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Wawo Band - Piny Koro Ogik Odhiambo

from Spotlight on Kenyan Music Vol​.​4 by Various Artists

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Wawo Band brings together young musicians with experienced ones from Rongo District in Nyanza Province in an effort to pass on the oral traditions of the Luo community to the younger generation.

The group usually performs at traditional ceremonies.

'Piny Koro Ogik Odhiambo' (The evening is here), sung in Dholuo, is inviting guests to rejoice the memory of the deceased person following a funeral service.

lyrics

Na kinanda il, na kinanda indi
Kamanda ti ururi, Umbire ngwitaitire
Murata wakwa, wije-u-nkethie, na kinanda
Na kinand il, na kinanda indi
Ntirumaga nguka, nguku ni muthoni
Na kinanda il, na kinanda indi
Kunene kwa njogu, na kiana ni kimwe
Na kinanda i, na kinanda indi
Ukanthukiria ruru na iratu bia raba
Na kinanda il, na kinana indi
Kuthuka kwa muthumbi ruciaro no ruria
Iyiali ui mwiji ondumire na githungu
gokie mwalimu eje a gutethie
Ntuntuguru ya gamba ku mwiji
Uuu muriru uu mutaboiiii
Mwana o mukirindi ndakugwata matu, matu ja
mature, jakaribua jaturua, ee!
Kaumbuthu ngugukania tunyomba twa nchabanio ukuria muma ukurukiria, ee!
Kikarire kiratwire bwa gaiti bwa ruguru ni ku kiauma, ee!

Na kinada nakinanda kamanda ziurua
Unbiregwitaitire murata wakwa wije wkethie
Nakinsa ntiusiri ya katheru zikari mikirira
Murata wakwa wije wajethie
nakuwanda, Weiromaga najuku nguku ni
muthoni, Murata wakwa wije ukethinakinruja
Kunenea kwa ujogu kiana ni kuwuwe
Murata wakwa wije ukethirkankinandauk-
abthukiria ruru na iratu bia baba
Mupata wakaa wije ukethienakunanda
Kuthuka kwa muthombi ruciaro noruriaMurata
wakwa wije, Ukthie nakinanda, lyaiiai ui imwii ousumwire nakityong u gokie mwarimu eje
aguthire, Nuntugur yayamba kuu mwiji
Upapipagira ukaria ugita gokie nyakwe
akurumie kathure urie ugita, Ntuntuguru
yagamba kuu mwiji, Rasamba mroma yawebu
ya mwiji, lwo miruru iio mutabuindakugwata
watu watu jazimeture jakaribwa jatorwa
Kaumbutho nagukani zuyomba lwa ncabario ukuria muma ukurikiria, luu mwriru iwo mutbui

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from Spotlight on Kenyan Music Vol​.​4, released January 1, 2008

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