Asimbonanga Lyrics

Asimbonanga lyrics

Asimbonanga

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 by J. Clegg, sung by Joan Baez on her CD "Recently"

 

 Chorus: A si m'bonanga

 	A si m'bonanga u Mandela thina

 	Lapha ekhona

 	Lapha ehleli khona

 

 Oh the sea is cold and the sky is grey

 Look across the island into the bay

 We are all islands till comes the day

 We cross the buning water

 

 Chorus

 

 A seagull wings across the sea

 Borken silence is what I dream

 Who has the words to close the distance

 Between you and me

 

 Chorus

 

 Steven Biko

 A si m'bonanga

 A si m'bonanga umfowethu thina

 Lapha ekhona

 La wa fela khona

 

 Vicoria Mxenge

 A si m'bonanga

 A si m'bonanga u tate wetha thina

 Lapha ekhona

 La wa fela khona

 

 Neil Aggett

 A si m'bonanga

 A si m'bonanga umfowethu thina

 Lapha ekhona

 La wa fela khona

 

 Hawu ngithi heyiwena

 Heyi wena

 Heyi wena hawe

 Si you fika nini

 La siya knona

 La siya knona

 

 Translation

 

 Chorus: We haven't seen

 	We haven't seen Mandela

 	Where he is

 	Where he is sitting (confined)

 

 Oh the sea is cold and the sky is grey

 Look across the island into the bay

 We are all islands till comes the day

 We cross the buning water

 

 Chorus

 

 A seagull wings across the sea

 Borken silence is what I dream

 Who has the words to close the distance

 Between you and me

 

 Chorus

 

 Steven Biko

 We haven't seen

 We haven't seen our brother

 Where he is

 Where he died

 

 Victoria Mxenge

 We haven't seen

 We haven't seen our sister

 Where she is

 Where she died

 

 Neil Aggett

 We haven't seen

 We haven't seen our brother

 Where he is

 Where he died

 

 I say to you

 Hey you

 Hey you and you

 Where are we going to reach our goal/destiny

 Where are we going

 Where are we going

 

 (When will we attain our freedom...)

 

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