Auna Mari by Paradzai Tembo

A song about life without money- a subject Paradzai is familiar with. His family live as subsistence farmers with his wife tending small fields near his home.

English Lyrics

Some people tend to marry orphans
And later divorce them leaving them to suffer x2

But I have a good heart
Once I commit to someone I will take good care of them

Verse 1
But why do people tend to be so jealous
And make an extra effort to break us up
But why do people lust over my wife
Making an extra effort to break us up

Verse 2
You have a tendency to lie to her
Giving her misleading information
That I am extremely poor x2

Tag
A poor man cannot say to another poor man you are in poverty x2
However a rich man can be informed by those in poverty that he is indeed rich x2

I have resolved not to worry about all that you say
Your poverty mentality will lead you no where x3

Verse 3
You want to break us up
And once we have broken up you want to watch her suffer
And since she is is an orphan no one will be there to pick up the pieces x2

But I have committed to being with her
As she is a gift from God above

I forgive you and ask that God blesses you
And may continue to bless you forever more...