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Sea Green Singers - Siya Hamba - Singing for a better world - To see an enlarged A4 image click on the image, for words click here

Siya Hamba - We are Singing for a better world
Siya hamba me ni loko lo,
Siya hamba me ni loko lo (x2)
Siya hamba hamba, siya hamba, hamba
Siya hamba me ni loko lo (x2)

Siya ham b'eka meni loko lo
(Strawberry Thieves say this means We are singing for a better world and not the name of God, as in the original Xhosa version. To hear the pronunciation click here).

French
Nous demandons la vraie paix sur terre,
Nous demandons la vraie paix sur terre.
Nous demandons, nous demandons
Nous demandons la vraie paix sur terre

Spanish
Caminando a lograr la paz
Caminando a lograr la paz (x2)
Caminando, cami, Caminando, cami
Caminando a lograr la paz (x2)

We are marching in the name of peace
We are marching in the name of peace(x2)
We are marching, marching, we are .marching, marching
we are marching in the name of peace(x2)

We are singing for a better world
We are singing for a better world (x2)
We are singing, singing, we are singing, singing
we are singing for a better world (x2)

We are dancing in the name of peace etc.

Hebrew

Anu tzo a deem lik rat shalom
Anu tzo a deem lik rat shalom (x2)
Anu tzo a, tzo a, Anu tzo a, deem
Anu tzo a deem lik rat shalom (x2)

Arabic
Nasseeru min-aj-li aslaam
Nasseeru min-aj-li aslaam (x2)
Nasseeru (pause), Nasseeru (pause)
Nasseeru min-aj-li aslaam (x2)