The best national anthem I have ever heard ! Click on link to listen.
I do not know in which South African language the first two verses are,
the third verse is in Afrikaans (I understand most of it),
the last one in a language spoken on a foggy European island.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ow40LQs0ue4
N’Kosi Sikelel’iAfrica
National Anthem of South Africa
Miriam Makeba & Others
This is the official version of the national anthem, combining
Nkosi sikelel’ iAfrika and Die Stem / The Call of South Africa
Nkosi sikelel’ iAfrika
Maluphakanyisw’ uphondo lwayo,
Yizwa imithandazo yethu,
Nkosi sikelela, thina lusapho lwayo.
Morena boloka setjhaba sa heso,
O fedise dintwa la matshwenyeho,
O se boloke, O se boloke setjhaba sa heso,
Setjhaba sa South Afrika – South Afrika.
Uit die blou van onse hemel,
Uit die diepte van ons see,
Oor ons ewige gebergtes,
Waar die kranse antwoord gee,
Sounds the call to come together,
And united we shall stand,
Let us live and strive for freedom,
In South Africa our land.
