Joy

(Zulu)
Iskhathi sesifikile ngani yami
(The time has come, my dear)
Esokuhleke, esokughida, esokujabula
(To laugh, to laugh, to be happy)
Yithi thina, umhlaba wo khokho
(It is us, the land of our ancestors)
Enime kuwo nge nkululeko
(Who stood in it with freedom)
Inkululeko yo gogo nabomkhulu
(The freedom of our grandparents)
Abanga yazi ingindezelo
(Who do not know punishment)
Abangayazi inhlukumezo
(Who do not know violence)
Abezi nhliziyo ezigewele uthando
(And whose hearts are full of love)
Invikelo,ingondlo, nokudala okuhle
(Protection, sustenance, and good creation)
Ukufunda, nokufundisa, ukuphilisa noku phila
(Learning, and teaching, healing and living)
Nje ngomuntu, nabantu
(Just for a person, and for people)
Vmoya woku hamba uku khula
(The spirit is going to grow)
Nokukhanya Vuka Muntu
(And the light Rise up my child)
Ghidha ngan ya kwantu
(Walk on the people's side)
Igazi licithiwe
(Blood has been shed)
Isikweledu si khokhiwe
(Debt has been paid)
Yiskhathi senjabulo
(It's a time of happiness)
Lona umghidhi wakho, leli yilanga lakha
(This is your birthday, this is your sun)
Sukuma Muntu
(Get up my child)
Khuphuka ngoni umemeza nge Njabulo
(Get up, and shout with joy)
Iskhathi sesifikile sekunjalo
(The time has come and it is so!)