Yibo Labo
Ladysmith Black Mambazo Lyrics

Anibosibheka thina zinsizwa
We are looking at each other, girls

Anibosibheka, usho thina, anibosibheka thina
We are looking at each other, we are greeting each other

Anibosibheka thina, singamaBlack Mambazo
We are looking at each other, as members of the Black Mambazo

Abanye bathi thina singamaDurban Choir
Some say we are the Durban Choir

Abanye bathi thina singabaQulusi
Some say we are from Qulusi

Abanye bathi thina singamaMbazo amnyama
Some say we are the Black Mambazo

Wobhasobha wethu ungasitheli ezinkunzini
Our brightness cannot be covered by the bushes

Yith' enibos' bhasobha
Here it is, we are shining

Yith' izingwenya
Here it is, the crocodiles

Bhasobha ukus' thel' enkunzini, la
We are shimmering even to the mountains

Iyabhomb' i-Black Mambazo, o, mama ngemuk’
The Black Mambazo is known, oh, mother, far and wide

He, nam’hla semukayo
Oh, today we are singing as one

Ziyemith' emashendeni kodwa kaziboni
They are crying while walking, but I can't see why

Kokhal' abazali emakhaya bafana
The parents are crying at home, children

Ziyemitha
They are crying

Ziyemith' emashendeni kokhal' umama
They are crying while walking, the mother is crying

Ziyemitha kokhal' umama
They are crying, the mother is crying

Kodwa kaziboni kuyokhal' umama
But I can see that the mother will soon cry

Ngiphelezele mama
Please forgive me, mother

Ngiphelezele mama ngifunukuy' emfuleni
Please forgive me, mother, as I don't want to die in the river

Amanz' awekho ngisaba lomuntu omude
There's no water, I'm afraid as a helpless person

Ngisaba lomunt' omude (Ngisaba lomunt' omude)
I'm afraid as a helpless person (I'm afraid as a helpless person)

Sangena sangena thina
We are entering, we are entering

Sangena sangena, bonke bayokhala
We are entering, we are entering, and everyone will cry

Sisho le emakhaya ngob' intombi ikhetha emthandayo (Vuma nsizwa)
We say this in our homes, that a girl chooses the one she loves (Agree, young man)

Awu, intombi mayiqome la ithanda khona
Oh, the girl will stay where she loves

Wena musukulwa ngoba intomb' ikhetha emthandayo (Vuma nsizwa)
You, young man, stay strong because the girl chooses the one she loves (Agree, young man)

Intombi mayiqoma iqoma la ithanda khona
The girl will stay where she loves

Yibo laba (Yibo laba abafana)
Here they are (Here are the boys)

Bangikhumbuz' ekhaya
They remind me of home

O, yibo labo ngempela, mama
Oh, they are truly here, mother

Yibo (Yibo labo)
Here they are (Here they are)

Yibo. Yibo. Yibo. Yibo (O, ngibabonile abafana baMambazo, nabo)
Here. Here. Here. Here (Oh, I see the boys from the Mambazo, there)

Yibo. Yibo. Yibo (O, kudala ngahamba ekhaya labo ngingabuy')
Here. Here. Here. (Oh, it's been a long time since I left their home, I'm not going back)

Yibo. Yibo. Yibo (O, ngiyabakuhumbul' abazali, amen)
Here. Here. Here. (Oh, I remember their parents, amen)

Yibo. Yibo (Yibo labo ngempela baseMnambithi)
Here. Here (They are truly from Mnambithi)

Yibo. Yibo (Bang'khumbuz' ekhaya, eMnambithi)
Here. Here (They remind me of home, in Mnambithi)

Yibo. Yibo (Bang'khumbuz' ekhaya, mama, yebo)
Here. Here (They remind me of home, mother, yes)

Yibo. Yibo (Yibo labo ngempela, bang'khumbuz' ekhaya)
Here. Here (They are truly here, they remind me of home)