Juluka - Walima 'mabele lyrics
rate meNgaze ngahamba mina<br />
Ngashona emoliva<br />
[I have journeyed until I came to the land of Mooi River]<br />
Umhlaba waphenduka kulonyaka<br />
[For this year the earth has been changed]<br />
Ilanga lakhipha umkhovo etsheni<br />
[The hot sun drives creatures out from under the stones]<br />
Imvula kayikho madoda<br />
[Oh man, there is no rain]<br />
Umuntu walima' mabele<br />
[And a person has ploughed his millet]<br />
Chorus:<br />
Walima' Mabele [he has ploughed the millet]<br />
Walima' Mabele imvula ka yikhoo<br />
[He has ploughed the millet and there is no rain]<br />
Madoda [Oh men]<br />
Walima' Mabele uusizi lupbhokile<br />
[He has ploughed the millet and destitution is rife]<br />
Madoda<br />
Walima' Mabele<br />
The sky is clear across the land<br />
Not a cloud for empty hands<br />
Who has undone the rain?<br />
Waiting for a windy day.<br />
To blow them along to a land of plenty<br />
Will I every see your people here again?<br />
'Cause I heard them singing<br />
Chorus<br />
Families turn the dry earth<br />
Burning, burning, burning<br />
Who has undone the rain?<br />
Can it be the answer lies<br />
In a smile from forgotten times<br />
Will I ever see your face again?<br />
'Cause I heard them singing<br />
Chorus<br />
Who has undone the rain<br />
I heard your people calling out<br />
On the dry plains of Africa<br />
Nothing grows, nothing shows a breath of life<br />
Dry dust in the morning light<br />
I heard them singing<br />
Give them your love -- lead them to a land of plenty<br />
Will I ever see your people here again?<br />
I heard them singing -- I heard them calling out your name<br />
Will I ever see your face again?
