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]