Name: Mulilwana
Duration: P00H05M03S
Description: A Luganda song about the virtues of good neighbors.

Mulilwana

from Tour of Light 2012 by Children of Uganda

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A Luganda song about the virtues of good neighbors.

lyrics

Abagenyi mutya nno eno ewaffe mirembe
Abagenyi mutya nno eno ewaffe kika
Okwagala kirungi naye ekya muliranwa kikambwe
Okwagala kirungi naye ekya muliranwa kika
Bw’ogenda okulima kibuulire muliranwa wo nti ngenda kulima
Bw’ogenda okusera kibuulire muliranwa wo nti ngenda kusera
Bw’ogenda okubba kibuulire muliranwa wo nti ngenda kubba
Obeera mulogo, obeera musezi, obeera mutemu
Abakazi mwaagala bagagga abaavu temutuliiko ye mwaaba ki?
Omukazi olumuwa omutwalo nga teeka mu kaleega olw’enkeera
Enkeera omusanga wa kisekka ngali muyamukaaga ngamba engatto
Mbadde nkwagaza mpeta ate gwe oyagala mukwano obadde otya?
Nze nkwagaza mpeta oyagala kukuula obadde otya
Naffe twagala baggagga abaavu tetubaliiko eh! Mwabaaki
Omusajja atulina silingi abeera kisajja – sajja awo twavaawo
Bwe nali ngenda okuwasa ssebo, nabuulira muliranwa wange
Bwe nali ngenda okulima ssebo, nabuulira muliranwa wange
Kyanyamba kati nazaala nekubaana kati mpezawo ensaanvu. Bwokyawa muliranwawo.

Translation:
You are warmly welcome, visitors, here we have peace
To love is good, but having a neighbor is better.
If you are going to work in the fields tell your neighbor
If you are going to “night-dance” tell your neighbor
If you are going to rob tell your neighbor
Women love rich men and they don’t love poor ones.
If you give a woman a ten thousand shilling note, she just puts it in her bra.
Then next you find her in town putting on expensive shoes
yet claiming to be broke and poor.
I’ve been asking for marriage now you want us to be friends?
Yes, we (women) don’t like men who are poor.
It is irritating to have a man who is poor.
When I was going to get married, I told my neighbor.
When I was going to work in the fields, I told my neighbor.
When I was going to get married, I told my neighbor and it helped me so much.
I gave birth to children, now I have seventy.

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from Tour of Light 2012, released January 1, 2012

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Children of Uganda Kampala, Uganda

Children of Uganda is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization which has been serving orphans and vulnerable children since 1995 in Uganda.
The Tour of Light is our advocacy program, featuring a troupe of singers and dancers selected from the orphans and vulnerable children under the care of our program. ... more