WAQAMB' AMANGA MUS' UKUQAMB' AMANGA
[you were lying, do not tell lies]
WANGI QAMBELA AMANGA UFUNA UKUNGILAHLISA
ITHEMBA LAMI WEMAME!
[You told lies, trying to mislead me,
so that I would give up my faith and hope.]
WASHO NJALO! WATHI IKUSASA LETHU
SELIMNYAMA HAWU WASI QAMBELA AMANGA
[that is what you said -- you said that our future is hopeless,
our tomorrow is bleak, you were lying,
trying to mislead us]
NGEKE SIVUMA -- NGEKE SILAHLA ITEMBA
[No can do! we will never relinquish our faith]
Chorus:
KUZULONGA UKUTHI NINI? ASAZI!
[Everything will be all right --
It's just when this will be, we cannot know]
KUZOLONGA WENA 'MNGANE WAMI
[Everything will come right, I tell you friend]]
MASUKU LAHLA ITHEMBA LAKHO
[Do not throw away your hope]
MINA NGAPHA WENA NGAPHA SIZOYI BAMBA
[Me holding on one side, you holding on the other side
together we will pull through]
THINA NAWE, THINA NAWE
[you and me, you and me]
UMOYA WAMI ONAKELE