Kuimba: Music
Salimu! Heshimu! (from the CD "Salimu! Heshimu!")
(Kuimba)
Lyrics and Music, Lark Bowerman
Salimu! Heshimu! means Greet! Honor!
On the last morning of our visit to Itendey, Lark’s home village in Congo, Africa, the most glorious sunrise happened which sent us on our way with a surge of happiness. Salimu! Heshimu! first came into being out of that experience and was later completed during a backpacking trip on a similarly gorgeous morning in California on the banks of the South Fork of the Trinity River.
Personnel- Lark Bowerman, lead vocal, kinubi (African bow harp); Kris Bowerman, vocal, recorder, trombone, recorder, maracas; John Waller, Moroccan clay drums; Don Keller, electric bass
Jua ’na kucha, ana itwa
Na sura mapendo, Jua ’na kucha.
Salimu! Heshimu! Salimu! Heshimu!
Sura mapendo.
Tazama maua, maua ’na itwa
Na rangi mapendo, maua ’na itwa.
Salimu! Heshimu! Salimu! Heshimu!
Rangi mapendo.
Sikia ndege, ndege ’na imba
Na nyimbo mapendo, ndege ’na itwa.
Salimu! Heshimu! Salimu! Heshimu!
Nyimbo mapendo.
Ngia mto, mto ana itwa
Na maji mapendo, mto ana itwa.
Salimu! Heshimu! Salimu! Heshimu!
Maji mapendo.
Sikia upepo, upepo ’na itwa —
Sauti mapendo, mto ana itwa.
Salimu! Heshimu! Salimu! Heshimu!
Sauti mapendo.
The sun rises. It calls,
With the face of love, the sun rises.
Greet! Honor! Greet! Honor!
The face of love.
Look at the flower! The flower calls,
With the color of love, the flower calls.
Greet! Honor! Greet! Honor!
The color of love.
Listen to the bird, the bird is singing!
With the song of love, the bird calls.
Greet! Honor! Greet! Honor!
The song of love.
Enter the river, the river calls,
With the waters of love, the river calls.
Greet! Honor! Greet! Honor!
The waters of love.
Listen to the wind, the wind calls.
With the voice of love, the wind calls.
Greet! Honor! Greet! Honor!
The voice of love.