Show Me The Way, My Brother
(Iph'Indlela)

 

Words and Music by :  

Recorded by Harry Belafonte:
Recording date: 1965
Playing time: 3:10
LP :  LSP3420
Tape: FTP-1308
CD:  ND89871


Lyrics: 
(in Zulu)

I-I-Iph' indlela
I-I-Iph' indlela
I-I-Iph' indlela
I-I-Iph' indlela
I-I-Iph' indlela
I-I-Iph' indlela

Xhawulani siyahamba, mah
Xhawulani siyahamba, mah
Xhawulani s'welele yeke khaya mah ngalena
Xhawulani siyahamba , mah
Xhawulani siyahamba , mah
Xhawulani s'welele yeke khaya mah ngalena

I-I-Iph' indlela
I-I-Iph' indlela
I-I-Iph' indlela
I-I-Iph' indlela
I-I-Iph' indlela
I-I-Iph' indlela

Woza hamba nami, wemntakwethu
Ungibonise yonk' indlela
Ungibonise yonk' indlela
Yonk' indlela yenkululeko

Iyo, Iyo, iph' indlela; Iyo, Iyo, iph' indlela
Iyo mama iph' indlela , Iyo mama iph' indlela

Hayibo! Hayibo!

English translation:

Where is the Way?
Where is the Way?
Where is the Way?
Where is the Way?
Where is the Way?
Where is the Way?

Shake hands (goodbye) we are going mama
Shake hands (goodbye) we are going mama
Shake hands we are going home abroad mama (in exile)
Shake hands, we are going mama
Shake hands, we are going mama
Shake hands, we are going home abroad mama

Come with me, my dear
Show me the way to my home
Show me the way to my home
All the way to freedom

That's the way That's the way; Where is the way?
That's the way; That's the way: Where is the way?
Where is the way, mama? Where is the way, mama?

Hey!
Hey!