tsamaile le balimo x2
Balimo ba re feletse
Fatse ea holimo le ka tlase x2
Re tsamaile re tsamaile
Re tsamaile le moya x2
Moya o qala ho bua
re qetile ho utloa x2
Re tsamaile re tsamaile
Re tsamaile le lifate x2
Lifate li ema le rona
Re ema moha nako kaofela x2
credits
from Live from the Amazon,
released June 20, 2018
Written, played, and performed: DarrinJA
Recorded by: Dennis Maennersdoerfer
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