Dances of The Ancients
Jabu
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Listen to the drummers as they drum Listen to the voices as they sing Clap your hands and blow your whistles loud Listen to the voices as they praise Thin'abantu Thina sizwe Thin'abantu s'khuthaz'uzwano Thin'abantu Thina sizwe Thin'abantu s'khuthaz'uthando They point up and down and they hit the ground In aspiration to be united with the earth Dancing for both the living and the silent The paradise is not in the sky This is the dances of the ancients (Thin'abantu sinozwano) The paradise is not in the sky This is the dances of the ancients (Thin'abantu sinozwano) Thin'abantu Thina sizwe Thin'abantu s'khuthaz'uzwano Thin'abantu Thina sizwe Thin'abantu s'khuthaz'uthando Thin'abantu Thina sizwe Thin'abantu s'khuthaz'uzwano Thin'abantu Thina sizwe Thin'abantu s'khuthaz'uthando Thin'abantu Thina sizwe Thin'abantu s'khuthaz'uzwano Dances of the Ancients I say listen to the drummers as they drum Listen to the praise poems from the poets Clap your hands and blow your whistle Ushaye ivududu kanye nempempe Lift your feet high above the sky Ushaye umgxivizo nomdebulo Let your feet touch the ground and let the earth resound (Thuthuka, thuthuka Africa) Resound to remind our ancestors in the underground world To convey messages to uMvelinqangi (Thuthuka, thuthuka Africa) We dance as we sing and we sing as we dance Dancing for both the living and the silent The paradise is not in the sky (Thin'abantu Thina sizwe) But in the underground world of ancestral Africa Listen to the beat (Thin'abantu Thina sizwe Thin'abantu s'khuthaz'uzwano) Listen to the feeling Dance to the central symbol of creation uMvelinqangi This is the dances of the ancients This is the dances of the ancients (Thin'abantu) Thina sizwe Thin'abantu s'khuthaz'uzwano (siph'uthando) Siph'uthando Siph'uzwano Siph'uthando Lalela Africa (Thuthuka, thuthuka Africa) Oh mamela Listen to the drummers as they drum Listen to the voices as they sing Clap your hands and blow your whistles loud Listen to the voices as they praise Listen to the drummers as they drum Listen to the voices as they sing Clap your hands and blow your whistles loud Listen to the voices as they praise Listen to the drummers as they drum Listen to the voices as they sing Clap your hands and blow your whistles loud Listen to the voices as they sing
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Written by: JABU KHANYILE, THAPELO KHOMO, SIPHO SITHOLE
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