Lyrics and translation Johnny Clegg & Savuka - Ibhola Lethu (Our Football Team)

Ibhola Lethu (Our Football Team)

Ithikiti esandleni -
Ma wezibukeli zonke ezakithi! (twice)
(Tickets in your hands all you spectators of ours!)
0 Narnhlanje sizoqeda zonke
Izinkulumo, wezibukeli zonke zakithi.
(This is the day when we will put an
End to all the big talk)

Sibuz' obani, bengathint' ibhola lethu
(We want to know who can beat us at our football)
Lapha sihiangana khona bazokhala abanti?
(Where ever we clash with our opposition it is so
Spectacular that the crowd roars its approval)
Sibuz' obani, bengathint' ibhola lethu
(We want to know who will dare to touch our football)
Lapha sihiangana khona, bazodela inkani
(Where ever we clash with another team, their
Resistance just crumbles)
Qina, qina wezinsizwa, usho unompempme webakithi
(Two times)
(The referee says to all the young players: prepare
Yourselves!)
Anogijima ne bhol' elihie, zibukeli zishay'
Amakhwele! - Usho
Unompempe webakithi. (run well with the ball so that
The spectators get so exited
That they whistle loudly - says the referee)

Notre équipe de football (Ibhola Lethu)

Les billets dans tes mains -
Tous les spectateurs sont avec nous ! (deux fois)
(Tickets in your hands all you spectators of ours!)
Aujourd'hui, nous allons mettre fin à toutes
Les grandes paroles, tous les spectateurs sont avec nous.
(This is the day when we will put an
End to all the big talk)

Dis-moi qui ose toucher à notre ballon ?
(We want to know who can beat us at our football)
Là où nous nous affrontons, la foule rugit de plaisir ?
(Where ever we clash with our opposition it is so
Spectacular that the crowd roars its approval)
Dis-moi qui ose toucher à notre ballon ?
(We want to know who will dare to touch our football)
Là où nous nous affrontons, la résistance s'effondre
(Where ever we clash with another team, their
Resistance just crumbles)
Soyez forts, soyez forts, jeunes joueurs, c'est l'arbitre qui le dit
(Two times)
(The referee says to all the young players: prepare
Yourselves!)
Courez avec le ballon, les spectateurs sifflent,
Ils sont fous !- dit
L'arbitre. (run well with the ball so that
The spectators get so exited
That they whistle loudly - says the referee)