Kuqinisekisiwe kakhulu ukuthi emva kwamazwi bula (ukwamukela) kanye ne- vinaka (sicela), amagama amabili ozokuzwa kaningi kunanoma yikuphi lapho uvakashele eFiji kukhona " Isa Lei." Lokhu kungenxa yokuthi bayingoma yoma ingoma enhle yokulahla amaFijiya ahlabelela ukuhamba izivakashi.
I-Melodic futhi iphefumulela, amanothi ayo amnandi aphakama emigqeni yezinsimbi ezinjengama-stanzas. AmaFijiya athola okuningi ukucula ngeSonto esontweni (beya enkonzweni ukuze bahlaselwe yizimiso zomculo), futhi ingoma yabo yokuhlambalaza kuwe ngokuqinisekile iyovusa imizwelo.
" Isa Lei" ihlalwa ngesiFijiya, futhi yabhalwa ngo-1967 ngabaculi bomculo base-Australia The Seekers ku-albhamu yabo ethi "Roving With the Seekers". Nansi inguqulo yesiNgisi:
Yebo, Wena ungumcebo wami kuphela;
Ingabe kufanele ungishiye, ngakho ngiyodwa futhi ngisondelene?
Njengoba i-roses izolahlekelwa ilanga ekuqaleni,
Njalo umzuzu inhliziyo yami iyakulangazelela.
Isa Lei, ithunzi elibomvu liyawa,
Ukudabuka ngomuso kuzodlula ekuhluphekeni kwami;
O, ungakhohlwa, uma ude kakhulu,
Izikhathi eziyigugu eduze nesithandwa uSuva.
Isa, Isa, inhliziyo yami igcwele injabulo,
Kusukela ngesikhatsi ngizwa ukubingelela kwakho kwethenda;
'Phakathi nosuku, sasichitha amahora ndawonye,
Manje masinyane lawo mahora ajabule asheshe.
Isa Lei, ithunzi elibomvu liyawa,
Ukudabuka ngomuso kuzodlula ekuhluphekeni kwami;
O, ungakhohlwa, uma ude kakhulu,
Izikhathi eziyigugu eduze nesithandwa uSuva.
U-O'er olwandle ikhaya lakho lesiqhingi libiza,
Izwe elijabulile lapho ama-roses aqhakaza ngobukhazikhazi;
O, uma ngingahamba ngaphandle kwakho eceleni kwakho,
Khona-ke inhliziyo yami yayizohlabelela ekuhlwithweni.
Isa Lei, ithunzi elibomvu liyawa,
Ukudabuka ngomuso kuzodlula ekuhluphekeni kwami;
O, ungakhohlwa, uma ude kakhulu,
Izikhathi eziyigugu eduze nesithandwa uSuva.
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U-Donna Heiderstadt ungumlobi wezokuvakasha wase-New York City-based based and based editor who has spent her life pursuing her two main desires: writing and exploring the world.
Kuhlelwe nguJohn Fischer