Johnny Clegg & Savuka, “Asimbonanga (Mandela)”

 

Asimbonanga / Asimbonang’ uMandela thina / Laph’ekhona / Laph’ehleli khona…

Oh the sea is cold and the sky is grey / Look across the Island into the Bay / We are all islands till comes the day / We cross the burning water

Asimbonanga / Asimbonang’ uMandela thina / Laph’ekhona / Laph’ehleli khona…

A seagull wings across the sea / Broken silence is what I dream / Who has the words to close the distance / Between you and me?

Asimbonanga / Asimbonang’ uMandela thina / Laph’ekhona / Laph’ehleli khona…

Stephen Biko

Asimbonanga / Asimbonang ’umfowethu thina / Laph’ekhona / Laph’wafela khona

Victoria Mxenge

Asimbonanga / Asimbonang ’umfowethu thina / Laph’ekhona / Laph’wafela khona

Neil Aggett

Asimbonanga / Asimbonang ’umfowethu thina / Laph’ekhona / Laph’wafela khona

Hey wena / Hey wena nawe / Siyofika nini la’ siyakhona?…

Asimbonanga / Asimbonang’ uMandela thina / Laph’ekhona / Laph’ehleli khona…

[By Johnny Clegg © Emi Records Ltd., 1987]

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