Kumbaya

Kumbaya
text till inspelning från 1926
Originalspråk	engelska
Kompositör	okänt
Textförfattare	okänt
Katalog	Roud 11924

Kumbaya eller Kumbayah (gullah, "Come By Here" — "Kum ba yah"), Roud 11924, är en afro-amerikansk spiritual först nedtecknad under 1920-talet, som i dag bland annat sjungs inom scouting och som hejaramsa.

Ursprunget till sången är omtvistat, men texten är på gullah, eller geechee, som talas bland gullah-folket, en afro-amerikansk folkgrupp som lever i North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia och nordöstra Florida.[1]

Gullah-språket är ett kreolspråk som baseras på engelska med starka influenser från väst- och centralafrikanska språk, som mandinka, wolof, bambara, fula, mende, vai, akan, ewe, yoruba, igbo, hausa, kongo, umbundu och kimbundu.[2]

Titeln på låten används ofta sarkastiskt i engelsktalande länder, antingen för att göra narr av andlighet och mellanmänskliga relationer eller för att kritisera deras ytlighet.[3][4]

Texten

Det förekommer fyra vanliga versioner av sången.

Version Nr. 1	Version Nr. 2	Version Nr. 3	Version ro. 4
Kum bay ya, my Lord, kum bay ya; Kum bay ya, my Lord, kum bay ya; Kum bay ya, my Lord, kum bay ya, O Lord, kum bay ya.	Kum bay ya, my Lord, kum bay ya; Kum bay ya, my Lord, kum bay ya; Kum bay ya, my Lord, kum bay ya, O Lord, kum bay ya.	Someone need you, Lord, come by here Someone need you, Lord, come by here Someone need you, Lord, come by here Oh, Lord, come by here.	For the sun, that rises in the sky For the rythm of the falling rain For all life, great or small For all that's true, for all you do.
Someone's laughing, my Lord, kum bay ya; Someone's laughing, my Lord, kum bay ya; Someone's laughing, my Lord, kum bay ya, O Lord, kum bay ya.	Hear me crying, my Lord, kum bay ya; Hear me crying, my Lord, kum bay ya; Hear me crying, my Lord, kum bay ya, O Lord, kum bay ya.	Now I need you, Lord, come by here Sinners need you, Lord, come by here Sinners need you, Lord, come by here Oh, Lord, come by here.	Kum bay ya, my Lord, kum bay ya; Kum bay ya, my Lord, kum bay ya; Kum bay ya, my Lord, kum bay ya, O Lord, kum bay ya.
Someone's crying, my Lord, kum bay ya; Someone's crying, my Lord, kum bay ya; Someone's crying, my Lord, kum bay ya, O Lord, kum bay ya.	Hear me singing, my Lord, kum bay ya; Hear me singing, my Lord, kum bay ya; Hear me singing, my Lord, kum bay ya, O Lord, kum bay ya.	Come by here, my Lord, come by here, Come by here, my Lord, come by here, Come by here, my Lord, come by here, Oh, Lord, come by here.	Kum bay ya, my Lord, kum bay ya; Kum bay ya, my Lord, kum bay ya; Kum bay ya, my Lord, kum bay ya, O Lord, kum bay ya.
Someone's praying, my Lord, kum bay ya; Someone's praying, my Lord, kum bay ya; Someone's praying, my Lord, kum bay ya, O Lord, kum bay ya.	Hear me praying, my Lord, kum bay ya; Hear me praying, my Lord, kum bay ya; Hear me praying, my Lord, kum bay ya, O Lord, kum bay ya.	In the mornin' see, Lord, come by here, In the mornin' see, Lord, come by here, In the mornin' see, Lord, come by here, Oh, Lord, come by here.	For the second on this world you made, For the love that will never fade, For a heart beating with joy, For all that's real, for all we feel.
Someone's singing, my Lord, kum bay ya; Someone's singing, my Lord, kum bay ya; Someone's singing, my Lord, kum bay ya, O Lord, kum bay ya.	Oh, I need you, my Lord, kum bay ya; Oh, I need you, my Lord, kum bay ya; Oh, I need you, my Lord, kum bay ya, O Lord, kum bay ya.	I gon' need you, Lord, come by here, I gon' need you, Lord, come by here, I gon' need you, Lord, come by here, Oh, Lord, come by here.	Kum bay ya, my Lord, kum bay ya; Kum bay ya, my Lord, kum bay ya; Kum bay ya, my Lord, kum bay ya, O Lord, kum bay ya.
		Oh, Sinners need you, Lord, come by here, Sinners need you, Lord, come by here, Sinners need you, Lord, come by here, Oh my Lord, won't you come by here.	Kum bay ya, my Lord, kum bay ya; Kum bay ya, my Lord, kum bay ya; Kum bay ya, my Lord, kum bay ya, O Lord, kum bay ya.
("Se den här versionen! "På YouTube), på både engelska och farsi.	("En utskriftsvänlig version! "En PDF-fil") På engelska.	In the morning - morning, won't you come by here Mornin' - morning, won't you come by here In the Mornin' - morning, won't you come by here Oh, Lord, come by here.	("Se den här versionen! "På YouTube").

Referenser

1. ”Kumbaya (American Traditional Song)”. Mama Lisa's International Music and Culture. http://www.mamalisa.com/?t=es&p=108&c=23. Läst 4 augusti 2013. 
2. Gordon (red.), Raymond G (2005). Ethnologue, 15:e upplagan 
3. Weeks, Linton (13 januari 2012). ”When Did 'Kumbaya' Become Such A Bad Thing?” (på engelska). NPR.org. https://www.npr.org/2012/01/13/145059502/when-did-kumbaya-become-such-a-bad-thing. 
4. Waldman, Katy (29 mars 2016). ”How "Kumbaya" Went From Sincere Protest Song to Drippy Punch Line” (på engelska). Slate Magazine. https://slate.com/human-interest/2016/03/how-kumbaya-went-from-american-songbook-staple-to-a-symbol-of-naive-smug-utopianism.html.