Текст и перевод песни Refentse - Halala Afrika

Halala Afrika

Toe die wêreld hier nog jong was en die horison wyd en oop
Was dit groen hier in die halfrond, suid van die ewenaar
En in die skemer as die son sak en die beeste huis toe loop
Klink die roepstem van die vrouwe oor die heuvels van die land:
Halala, ewig is ons Afrika.
Tula tula mtanami, tula tula sanaboni, tula tula mtanami,
Ubab uzobuya sihlale naye, ubab uzobuya sihlale sonke, Hmmm-Hmmm

Toe kom die skepe uit die weste, wit seile oor die see
Om te vra vir koos en water en te bly vir so veel meer.
En die land wat een tyd oop was, die land het ons verruil
Vir die ghetto's van die stede is ons koperdraad gegee.
Halala, ewig is ons Afrika
Halala, sasiphila, kamnandi, halala, mayibuye Afrika
Tula tula mtanami, tula tula sanaboni, tula tula mtanami,
Ubab uzobuya sihlale naye, ubab uzobuya sihlale sonke, Hmmm-Hmmm

Daar was rykdom in die maag van ons moeder Afrika
Diamante en ook steenkool, goud, edel metaal
En die mense word die slawe hier want die mense word betaal
Om te tonnel in die aarde elke greintjie uit te haal
En die groot en oop grasvlaktes span dit toe met doringdraad
En van die olifant tot die gemsbok al die diere moes kom buig
Voor die mag van die grootwildjagter voor die mag van sy groot geweer
Totdat net die stilte oorbly, totdat net die stilte heers.

Halala, ewig is ons Afrika.
Halala, sasiphila, kamnandi, halala, mayibuye Afrika
Sasidjapolutjoloythina
Halala, sasiphila, kamnandi, halala, mayibuye Afrika

Rejoice Africa

When the world was still young here and the horizon was wide and open
It was green here in the hemisphere, south of the equator
And in the twilight as the sun sets and the cattle go home
The voices of the women echo over the hills of the land:
Rejoice, eternal is our Africa.
Rest, my child, rest, my beloved, rest, my child,
Father will return, we will live with him, father will return, we will all live together, Hmmm-Hmmm

Then came the ships from the west, white sails over the sea
To ask for water and rest and to stay for so much more.
And the land that was once open, the land we bartered
For the ghettos of the cities, we were given copper wire.
Rejoice, eternal is our Africa
Rejoice, we are alive, wonderfully, rejoice, may Africa return
Rest, my child, rest, my beloved, rest, my child,
Father will return, we will live with him, father will return, we will all live together, Hmmm-Hmmm

There was wealth in the belly of our mother Africa
Diamonds and coal, gold, precious metal
And the people become slaves here because the people are paid
To tunnel into the earth to extract every ounce
And the great and open grasslands span it with barbed wire
And from the elephant to the springbok all the animals had to bow
Before the power of the big game hunter before the power of his big gun
Until only silence remains, until only silence reigns.

Rejoice, eternal is our Africa.
Rejoice, we are alive, wonderfully, rejoice, may Africa return
We are united in our misery
Rejoice, we are alive, wonderfully, rejoice, may Africa return