Pekeyake na kusikia kwa mwezi/ Yatima alilia ndani kivuli/ Pekeyake na kusikia kwa mwezi/ Maisha anasali kuopolewa/ Amezungukazunguka mbali sana/ Sasa hajui barabara ya kwake/ Dunia inajua hadithi yake/ Lakini nani ajua jina lake? Mwezi, ukipo/ Urudi ili atafarijiwa/ Mwezi, ukipo/ Urudi ili aweza kulala/ Mwezi, ukipo/ Urudi ili atafarijiwa/ Mwezi, ukipo/ Naomba kwa maisha/ Urudi kwa maisha
Alone and listening to the light of the moon An orphaned child cried to the shadows Alone and listening to the light of the moon Maisha prayed for someone to save her
She’d wandered for so very far That she no longer knew her way home The whole world knows her story But no one knows her name
Moon, if you are there Return so that she might be comforted Moon, if you are there Return so that she can sleep
Moon, if you are there Return so that she might be comforted Moon, if you are there I am begging for Maisha Return for Maisha