Aug 4, 2023
Updated: Nov 10, 2023
To celebrate Maa speaking people, we asked Pendo Moringe to write a song that would honor her culture and speak directly to her community. Composed with a lot of love, Irmaasai Lang inspires us to think, reflect, laugh and dance. At its core, is about unity, gender and education for the younger generation.
Irmaasai Lang (Maa Lyrics)
Irmaasai lang matotoni tenebo
Irmaasai lang emanoto naiboshu
Irmaasai lang matotoni tenebo
Irmaasai lang emanoto naiboshu
Irmaasai lang ematapal orgela
Maibung’a naiboshu ninye Ake naretisho
Maibung’a engisoma ninye Ake naretu yook,
Maisoma pookin Endito olayoni,
Mekinjo engulukoni metujong,o illoreren, pemelau ingereraang eweji Nebulaki
Irmaasai lang matotoni tenebo
Irmaasai lang emanoto naiboshu
Irmaasai lang matotoni tenebo
Irmaasai lang emanoto naiboshu
Matushukutu alapa sotwa Musana,
Engaji emaa amuetaa kiminita
Meekure apa eretuno irmaasai
Tengeraki engiba natijing’a yook
Enyito naa matushuku enyorata,
Kiomon Engai peye ibung’aki yook
Irmaasai lang matotoni tenebo
Irmaasai lang emanoto naiboshu
Irmaasai lang matotoni tenebo
Irmaasai lang emanoto naiboshu
Irmaasai lang matotoni tenebo
Irmaasai lang emanoto naiboshu
Irmaasai lang matotoni tenebo
Irmaasai lang emanoto naiboshu
Irmaasai lang (12)
Irmaasai lang matotoni tenebo
Irmaasai lang emanoto naiboshu
Irmaasai lang matotoni tenebo
Irmaasai lang emanoto naiboshu
Irmaasai lang matotoni tenebo
Irmaasai lang emanoto naiboshu
Irmaasai lang matotoni tenebo
Irmaasai lang emanoto naiboshu
English translation (the original Maa lyrics incorporate use of similes, wordplay, and metaphors which are not directly translated in English language. The theme is maintained as well as the message.)
Our Maasai
Our Maasai community let's stay together
Let our Maasai community live in unity
Maasai let's stop discrimination,
Let's be united, it is a very good thing,
Let's keep education as our liberation,
Let us educate boys and girls,
And let's not sell the land to the people of other nations,
Our generations should not be kept from a place to live
Our Maasai community let's stay together
Let our Maasai community live in unity
Bring back our old love
Because our Maasai culture is now starting to disappear
The Maasai don't help each other anymore
To remove the hatred that has crept into us,
Let's rise again and restore love
Ask God to bring us together again
Our Maasai community let's stay together
Let our Maasai community live in unity
Our Maasai community let's stay together
Let our Maasai community live in unity
Our Maasai (12)
Our Maasai community let's stay together
Let our Maasai community live in unity
Our Maasai community let's stay together
Let our Maasai community live in unity
Voice of Maasai focuses on producing uplifting music through co-writes and collaborations in the Kilimanjaro Region of Tanzania. We connect a global audience with emerging Maasai talent to provide authentic and nuanced perspectives of the Savannah's of East Africa and to use music as a vehicle for social bonding.