The Lioness Hunt (Zulu)
Ah ha hayi (ya): (roaring sounds) We baba (WEH bah-bah): Oh, father.
Zingela, siyoz ingela, baba (zeen-GEH-Iah see-YO zeen-GEH-Iah bah-bah): Hunt-let's go hunt, father.
Hi baba (HAl bah-bah): Oh, father.
S'qhubekeni, siyo zingela (S<click>OO-beh-KEH-nee see-YO zeen-GEH-Iah): Let's proceed - let's go hunt.
The Stampede (Zulu)
Yona yona yona(YOH-nah YOH-nah YOH-nah): Here it comes!
Baba, wami baba(BAH-bah WAHMEE BAH-bah): Father, oh my father!
The Mourning
Hamela, hamela, hamela (HAH-meh-lah): (breathy expression of grief)
Hakuna Matata (Swahili)
Hakuna matata (hah-KOO-nah mah-TAH-tah): No worries.
Shadowland (Setswana, Zulu)
Fatshe leso lea halalela (FAT-SEE LEH-SOO LEE-AH HAH-Iah-LEH-Lah):This land of our ancestors is holy. (Setswana)
Ngizo buyabo (GEE-zoh BOO-yah-boh): I will return. (Zulu)
Beso bo(BEH-soo boh): My people. (Setswana)
Tamatiso (Zulu)
Tamatiso, a so, a helele ma (tah-mah-tee-SOH ah SOH ah HEH-Ieh-leh MAH):
(A popular South African nursery rhyme underscoring children's fondness for ketchup / tomato sauce)
He Lives in You (Zulu)
lngonyama nengwe 'namabala (een-gon-YAH-mah NEN-gweh nah-mah-BAH Iah):
The lion wears the leopard spots. (denotes royalty)
Oh oh iyo (OH OH ee-YOH): (ancestral echoes that imply "This is it!")
Mamela (MAH-meh-lah): Listen.
Ubukhosi bokhokho (00-boo-KHOH-see boh-KHOH-khoh): This is the throne of our ancestors!
We ndodana ye sizwe sonke (WEN doh-DAH-nah yehSEEZ-we SOHNk): Oh, this son of our nation!
Hela, hem marnela (HEH-Iah HEM mah-MEH-Iah): Pay attention and experience this.
Finale (Zulu)
Busa le lizwe bo (BOO-sah leh LEEZ-weh boh): Rule this precious land.
Busa lomhlaba (BOO-sah LOM-hhlah-bah): Rule this earth.
Busa ngo thando bo (BOO-san GO TAN-do boh): Rule with love.
Oh, busa Simba iyo (oh BOO-sah SEEM-bah YOH): Oh, rule, Simba.
