Kuimba: Music
Funga Roho (from the CD "Salimu! Heshimu!")
(Kuimba)
Lyrics and Music, Lark Bowerman
Sometimes in life happiness flows like warm honey on a sunny day on the Coast at Mombasa. At other times it seems as slow moving as the glaciers on the Ruwenzori Mountains of the Moon. This chant is for such times. Funga Roho loosely translated, means: quiet your heart, hang in there, keep it together.
Personnel- Lark Bowerman, lead vocal, kayamba; Kris Bowerman, vocal, djembe, choir vocals; John Waller, djembe, choir vocals; Don Keller, choir vocals; Hayfork Village Singers, choir vocals
Funga roho basi
Nyamaza kwanza
Acha ku lia
Una jua vitu vyote
Imetengenezwa safi
Funga roho basi
English Translation:
Quiet your heart
Hush now
Stop your crying
You know everything
Is going to turn out so fine
So hang in there