Siyahamba

Dr. Carolyn McKeown married Jerry and me. She is a Religious Science minister and is retiring soon so I wanted to make it to one of her Sunday lessons before she hands the mantle over to someone else. My mom's new assisted care-home is within walking (or wheelchair pushing distance) from the church which sits on a man-make lake called California Park, so we stopped by and picked her up and took her to church with us this morning.

I used to study Science of Mind which is a metaphysical, new thought, religion founded by Ernest Holmes. I was a member of the church once and attended off and on for many years. When the old music director was still alive he would occasionally call Jerry in to accompany the choir with some percussion and when Jerry and I were married, part of the choir sang at our wedding which was outside under a big oak tree in a secluded grove in Bidwell Park, here in Chico. It was quite the affair with over 200 family and friends in attendance. After an African-Brazilian dance performance, as Jerry and I walked from opposite ends of the grove towards one another, the choir sang Siyahamba to the accompaniment of live drummers.

We are walking in the light of God,
we are walking in the light of God.
We are walking in the light of God,
we are walking in the light of God.
We are walking,
Oo we are walking in the light of God.
We are walking,
Oo we are walking in the light of God.

Siyahamba ekukhanyena kwenkhosa,
siyahamba ekukhanyena kwenkhosa.
Siyahamba ekukhanyena kwenkhosa,
siyahamba ekukhanyena kwenkhosa.
Siyahamba,
Oo siyahamba ekukhanyena kwenkhosa.
Siyahamba,
Oo siyahamba ekukhanyena kwenkhosa.