“Voice That Never Fades / Sauti Isiyokufa”
Verse 1 (English)
Your name was Elly, a voice so true,
Music lived in everything you’d do.
Under the lights or the open sky,
You sang your dreams, you let them fly.
They called you Jawar Katiboi on stage,
A soul of fire, a golden age.
Every note carried hope and pain,
Every song fell like gentle rain.
Pre-Chorus (English)
Now the silence feels so loud tonight,
But your melody is still our light.
Chorus (English & Swahili)
You’re singing somewhere beyond the stars,
Your voice still travels, no matter how far.
Rest in peace, but your song lives on,
Legends never die, they just move on.
Unaimba sasa juu ya nyota,
Sauti yako bado inatupota.
Lala salama, lakini wimbo wako hai,
Mashujaa wa muziki hawafi kamwe, la hasha, hawafi.
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Verse 2 (Swahili)
Ulipenda kuimba kwa moyo wote,
Sauti yako iligusa roho zetu zote.
Kila neno lilikuwa ukweli,
Kila wimbo ulikuwa hadithi ya kweli.
Jawar Katiboi, jina la heshima,
Uliishi muziki bila wasiwasi wala hofu.
Hata maumivu uliyageuza sanaa,
Na kutuachia mwanga wa daima.
Pre-Chorus (Swahili)
Ingawa umeondoka machoni mwetu,
Upo karibu ndani ya mioyo yetu.
Chorus (English & Swahili)
You’re singing somewhere beyond the stars,
Your voice still travels, no matter how far.
Rest in peace, but your song lives on,
Legends never die, they just move on.
Unaimba sasa juu ya nyota,
Sauti yako bado inatupota.
Lala salama, lakini wimbo wako hai,
Mashujaa wa muziki hawafi kamwe.
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Bridge (English)
When the night feels cold and the world feels wrong,
We hear your voice inside this song.
You taught us pain can still create,
And love can sing beyond death’s gate.
Outro (Swahili & English)
Tutakukumbuka kila sauti, kila sauti,
Kila wimbo utakaoimbwa baadaye.
Elly, Jawar Katiboi — jina lisilofutika,
Your voice lives on… forever in time.
