Johnny Clegg — Jwanasibeki song lyrics and translation
The page contains the lyrics and English translation of the song "Jwanasibeki" by Johnny Clegg.
Lyrics
Wemadiliza, wemadiliz' inkani!
Wemadiliza, wemadiliza wenzani!
Qed' inkani eyamadoda!
(iJwanasibeki langenzani!)
Wemadiliza, wemadiliz' inkani!
(iJwanasibeki langenzani!)
Qed' inkani eyamadoda!
(iJwanasibeki langenzani!)
Zabalaza wemfana!
(iJwanasibeki langenzani!)
Wemaqed' inkani!
Zabalaza wemfana!
(iJwanasibeki langenzani!)
Wemaqed' inkani!
Blow whistle, blow (Zabalaza)
Down you go alive
The cage is falling (Zabalaza)
Like a comet in the night
Beads of sweat glisten (Zabalaza)
In the underground light
Smoulder boudler (Zabalaza)
Rock reeks fumes
Songs of the outlands (Zabalaza)
Change colour when shift is due
And you’ve grown a little older (Zabalaza)
Seen bone blown smoking blue!
Wemadiliza, wemadiliz' inkani!
Wemadiliza, wemadiliza wenzani!
Qed' inkani eyamadoda!
(iJwanasibeki langenzani!)
Wemadiliza, wemadiliz' inkani!
(iJwanasibeki langenzani!)
Qed' inkani eyamadoda!
(iJwanasibeki langenzani!)
Zabalaza wemfana!
(iJwanasibeki langenzani!)
Wemaqed' inkani!
Zabalaza wemfana!
(iJwanasibeki langenzani!)
Wemaqed' inkani!
Grow city grow (Zabalaza)
Ten thousand men below
Bleed the burning womb (Zabalaza)
Make the sun-rock show
In the wider horizon (Zabalaza)
Where a million lifetimes flow
And you know the secret (Zabalaza)
That glitters and glues the best
Like the feathers of a dead bird (Zabalaza)
That feather the next bird’s nest
Jwanasibeki! (Zabalaza)
Tomorrow, tomorrow, tomorrow
Wo-hum-m-wo-hum!
Wo-hum-wo-lo-lo-ma!
Wo-hum-m-wo-hum!
Wo-hum-wo-lo-lo-ma!
Wo-hum-m-wo-hum!
Wo-hum-wo-lo-lo-ma!
Wemadiliza, wemadiliz' inkani!
Wemadiliza, wemadiliza wenzani!
Qed' inkani eyamadoda!
(iJwanasibeki langenzani!)
Wemadiliza, wemadiliz' inkani!
(iJwanasibeki langenzani!)
Qed' inkani eyamadoda!
(iJwanasibeki langenzani!)
Zabalaza wemfana!
(iJwanasibeki langenzani!)
Wemaqed' inkani!
Zabalaza wemfana!
(iJwanasibeki langenzani!)
Wemaqed' inkani!
Can you hear, can you hear me
Can you hear, can you hear me
In the wider horizon
There’s a life-song
All my life gone
In a mine song
I shake the world beneath your feet
'Cause I’m just working a little bit
Lyrics translation
Wemadiliza, wemadiliz' a my!
Wemadiliza, I made wemadiliza!
Qed' to my eyamadoda!
(iJwanasibeki can do!)
Wemadiliza, wemadiliz' a my!
(iJwanasibeki can do!)
Qed' to my eyamadoda!
(iJwanasibeki can do!)
The sacrifices and struggle made young man!
(iJwanasibeki can do!)
Wemaqed' a my!
The sacrifices and struggle made young man!
(iJwanasibeki can do!)
Wemaqed' a my!
This whistle, this (the sacrifices and struggle made)
Hear you go Down
The cage is falling (the sacrifices and struggle made)
In the nights of a comet
Beads of sweat glisten (the sacrifices and struggle made)
In the light underground
The Smoulder eat (of the sacrifices and struggle made to)
Man reeks fumes
Long cups of the outlands (the sacrifices and struggle made)
Duo didn't shift when the paste is
Sander van you'And grown a little (the sacrifices and struggle made)
See the smoking blown on the house!
Wemadiliza, wemadiliz' a my!
Wemadiliza, I made wemadiliza!
Qed' to my eyamadoda!
(iJwanasibeki can do!)
Wemadiliza, wemadiliz' a my!
(iJwanasibeki can do!)
Qed' to my eyamadoda!
(iJwanasibeki can do!)
The sacrifices and struggle made young man!
(iJwanasibeki can do!)
Wemaqed' a my!
The sacrifices and struggle made young man!
(iJwanasibeki can do!)
Wemaqed' a my!
Grow city grow (the sacrifices and struggle made)
Delete the letter the thousand
Bleed and the burning item (the sacrifices and struggle made)
Let the n-man snap
Der In the horizon (the sacrifices and struggle made)
The bear it a million lifetimes flowu
This is the secret And you (the sacrifices and struggle made)
Glitters and glues the best that she had
The feathers of a bird f dee (the sacrifices and struggle made)
The next feather that she had bird'st s
Jwanasibeki! (The sacrifices and struggle made)
Tomorrow, tomorrow, tomorrow
Their-ten-m-it-is!
It-is-them-this-this-amen!
Their-ten-m-it-is!
It-is-them-this-this-amen!
Their-ten-m-it-is!
It-is-them-this-this-amen!
Wemadiliza, wemadiliz' a my!
Wemadiliza, I made wemadiliza!
Qed' to my eyamadoda!
(iJwanasibeki can do!)
Wemadiliza, wemadiliz' a my!
(iJwanasibeki can do!)
Qed' to my eyamadoda!
(iJwanasibeki can do!)
The sacrifices and struggle made young man!
(iJwanasibeki can do!)
Wemaqed' a my!
The sacrifices and struggle made young man!
(iJwanasibeki can do!)
Wemaqed' a my!
Inc hey you, hey you c inc
Inc hey you, hey you c inc
Der In the horizon
Inheritance of s There'a-long
All my life gone
In a mine song
I shake the world beneath your feet
'Cause I’m just working a little bit