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Is there a better translation for the word ‘melody’

I know Wimbo means song and is music related, but is there a better translation for ‘melody’, the top line that a singer sings or the more memorable pattern in a song.

This is a bit too advanced for me to figure out myself

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u/Living_Teacher6325 — 22 hours ago

Help with short translation?

I am trying to show a friend how italian poetry is like, so I made an english version of a section of a famous poem. Now I am curious how it would be in swahili, can anybody help?

"Midway through our life's journey,
I found myself lost in a dark forest,
Because I had lost the right path.

Ah! It was so terrifying that it is hard to describe,
This wild, dense, and powerful forest
That even now, when I think of it, I feel afraid.

It was so scary that only death is worse.
But to speak of the good things I found there,
I will also tell you of the other things I saw."

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u/Prestigious_Ad_296 — 9 days ago