Walima' Mabele Letra

[I have journeyed until I came to the land of Mooi River]

Umhlaba waphenduka kulonyaka

[For this year the earth has been changed]

Ilanga lakhipha umkhovo etsheni

[The hot sun drives creatures out from under the stones]

Imvula kayikho madoda

[Oh man, there is no rain]

Umuntu walima' mabele

[And a person has ploughed his millet]

Chorus:

Walima' Mabele [he has ploughed the millet]

Walima' Mabele imvula ka yikhoo

[He has ploughed the millet and there is no rain]

Madoda [Oh men]

Walima' Mabele uusizi lupbhokile

[He has ploughed the millet and destitution is rife]

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

Chorus

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

Chorus

Who has undone the rain

I heardy our 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?