Land that makes me so forlorn How I yearn for your secrets old Glories that were long for told That exiled here my soul can’t hold The joy and pain of growth unfolds In foreign lands the knowledge grows Of memories that stir the fire That scourge the brain with fierce desires Heavy thoughts and weary minds Can’t shake this dreary lethargy Of impotence in dream denied That leave me restless through the night So many lies, blatant disrespect The times draws near we won’t need no tact To rid the land of an alien rat That rapes my home my land dissects !! The shameless hoax, a stalling plan Of barren lands called bantu stands With drought and famine in the air And swollen bellies eyes that stare Now I.M.F. loans build nuclear plants Aid bombing raids on frontline states In Sun City they fantasize In the golden city, Soweto is the price But through it all, I hear the guns Blood river sounds of distant drums The throbbing pulse with life resounding That spells out hope and keep on fighting O rumbling mountains Ukhahlamba I hear your voice in the belly of the earth Sizo lilweli lizwe lethu, Mayibuyi’ Africa Sizo lilweli lizwe lethu, Mayibuyi’ Africa AZANIA AZANIA AZANIA Kusobalwa ukuthi Sezi Dumela Eman’ sumpeni (translation) The time of change Is drawing near There is no other way that’s clear