Текст песни The Idan Raichel Project - Maisha

Pekeyake na kusikia kwa mwezi/ Yatima alilia ndani kivuli/
Pekeyake na kusikia kwa mwezi/ Maisha anasali kuopolewa/
Amezungukazunguka mbali sana/ Sasa hajui barabara ya kwake/
Dunia inajua hadithi yake/ Lakini nani ajua jina lake?
Mwezi, ukipo/ Urudi ili atafarijiwa/ Mwezi, ukipo/
Urudi ili aweza kulala/ Mwezi, ukipo/ Urudi ili atafarijiwa/
Mwezi, ukipo/ Naomba kwa maisha/ Urudi kwa maisha

Alone and listening to the light of the moon
An orphaned child cried to the shadows
Alone and listening to the light of the moon
Maisha prayed for someone to save her

She’d wandered for so very far
That she no longer knew her way home
The whole world knows her story
But no one knows her name

Moon, if you are there
Return so that she might be comforted
Moon, if you are there
Return so that she can sleep

Moon, if you are there
Return so that she might be comforted
Moon, if you are there
I am begging for Maisha
Return for Maisha

Maisha is a girl’s name in Swahili, but also means “life”. This song is dedicated to the child soldiers in Northern Uganda.