Asimbonanga
Asimbonang' u Mandela thina
Laph'ekhona
Laph'ehleli khona

Asimbonanga
Asimbonang' u Mandela thina
Laph'ekhona
Laph'ehleli khona

Oh the sea is cold and the sky is grey
Look across the Island into the Bay
We are all islands 'til comes the day
We cross the burning water

Asimbonanga
Asimbonang' u Mandela thina
Laph'ekhona
Laph'ehleli khona

Asimbonanga
Asimbonang' u Mandela thina
Laph'ekhona
Laph'ehleli khona

A seagull wings across the sea
Broken silence is what I dream
Who has the words to close the distance
Between you and me

Asimbonanga
Asimbonang' u Mandela thina
Laph'ekhona
Laph'ehleli khona

Asimbonanga
Asimbonang' u Mandela thina
Laph'ekhona
Laph'ehleli khona

Steven Biko

Asimbonanga
Asimbonang 'umfowethu thina
Laph'ekhona
Laph'wafela khona

Victoria Mxenge

Asimbonanga
Asimbonang 'umfowethu thina
Laph'ekhona
Laph'wafela khona

Neil Aggett

Asimbonanga
Asimbonang 'umfowethu thina
Laph'ekhona
Laph'wafela khona

Hey wena
Hey wena nawe
Siyofika nini la' siyakhona, la'siyakhona

Hey wena
Hey wena nawe
Siyofika nini la' siyakhona, la'siyakhona

Asimbonanga
Asimbonang' u Mandela thina
Laph'ekhona
Laph'ehleli khona

Asimbonanga
Asimbonang' u Mandela thina
Laph'ekhona
Laph'ehleli khona

Asimbonanga
Asimbonang' u Mandela thina
Laph'ekhona
Laph'ehleli khona

Asimbonanga
Asimbonang' u Mandela thina
Laph'ekhona
Laph'ehleli khona


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Asimbonanga (Mandela) Lyrics as written by Jonathan Paul Clegg

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    We have not seen him... and we will never see him again...

    mpenguinon December 07, 2013   Link
  • 0
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    Gone but not 4gotten, his legacy lives on.

    angaon December 15, 2013   Link
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    Will always be remembered for the good he's done

    Sannerh99on July 26, 2019   Link
  • -1
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    Poignant, hauntingly beautiful piece.... Resonates so strongly with my teenage years, spent in South Africa.

    pausheon December 06, 2013   Link

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