Ashé

Instrumental Intro

Intro

King, the path,

Continue onward.

Verse 1

Difa, zamwade, do óifiku,

Daga ódigi li óidigu.

Gena gorki lankuyu bepumi,

Vija; gomi va begashumi.

Tihaya kubora, zamwaba,

Ge lankuyu bepumi, shala.

Vija li gomi.

Yukuosena isi?

Fi iti, áibebu no hodeyi jasperi.

Pama isi.

Zampusi zahakeli zadeyi deyumi

Sidifa do bemudi fi bekési bemifi.

Fumpusi fudemuyi demi

Sidifa do kuariti.

Bekami jefi obo laferi befi

Tidifa vu bempusi fefu.

Tina bereozu berrufi,

Do beshoyi burrumi.

Yubeobema isi pu ódemi,

Yubeopela isi me ópeli.

Zanya tara isi ge óifiku,

Obo dusha darfi vu óidigu.

Verse 2

Look at all the trees,

Their branches in the breeze.

At the foot of the cliff, where the shadows stay,

A Marula grows, its bark mottled gray.

Its surface sheds in flakes so thin

Look, King, an elephant moving in.

Listen to the trumpets rise,

The others rumble; where do they hide?

Look again beneath the tree,

Watch him shake its trunk and see.

The ripened fruit comes falling down,

Scattered on the waiting ground.

He gathers fruit, his trunk curled high,

And eats as others wander by.

They join him there beneath the tree,

And share its fruit in company.

Wait until they've had their share,

Until they leave the clearing bare.

Chorus 2

Ashé, Ashé,

Pama isi fi sonkuyu nemii.

Ashé, Ashé,

Dora isi mavi fi shazi.

Mara isi fi ófumo,

Tara isi kudifa li feyi.

Ashé, Ashé,

Tara óvioje kurofa, zafrade.

Ha óemurichi,

Ha óimeri,

Ópeli pu kumaza,

Ikwabi ónemii sidiosena.

Ashé, Ashé,

Tara óvioje kurofa, zafrade.

Ashé, Ashé,

Tara óneji kumaza fi mavi.

Verse 3

Now approach the Marula tree,

A fallen fruit is there to see.

Its yellow skin begins to yield,

The seed within is still concealed.

Split the fruit and draw it out,

Hold Ashé in your mind, without doubt.

Your destiny takes shape through what you do,

As nature brings its promise through.

The elephants that fed today

Will carry those seeds along their way.

Through their dung, back to the ground,

Where other Marulas may be found.

That is Ashé, King, see,

The fruit holds promise of another tree.

Now take the seed into your hand,

And sow that promise in the land.

Chorus 3

Ashé, Ashé,

Pama isi fi sonkuyu nemii.

Ashé, Ashé,

Dora isi mavi fi shazi.

Mara isi fi ófumo,

Tara isi kudifa li feyi.

Ashé, Ashé,

Tara óvioje kurofa, zafrade.

Ha óemurichi,

Ha óimeri,

Ópeli pu kumaza

Ikwabi ónemii sidiosena.

Ashé, Ashé,

Tara óvioje kurofa, zafrade.

Ashé, Ashé,

Tara óneji kumaza fi mavi.

Bridge

Look around.

The grasses rise.

The shrubs rise.

The trees rise.

King, this is the work of Ashé.

Ashé is not the seed.

Ashé is not the tree.

Ashé is the power

Of the mind to manifest.

Chorus 4

Ashé, Ashé,

Hold it in your mind.

Ashé, Ashé,

Give it life in time.

Sow it in the earth,

Let it reach the sky.

Ashé, Ashé,

Let the vision rise.

Not the seed,

Not the tree,

The power to manifest

What the mind can see.

Ashé, Ashé,

Let the vision rise.

Ashé, Ashé,

Bring the thought to life.

Outro

Ashé.

Instrumental Outro