Walima 'Mabele

Ngaze ngahamba mina
Ngashona emoliva
Umhlaba waphenduka kulonyaka
Ilanga lakhipha umkhovo etsheni
Imvula kayikho madoda
Umuntu walima’mabele
Walima’Mabele
Walima’Mabele imvula ka yikhoo
Madoda
Walima’Mabele uusizi lupbhokile
Madoda
Walima’Mabele
The sky is clear across the land
Not a cloud for empty hands
Who has undone the rain?
Waiting for a windy day.
To blow them along to a land of plenty
Will I every see your people here again?
'Cause I heard them singing
Families turn the dry earth
Burning, burning, burning
Who has undone the rain?
Can it be the answer lies
In a smile from forgotten times
Will I ever see your face again?
'Cause I heard them singing
Who has undone the rain
I heard your people calling out
On the dry plains of Africa
Nothing grows, nothing shows a breath of life
Dry dust in the morning light
I heard them singing
Give them your love -- lead them to a land of plenty
Will I ever see your people here again?
I heard them singing -- I heard them calling out your name
Will I ever see your face again?