Kuqinisekisiwe kakhulu ukuba emva kwamazwi bula (yamkelekile) kunye ne- vinaka (nceda), amagama omibini uya kuvakala kaninzi kunabanye xa u tyelele eFiji " Isa Lei." Kungenxa yokuba ziyihloko yengoma enhle yokubuyiselwa kwama-Fijians ekuhlaleni iindwendwe.
I-Melodic kwaye ikhuthazayo, amanqaku ayo amnandi aphakama kwiingqungquthela zengoma. Abantu baseFijiya bafumana ubuninzi bokuqhankqalaza ngeeCawe ecaweni (baye kwiinkonzo zokukhwabaniswa nemimiselo engummiselo), kwaye ingoma yabo yokuphucula iqiniseke ngokuqinisekileyo.
" Isa Lei" ihlabelelwa eFijian, kwaye yabhalwa ngowe-1967 ngabaculi baseAustralia abafuna i-albhamu yabo "Ukuhamba kunye nabafuna." Nantsi inguqulelo yesiNgesi:
Ewe, Nguwe uyingcwane yam kuphela;
Ngaba umele uhambe, ndize ndibe yedwa kwaye ndihlaselwe?
Njengoko iirasi ziyakuphosa ilanga ngokusa,
Njalo umzuzu intliziyo yam kuwe inqwenela.
Isa Lei, umthunzi obomvu uwa,
Ndibuhlungu ngomso uya kuvuka kwintlungu yam;
O, ungalibali, xa ude ude,
Iimpawu ezibalulekileyo ecaleni kwintanda kaSuva.
Isa, Isa, intliziyo yam yazaliswa yiyolo,
Ukususela kwangoko ndakuva ukubingelela kwakho kwesisa;
'Phakathi kwelanga, sichitha iiyure kunye,
Ngoku ke ngokukhawuleza loo maxesha avuyayo aphelile.
Isa Lei, umthunzi obomvu uwa,
Ndibuhlungu ngomso uya kuvuka kwintlungu yam;
O, ungalibali, xa ude ude,
Iimpawu ezibalulekileyo ecaleni kwintanda kaSuva.
UOer ulwandle lwakho isiqithi sasekhaya ubiza,
Ilizwe elonwabileyo apho i-roses iqhakaza ngokukhazimulisa;
O, ukuba ndingahamba ngaphandle kwakho,
Emva koko intliziyo yam yayiza kucula ngokunyuka.
Isa Lei, umthunzi obomvu uwa,
Ndibuhlungu ngomso uya kuvuka kwintlungu yam;
O, ungalibali, xa ude ude,
Iimpawu ezibalulekileyo ecaleni kwintanda kaSuva.
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UDonna Heiderstadt ngumlobi we-New York City-based writer and writer who has spent his life pursuing his two desires: ukubhala nokuhlola ihlabathi.
Ehlelwe nguJohn Fischer