NATALIE MUKAGASANA SUGIRA SINGS THE
PSALM 23 ALL BLUES
 
A Polyglot Blues in Kinyarwanda, Lingala, English, French, Latin, and Spanish.
 
Pierre-Damien Mvuyekure
 
Wondering how tomorrow
I was going to be a widow,
Listen/ing and Rumba/ing to “Tcha-Tcho du Sorcier”—
Nzambe Imana nde aza elonga
God is glory Imana niyo nkuru
Manso mpangi eza na maboko ya Tata Nzambe
Everything byose biri is in the hands of Imana our Father
Koffi Olomidé was TchaTcho/ing on the iPad Air 2—
 
Njyewe, Intimirwa, TchaTcho Fils du Sorcier
I, the Un/stop/pable Son of the Sorcerer
An ange/lic voice—being
“raised up to the Glory of God”—
 on the death/bed heard:
 
The Lord is my shepherd.
There is nothing I lack.
Iyo Imana ari umushumba wanjye.
 
Natalie Mukagasana Sugira Sings the Psalm 23 All Blues,
Though Metastatic Neuroendocrine Tumor has spread and become all hues.
 
Though I walk in the valley of darkness,
I fear no evil, for you are with me in kindness.
Quand je marche dans la vallée de l’ombre,
Aunque pase por el valle de sombra de muerte,
Quand je marche dans la vallée de l’ombre,
Aunque pase por el valle de sombra de muerte.
 
Natalie Mukagasana Sugira Sings the Psalm 23 All Blues,
Though Metastatic Neuroendocrine Tumor has spread and become all hues.
 
Je ne crains aucun mal,
Car tu es avec moi.
No temere mal alguno, porque Tù
estas conmigo
No temere mal alguno, porque Tù
estas conmigo.
Je ne crains aucun mal,
Car tu es avec moi.
 
Ta houlette et ton baton me
Rassurent
For you are with me.
Your rod and staff give me courage,
In You, my Lord Nyagasani, I take refuge.
 
Natalie Mukagasana Sugira Sings the Psalm 23 All Blues,
Though Metastatic Neuroendocrine Tumor has spread and become all hues.
 
L’éternal est mon berger:
Je ne me manquerai de rien
The Lord is my shepherd.
There is nothing I lack
EL SEÑOR es mi pastor.
Nada me faltará
EL SEÑOR es mi pastor.
Nada me faltará.
 
Natalie Mukagasana Sugira Sings the Psalm 23 All Blues,
Though Metastatic Neuroendocrine Tumor has spread and become all hues.
 
Uhoraho ni we mushumba wanjye,
Ntacyo nzabura.
Uhoraho ni we mushumba wanjye,
Ntacyo nzabura.
 
N’aho nanyura mu manga yijimye
Ntacyankura umutima, kuko uba uri kumwe nanjye.
I shall fear no Metastatic Neuroendocrine Tumor but God
Though I walk through the valley of death.
Dominus regit me, et nihil mihi deerit
Nam etsi ambulavero in medio umbra merits,
Non timebo, quoniam tu mecum es.
 
Natalie Mukagasana Sugira Sings the Psalm 23 All Blues,
Though Metastatic Neuroendocrine Tumor had spread and become all hues.
 
Et miserocordia tua subsequetur est.
Omnibus diebus vitae meae;
Et ut inhabitem in dono Domini
In longitudiem dierum.
 
Only goodness and love shall follow me
All the days of my life:
Nzaba I will dwell in the house of the Lord
For years to come.
 
Natalie Mukagasana Sugira Sings the Psalm 23 All Blues,
Though Metastatic Neuroendocrine Tumor has spread and become all hues.
 
I shall fear no Metastatic Neuroendocrine Tumor but God
Though I walk through the valley of death.
N’aho nanyura mu manga yijimye
Ntacyankura umutima, kuko uba uri kumwe nanjye.
To dwell in the Lord’s house,
I raise my voice up to the Glory of God;
To the Lord I sing and chant praise
All the days of my life.
The Lord is my shepherd.
There is nothing I want.