Results for kitambaa cha kufunga kichwani translation from Swahili to English

kitambaa cha kufunga kichwani
a wrap around the head

kitambaa cha jasho
the fabric of the sweat

kwa sababu mmesulubiwa pembeni mwangu na kitambaa cha kaisari
be not ashamed and look up at me because you are hanged by my side on the gallows of the cesar

nilipoacha kuvaa kitambaa cha kufunika uso, baba yangu mzazi alikuwa kinyume.
when i donned the face veil, my own father was against it.

mamia ya watu walitembea polepole kwa huzuni kubwa kupitia njia ndefu iliyoelekea kwenye kilima kwenda nyanza, wengi wao walivaa chochote chenye rangi ya zambarau, kitambaa cha begani, kanga, au utepe wa mkononi.
hundreds of people trudged up the long hill to nyanza, many of them wearing something purple, a neckscarf, a wrap, even a purple wristband.

kwa miaka yote hiyo, nimekuwa sivai hijab, nikivaa hijab, nikivaa hijab ndefu sana (inayoitwa khimar), nikivaa kitambaa cha kufunika uso (kinachoitwa niqab), baadae nikaanza kuvaa hijab fupi na hivi sasa, sivai kabisa.
during all those years, i have been without the hijab, with the hijab, wearing a very long hijab (called a khimar), wearing a face veil (called a niqab), back to wearing a shorter hijab and finally, now, no hijab at all.