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Translation
I Can't Stop
They say love is a journey
The more you move the closer you get
But it seems I'm going far, and I'm not sure I'll reach since I'm walking
I heard the news of praises1 I stayed up at night waiting
God poured his blessings and I delved into music
While still in my pilgrimage2
I hoped on to fell in love with a movie star
I still didn't know love requires patience3
I was impatient adding salt, eating a fruit when it wasn't yet ripe4
I became rotten
I called myself knowledgeable in bed issues
I wanted to chase the cat
Instead of a dog, I reared a goat
Jealousy made me argue with my friends
Quarreling with my mother, not listening to her advice.
My heart tells me "Nasibu5, it's enough with loving"
But I keep fighting with my conscience
Esma6 tells me, my young brother, it's enough with love issues
But I can't stop, today I'm hurt by one lover, tomorrow by another
Why can't I stop?
I don't stop
I can't stop, despite all the hurt, why can't I stop
Why can't I stop?
I don't stop
I can't stop, despite all the hurt, why can't I stop
What the girl from Central did to me, I can never say
But I've learnt to never trust movie actresses
My heart hurt from the pain they inflicted on me, I could neither eat, nor throw up
Which is why I wasn't shocked when she announced she'd jumped ship from CCM to CHADEMA7
They say he who makes his bed must lie on it8
But every night there was a crisis forcing me to cry
'Love' became the trumpet calling others to come mock me
So I encouraged myself that it would all pass, let me endure
Let me not talk about Penny
Whom I gifted a car when she told me she was pregnant
Yet she went ahead and aborted my kid
God blessed me with Zari, with whom I've had two beautiful kids, a girl and a boy,
But in my stupidity I cheated on her, such a shame was a topic in media outlets
My heart tells me "Nasibu5, it's enough with loving"
But I keep fighting with my conscience
Esma6 tells me, my young brother, it's enough with love issues
But I can't stop, today I'm hurt by one lover, tomorrow by another
Why can't I stop?
I don't stop
I can't stop, despite all the hurt, why can't I stop
I've walked on people cheating on me (I can't stop)
I've been found cheating (I can't stop)
Why can't I stop?
- 1. when starting off as a musician
- 2. not yet 'arrived' as a musician
- 3. literally "love wants no rush, love is slow
- 4. the word tango means a fruit that's not yet ripe. In East Africa people eat such fruits with salt.
- 5. a. b. his name
- 6. a. b. his sister's name
- 7. political parties in Tanzania
- 8. a Swahili proverb
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