Ividyo Kliphu
Lyrics
No more champagne
– Akusekho i champagne
And the fireworks are through
– Futhi iziqhumane seziphelile
Here we are, me and you
– Nansi, mina nawe
Feeling lost and feeling blue
– Ukuzizwa ulahlekile nokuzizwa uluhlaza
It’s the end of the party
– Ukuphela kwephathi
And the morning seems so grey
– Futhi ekuseni kubonakala kunombala ompunga
So unlike yesterday
– Ngokungafani neze nezolo
Now’s the time for us to say
– Manje yisikhathi sokuba sithi
Happy New Year, Happy New Year
– Unyaka Omusha Ojabulisayo, Unyaka Omusha Ojabulisayo
May we all have a vision now and then
– Kwangathi sonke singaba nombono ngezikhathi ezithile
Of a world where every neighbour is a friend
– Izwe lapho wonke umakhelwane engumngane
Happy New Year, Happy New Year
– Unyaka Omusha Ojabulisayo, Unyaka Omusha Ojabulisayo
May we all have our hopes, our will to try
– Kwangathi sonke singaba namathemba ethu, intando yethu yokuzama
If we don’t, we might as well lay down and die
– Uma singakwenzi lokho, singase silale phansi sife
You and I
– Mina nawe
Sometimes I see
– Ngezinye izikhathi ngiyabona
How the brave new world arrives
– Indlela izwe elisha elinesibindi elifika ngayo
And I see how it thrives
– Futhi ngiyabona ukuthi ikhula kanjani
In the ashes of our lives
– Emathunzini ezimpilo zethu
Oh yes, man is a fool
– Yebo, umuntu uyisiphukuphuku
And he thinks he’ll be okay
– Futhi ucabanga ukuthi uzolunga
Dragging on, feet of clay
– Ukudonsa, izinyawo zobumba
Never knowing he’s astray
– Angazi ukuthi udukile
Keeps on going anyway
– Iqhubeka noma kunjalo
Happy New Year, Happy New Year
– Unyaka Omusha Ojabulisayo, Unyaka Omusha Ojabulisayo
May we all have a vision now and then
– Kwangathi sonke singaba nombono ngezikhathi ezithile
Of a world where every neighbour is a friend
– Izwe lapho wonke umakhelwane engumngane
Happy New Year, Happy New Year
– Unyaka Omusha Ojabulisayo, Unyaka Omusha Ojabulisayo
May we all have our hopes, our will to try
– Kwangathi sonke singaba namathemba ethu, intando yethu yokuzama
If we don’t, we might as well lay down and die
– Uma singakwenzi lokho, singase silale phansi sife
You and I
– Mina nawe
Seems to me now
– Kubonakala kimi manje
That the dreams we had before
– Ukuthi amaphupho esasinawo ngaphambili
Are all dead, nothing more
– Bonke bafile, akukho okunye
Than confetti on the floor
– Kunama-confetti phansi
It’s the end of a decade
– Sekuphele iminyaka eyishumi
In another ten years time
– Eminyakeni eyishumi eyalandela
Who can say what we’ll find
– Ubani ongasho lokho esizokuthola
What lies waiting down the line
– Yini elindele emgqeni
In the end of eighty-nine
– Ekupheleni kweminyaka engamashumi ayisishiyagalombili nesishiyagalolunye
Happy New Year, Happy New Year
– Unyaka Omusha Ojabulisayo, Unyaka Omusha Ojabulisayo
May we all have a vision now and then
– Kwangathi sonke singaba nombono ngezikhathi ezithile
Of a world where every neighbour is a friend
– Izwe lapho wonke umakhelwane engumngane
Happy New Year, Happy New Year
– Unyaka Omusha Ojabulisayo, Unyaka Omusha Ojabulisayo
May we all have our hopes, our will to try
– Kwangathi sonke singaba namathemba ethu, intando yethu yokuzama
If we don’t, we might as well lay down and die
– Uma singakwenzi lokho, singase silale phansi sife
You and I
– Mina nawe
