Ikliphu Yevidiyo
Ingoma
No more champagne
– No more cheeseburger
And the fireworks are through
– Kwaye iifireworks zidlula
Here we are, me and you
– Nathi-ndim lo
Feeling lost and feeling blue
– Ukuziva ulahlekile kwaye uziva uluhlaza
It’s the end of the party
– It’s the ending partying
And the morning seems so grey
– Kwaye kusasa kubonakala kungwevu
So unlike yesterday
– Ngokungafaniyo izolo
Now’s the time for us to say
– Lifikile ixesha lokuba sithethe
Happy New Year, Happy New Year
– Unyaka Omtsha Onoyolo, Unyaka Omtsha Onoyolo
May we all have a vision now and then
– Ngamana sonke singaba nombono ngoku nangamaxesha
Of a world where every neighbour is a friend
– Ihlabathi apho wonke ummelwane ungumhlobo
Happy New Year, Happy New Year
– Unyaka Omtsha Onoyolo, Unyaka Omtsha Onoyolo
May we all have our hopes, our will to try
– Ngamana sonke singanamathemba ethu, intando yethu yokuzama
If we don’t, we might as well lay down and die
– Ukuba asenzi njalo, sisenokulala size sife
You and I
– Mna nawe
Sometimes I see
– Ngamanye amaxesha ndiyabona
How the brave new world arrives
– Indlela ihlabathi elitsha elinesibindi elifika ngayo
And I see how it thrives
– Kwaye ndiyayibona indlela ekhula ngayo
In the ashes of our lives
– Eluthuthwini lobomi bethu
Oh yes, man is a fool
– Ewe, umntu uyisidenge
And he thinks he’ll be okay
– Think i’ll be okay
Dragging on, feet of clay
– Ukurhuqa, iinyawo zodongwe
Never knowing he’s astray
– Ungaze wazi ukuba ulahlekisiwe
Keeps on going anyway
– Always wander anyway
Happy New Year, Happy New Year
– Unyaka Omtsha Onoyolo, Unyaka Omtsha Onoyolo
May we all have a vision now and then
– Ngamana sonke singaba nombono ngoku nangamaxesha
Of a world where every neighbour is a friend
– Ihlabathi apho wonke ummelwane ungumhlobo
Happy New Year, Happy New Year
– Unyaka Omtsha Onoyolo, Unyaka Omtsha Onoyolo
May we all have our hopes, our will to try
– Ngamana sonke singanamathemba ethu, intando yethu yokuzama
If we don’t, we might as well lay down and die
– Ukuba asenzi njalo, sisenokulala size sife
You and I
– Mna nawe
Seems to me now
– Ngoku kubonakala kum
That the dreams we had before
– Ukuba amaphupha ebesinawo ngaphambili
Are all dead, nothing more
– Bonke bafile, akukho nto
Than confetti on the floor
– Kunokuba confetti phantsi
It’s the end of a decade
– Decadenza senile
In another ten years time
– Kweminye iminyaka elishumi
Who can say what we’ll find
– Ngubani onokukuxelela into esiyifumanayo
What lies waiting down the line
– Yintoni elele phantsi komgca
In the end of eighty-nine
– Ekupheleni kwamashumi asibhozo anesithoba
Happy New Year, Happy New Year
– Unyaka Omtsha Onoyolo, Unyaka Omtsha Onoyolo
May we all have a vision now and then
– Ngamana sonke singaba nombono ngoku nangamaxesha
Of a world where every neighbour is a friend
– Ihlabathi apho wonke ummelwane ungumhlobo
Happy New Year, Happy New Year
– Unyaka Omtsha Onoyolo, Unyaka Omtsha Onoyolo
May we all have our hopes, our will to try
– Ngamana sonke singanamathemba ethu, intando yethu yokuzama
If we don’t, we might as well lay down and die
– Ukuba asenzi njalo, sisenokulala size sife
You and I
– Mna nawe
