BLESSED LYRICS / TRANSLATIONS

Noyana

Sikuyo [We are]
Indlela [On the path]
Yelizwi [Of the voice]
Lobomi [Of righteousness]
(Repeat)

Ikhaya labantu [Home to people]
Behleli ngendweba [Who lives with peace]

Nina ka [Some of you]
Nehluka [Are different]
Kuthixo [In the eyes of God]
Ngo kona [Because of your sins]
Nithini [What do you say?]
Noyana, noyana [Are you going? Are you going?]
Phezulu [Are you going to Heaven?]

Sikuyo [We are]
Indlela [On the path]
Yelizwi [Of the voice]
Lobomi [Of righteousness]
(Repeat)

Noyana [Are you going to get there?]
Noyana [Are you going to get there?]
Nithini noyana [What do you say? Are you going?]
Noyana [Are you going to get there?]
Noyana [Are you going to get there?]
Nithini noyana [What do you say? Are you going?]
Noyana Are you going to get there?]
Noyana [Are you going to get there?)]
Noyana phezulu [Are you going up there?]
(Repeat)

Nithini [What do you say?]
Noyana, noyana [Are you going? Are you going?]
Phezulu [Are you going to Heaven?]
Nina ke [Some of you]
Nehluka [Are different]
Kuthixo [In the eyes of God]
Ngo kona [Because of your sins]
(Repeat)

Sikuyo [We are]
Indlela [On the path]
Yelizwi [Of the voice]
Lobomi [Of righteousness]

Noyana, noyana [Are you going? Are you going?]
Nithini noyana [What do you say? Are you going?]

Hlohonolofatsa
(Bless)

Iyo-yo hlonolofatsa Iyo-yo hlonolofatsa Iyo ka lebitso la ntate

Iyo-yo ka lebitso Iyo-yo ka lebitso Iyo ka lebitso la ntate

English

Ilo yo yo Bless Iyo Bless
Bless in the name of the father
In the name of the father we bless

 

Joko Ya Hao Joko ya hao e bobebe
E nkholla pelo Tumelo ho nna ke thebe Etla Mphemisa lefo

Nyakallo ke e fumane Tseleng ya morena
Dira honna di qhallane Ke hloletswe ke wean

Ore honna ke lelale Ke tshepe lehodimo
Moeti ha a kgathale Ho peptywa ke modimo

Ketla opa ka diatla Ketlare halleluya
Halleluya usi matla Senkanyang lehodimong

English

Your Burden is Light
Your burden is light It lifts my heart
My belief is my shield That saves me from death

I have found happiness In the Lord’s route
Enemies have scattered He has defeated them for me

I’ll wait with expectation
And trust in heaven
When I’m tired, the Lord will carry me.

Thapelo
(Prayer)

Thapelo tsa rona Ribine hosanna Hosana hodimo Hodimo no ntate X 3

Thapelo tsa rona Ribine hosana Hosana hodimo Hodimo ho ntate

English –

In our prayers we should sing Hosanna Hosanna in the highest to the father

Masigye’bo
(Let’s Dance)

We baba kumnandi e Soweto madoda Kumnandi e Soweto We baba kumnandi e Soweto Madoda Kumnandi e Soweto Sis ho ngoba? Sihlala ngo thando noxolo Masigiye bo masigiye nge njabulo

English –

Life is good in Soweto Becase we stay in love and peace So let’s dance in happiness

Asimbonanga
(We Didn’t See)

Asimbonanga Asimbonanga u Mandela thina
Laphe khona Laphe hleli khona

Sithi he wean Hei wena Hei wena nawe
Sofika nini Lasiyakhona

Asimbonanga Asimgonanga u Mandela thina
Laphe khona Laphe hleli khona

English –

We didn’t see Mandela
We didn’t know where he was
And we didn’t know where he stayed
Hey you and when will we reach our desgination
But we didn’t see Mandela

 

Lelilungelo Ngelakho
(Traditional Zulu)

Emaweni we baba Silala emaweni
Emaweni we baba Silala emaweni

Emaweni we baba Sila emaweni
Elakho mnganami Lelilungelo ngelakho

English

Emaweni – in the valley
We sleep in the valley
This is your beliefs my friend

He who does not know thinks that he knows
He who knows just do the right thing