My Territory's Title Deed

My eyes have beheld the light, 

my lips have tasted life, 

my feet have been stung by might 

and my fingers by heat melting away the wedding ring forcefully put on by strife, 

I thrive day and night, 

my mind no longer bleeds from pain stabbing like a knife, 

where self defeatist thoughts ran amok and hope took flight, 

now warrior chants are rife. 

Here's to victory over me, 

insecurity, inconsistency, 

here's to victory, 

destiny and ever-blazing legacy, 

here's to victory, 

succeed, your ground never cede, 

here's to victory, 

and taking over my territory's title deed.

sijisumbui kwa mawazo ya kujifadhaisha,

mbona nijigandamize na bure nna tele maisha,

vipawa vyangu vitanifanikisha,

hadi ile siku pumzi yangu kwa kasri la Maulana itajiegesha,

nitajitahidi kujinufaisha,

ndoto zangu tazihalalisha,

hamna hata mmoja atakae kanusha,

kwamba yangu nia kwa hatma nlotengewa itanifikisha

My words and utterances are different,

I am living in my element, 

Everyday I awake to the scent,

of a new day, yesterday well spent.

I sing a new song at dawn,

I no longer traipse through life withdrawn,

I tango with reality like the dew does with the lawn,

And embrace life like an ayala embraces its fawn,

Here's to victory over me, 

insecurity, inconsistency, 

here's to victory, 

destiny and ever-blazing legacy, 

here's to victory, 

succeed, your ground never cede, 

here's to victory, 

and taking over my territory's title deed.

sijisumbui na mawazo ya kujifadhaisha,

mbona nijigandamize na bure nna tele maisha,

vipawa vyangu vitanifanikisha,

hadi ile siku pumzi yangu kwa kasri la Maulana itajiegesha,

nitajitahidi kujinufaisha,

ndoto zangu tazihalalisha,

hamna hata mmoja atakae kanusha,

kwamba zangu juhudi zitanizidisha

Here's to victory over me, 

insecurity, inconsistency, 

here's to victory, 

destiny and ever-blazing legacy, 

here's to victory, 

succeed, your ground never cede, 

here's to victory, 

and taking over my territory's title deed.

Kibali