a blinding flash that shatters the stillness of dawn as night subsides a day of slaughter and death rages on when flint meets steel when blade meets flesh til the end of time this place shall be cursed farther away from the place of our birth lost on the trail of the setting sun no rest in steep wooded valleys below no peace in lands stained with blood breathe in the smoke as your bones smolder war is our burden and we must survive with loss so great our tears are all flowing as battle fog clears and we bury our dead the glow of flames that greets the arrival of night returning home to tell the stories of victory and loss as mothers and wives wail in grief and enemy sons are roasted alive will the morning bring no solace wash away the strife down from our eyes poisoned by an empty promise bitter tongues of secrecy and lies let us not forget our bloodshed may we rise and find the strength inside may the wounds of our fathers be the flame that guides us in the night ni teleni wikiila niila wiki katwelo kweki lawepa