Stella by Kisau Girls – A Song of Love, Loss and Tears 🎶😭

By Ruzeki | Shadoww News | September 02, 2025 

Jambo readers, at Shadoww News, especially through The WanTam Weekly, we are known for bold political commentary. But today, we pause the politics to celebrate something deeper — our culture, our music, our emotions, and the voice of the people. 

Here’s a song that has been trending across Kenya for the last two weeks. A performance that has captured hearts, stirred tears, and reminded us that music tells stories politics never can. 

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Stella – A Song of Love, Loss and Tears 

Performed by Kisau Girls, Mbooni East (Makueni County) – Music Festival 2025 

Sometimes, a song is not just music - it’s a story, a confession, a wound turned into harmony. That’s what Stella is. 

Originally written and performed by the Muema Brothers, Stella has traveled across generations. This year at the Kenya Music Festival 2025, the Kisau Girls from Mbooni East, Makueni County, carried the song into a new life. Their performance wasn’t just singing—it was storytelling with tears, pain, and that unmistakable Swahili voice that pierces straight to the soul. 

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Full Lyrics (Transcribed by Ruzeki on YouTube) 

Swahili version 

Beti ya Kwanza: 

Ikiwa waenda nyumbani, baba aah

Ikiwa waenda nyumbani, mama yangu ooh

Kamwambie Stella, siwezi kufika aah

Umweleze Stella, siwezi kufika mama eeeh

Beti ya Pili: 

Ikiwa waenda nyumbani, kaka yangu ooh

Ikiwa waenda nyumbani, dada aah

Umwambie Stella, siwezi kufika aah

Umweleze Stella, nimefungwa jela dada eeeh

Beti ya Tatu: 

Ikiwa waenda nyumbani, mama aah

Ikiwa waenda nyumbani, baba aah

Umwambie Stella, nimefungwa jela aah

Umweleze Stella, mapenzi yamenizidi jela eeeh

Beti ya Nne (Bambio): 

Kamwambie atafute bwana mwingine eeh

Kwani mie siwezi kufika mama aah

Kamweleze nimefungwa jela dada aah

Anizalie mtoto kike mama aah nitaoa ×4 

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English Translation: 

Verse 1 

If you go home, father aah
If you go home, my mother ooh
Tell Stella I cannot come aah
Explain to Stella I cannot come mama eeeh

Verse 2 

If you go home, my brother ooh
If you go home, my sister aah
Tell Stella I cannot come aah
Explain to Stella I’ve been jailed, sister eeeh

Verse 3 

If you go home, mother aah
If you go home, father aah
Tell Stella I’ve been jailed aah
Explain to Stella, love has landed me in jail eeeh

Verse 4(Chorus) 

Tell her to look for another husband eeh
Because I cannot come, mother aah
Explain to her I’ve been jailed, sister aah
If she gives me a daughter, mama aah, I’ll marry her ×4 

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Why It Hits Different

Stella is a song of heartbreak and consequence. A man, trapped by love and circumstance, sends messages home through family: 

• He cannot come back. 
• He has been jailed—both literally and emotionally. 
• His love for Stella has cost him his freedom. 
• In the end, he begs her to move on… but still clings to the dream of marriage if destiny allows. 

When the Kisau Girls sing this, it stops being just a song. It becomes a mirror of African love stories—pain, distance, and sacrifice told through melody. 

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Pure Talent 🙏🏾

This performance from Kisau Girls wasn’t about competing at a festival. It was about proving that music can carry tears, memory, and history. As I listened, I realized something simple: 

👉 If pain ever found harmony, this would be it. 🎶✨💯♥️ 

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Here the Stella Video: