Zimatsimikiziridwa kwambiri kuti pambuyo pa mawu bula (kulandiridwa) ndi vinaka (chonde), mawu awiri omwe mumamva nthawi zambiri pamene mukupita ku Fiji ndi " Isa Lei." Ndicho chifukwa chakuti ndizoyimba nyimbo yowonongeka yomwe ma Fiji amaimba kuti achoke alendo.
Zosangalatsa komanso zokondweretsa, zolembera zake zimatuluka m'magulu a nyimbo. Anthu a ku Fiji amaimba zambiri pamlungu Lamlungu mu tchalitchi (ayese ntchito kuti awonongeke ndi zochitika), ndipo nyimbo yawo yobwerera kwa inu imadzutsa mtima.
" Isa Lei" akuimbidwa ku Fijian, ndipo inalembedwa mu 1967 ndi oimba a ku Australia The Seekers pa album yawo "Roving With the Seekers." Pano pali kumasulira kwa Chingerezi:
Isa, Iwe ndiwe chuma changa chokha;
Kodi mungandisiye, ndikusungulumwa komanso kusungulumwa?
Pamene maluwa adzaphonya dzuŵa,
Mphindi iliyonse mtima wanga kwa inu ukulakalaka.
Isa Lei, mthunzi wofiirira ukugwa,
Tsoka tsiku lotsatira lidzayamba kulira kwanga;
O, musaiwale ayi, pamene inu muli kutali,
Nthawi yapadera pafupi ndi wokondedwa Suva.
Isa, Isa, mtima wanga unadzazidwa ndi chisangalalo,
Kuyambira pomwe ndinamva moni wanu;
'Kutentha kwa dzuwa, tinakhala maola limodzi palimodzi,
Tsopano maola okondwa awo mwamsanga akuchedwa.
Isa Lei, mthunzi wofiirira ukugwa,
Tsoka tsiku lotsatira lidzayamba kulira kwanga;
O, musaiwale ayi, pamene inu muli kutali,
Nthawi yapadera pafupi ndi wokondedwa Suva.
O'er nyanja panyumba yanu ya chilumba ikuyitana,
Dziko lokondwa kumene maluwa akutumphuka bwino;
O, ngati ndikanatha kupita kumeneko pambali panu,
Ndiye kwanthawizonse mtima wanga ukanakhoza kuimba mu mkwatulo.
Isa Lei, mthunzi wofiirira ukugwa,
Tsoka tsiku lotsatira lidzayamba kulira kwanga;
O, musaiwale ayi, pamene inu muli kutali,
Nthawi yapadera pafupi ndi wokondedwa Suva.
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Donna Heiderstadt ndi wolemba woyendayenda wa ku New York City ndi mkonzi yemwe wakhala moyo wake akuchita zofuna zake zazikulu ziwiri: kulemba ndi kufufuza dziko lapansi.
Yosinthidwa ndi John Fischer