From Shanghai to Vermont.

Usijikoseshe usingizi,

Kuelewa ya wanadamu,

Wala sijifunge hirizi,

kujikinga na ghamu,

Yao maganda ya ndizi,

Ukiyatelezea utapoteza fahamu,

Ya firauni yatakufanya chizi,

Ukazama kwa bahari ya Shamu

People think they know you but they don’t

Think they’ll break you but they won’t

Think they know your life story down to the font

Assume the backbencher will never dine at the front.

(Dismiss the affront)

Never let the scars of their daggers haunt,

Smile at them them marks proudly flaunt,

Let them tirelessly taunt,

You; it’s your name they’ll hail from Shanghai to Vermont

(Revel in this jaunt).

Asikubabaishe mwizi,

Kukuvamia jambo gumu,

Hafahamu zako tizi,

Mwenyewe tajilaumu

Limbukeni na chipukizi,

Hata akutilie sumu,

Pwagu kampata pwaguzi,

Shubiri tamu kwa anaye dumu

People think they know you but they don’t

Think they’ll break you but they won’t

Think they know your life story down to the font

Assume the backbencher will never dine at the front.

(Dismiss the affront)

Never let the scars of their daggers haunt,

Smile at them them marks proudly flaunt,

Let them tirelessly taunt,

You; it’s your name they’ll hail from Shanghai to Vermont

(Let them have their jaunt.)

Sibabaishwi na taharuki,

Meona mengi nikakita,

Medungwa mikuki,

Ila kifo kimesita,

Asali mali ya nyuki,

Kuchovya mzinga watakupiga vita,

Mesimama tisti sitikisiki,

Revel in this jaunt,

Let them tarnish and taunt,

You, flourish while they remain gaunt,

Let them have their jaunt

Kibali