Ein Männlein steht im Walde – Maua mazuri

from Darkness Flies Away by Voicebeat

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A Tanzanian school song in Swahili, brought to us by Zem Moffat and arranged by Harry Campbell. “Nice flowers are lovely, when you look at them you smile and feel happy. Buzz buzz buzz, fly away mother bee, search far and wide for a nice flower for food.” This appears to be an African take on a traditional melody from the Upper Rhine, which (with words by August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben, 1843) forms part of Humperdinck’s operetta Hänsel und Gretel. The lyrics are a riddle about a little man in the forest who wears a crimson cloak and a black hood and stands on one leg. It’s… the rose-hip! (Probably.)

lyrics

Ein Männlein steht im Walde ganz still und stumm.
Es hat von lauter Purpur ein Mäntlein um.
Sagt, wer mag das Männlein sein,
Das da steht im Wald allein
Mit dem purpurroten Mäntelein?

Das Männlein steht im Walde auf einem Bein
und hat auf seinem Haupte schwarz' Käpplein klein.
Sagt, wer mag das Männlein sein,
das da steht im Wald allein
Mit dem kleinen schwarzen Käppelein?

Maua mazuri ya pendeza
Maua mazuri ya pendeza
Ukiyatazama yanamelemeta
Hakuna limoja lisilopendeza

Nzu, nzu, nzu, eeh mama nyuki lia wee
Toka mbali kutafuta ua zuri la chakula
Nzu, nzu, nzu, eeh mama nyuki lia wee

credits

from Darkness Flies Away, released November 25, 2023
Arr: Harry Campbell. Djembe: Hannah Thorley.

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Voicebeat Glasgow, UK

Voicebeat is Glasgow’s world music community choir, and anyone can join. Based in the West End of Glasgow, we sing songs from around the world in unaccompanied harmony, often in foreign languages, in an informal, supportive atmosphere.