(1) Tatazela
(2) Crocodile Love
(3) Tholakele
(4) Studla Sami
(5) Isoka Lizokuthatha
(6) Journey's End
(7) Umuzi Wami
(8) Circle of Light
(9) Thandazani
(10) Ubaba Akalele
(11) Makhelwane
(12) Love Is Just A Dream
Refer to The Best of Juluka, copyright 1996 Rhythm Safari Records.
All lyrics on this page are copyright 1997 HRBV Music. All rights reserved. Reprinted by permission only.
'Sishimane gijima ushon' ezinyangeni
Uyamazi nkunzi emnyama? (X2)
(Hey! unsuccessful lover man, you had better hurry to a magician,
Do you know one called "the Black Bull"?)
Igama lami nkunzi emnyama
(My name is Black Bull)
Yimi nkunzi emnyama
(I am Black Bull)
Ngicitha amasoka
(I can magically defeat your rivals in love)
'Sishimane gijima ushon' ezinyangeni
Kuyo tatazela amasoka
(Hey! unsuccessful lover man, hurry to a magician,
and he will cause all your rivals to become insecure)
Isoka latatazela
(The amorous young buck is nervous because....)
Intombi ifuna ukwendlala
(The young girl wants to stay the night)
Itshitshi limnandi, itshitshi limnandi njengoshukela
(A virgin is sweet, a virgin is sugar sweet)
'Sishimane gijima ushon' ezinyangeni
(Hey unsuccessful lover man....)
Azokwehlula amasoka
(your amorous rivals will coax away your girl)
Wo! dem buladi fhulu, nkunzi emnyama Igama lami nkunzi emnyama Chorus
Umoya wami onakele kunsela elangena I remember the summer but not the rain, I'm on the runway and I'm ready to fly Umoya wami onakele nansi inkinga I never quite know what you're going to do I'm on the runway, and I'm ready to fly This is not the one Wetholakele ngiyakuthanda Wayifakelani idelela mawulahla umlenze Chorus She's round like the moon, loves like a big monsoon Chorus Across her latitudes Chorus Sizwa ukukhala emzini wendoda Chorus Sizwa ukukhala emzini wendoda Chorus Every day now when I wake up How many times I've sat and prayed Chorus Indlela 'yasidedela Another highway, another mile How many nights I lie awake Chorus Sihamba singadlile, lasho ithumbo Chorus Kuthi angihambe, ngihamba lekhaya, ngidlala isangoma Sabula amanga isangoma Chorus Kuthi angihambe, ngihamba lekhaya, ngidlala isangoma Sabula amanga isangoma Chorus In the history of all dreams Chorus Between Jesus and my ancestors Chorus I will leave the house of my father Chorus Johnny: Sipho: Johnny: Sipho: Johnny: Sipho: Chorus Johnny: Sipho: Johnny: Sipho: Johnny: Sipho: Chorus Ngahlangana nomfo' kasibiya izolo Chorus Washo mfokasibiya wathi "Jonathan lalela lana Chorus
Ubaba akalele ekhaya, ugudla isibaya Impela ayikho into esifuna lemhlabeni madoda (X2) Chorus Something in the way she moves Igama lami 'nkunzi emnyama Standing on the corner Chorus We're sitting at the river's end Igama lami 'nkunzi emnyama Love is just a dream by another name
Wehlula amasoka, shona kunkunzi emnyama
(My name is Black Bull)
Inkunzi ecitha amasoka
(The bull that causes young men to lose their girlfriends)
Ngidida amasoka
(I am the one who with magic can upset the plans of amorous young men)
Crocodile Love
Lapha enhlizweni yami (X2)
(My spirits are down, a thief has entered my heart)
Laqegeza lathatha uthando lwami lonke,
ngasala ngingenalutho
(The thief has broken into my heart and taken all my love,
and I remain totally empty, I remain with nothing)
A memory of fire but not the pain
There's a vision in my head of a gun on the bed
A message in your eyes which your lips never said:
I know I'm going to find you under the sky
Oooh yea, it's a mighty fine day
Oooh yea, you are coming my way....
With your crocodile love.
I want your crocodile love.
Isingena enhlizweni yami (X2)
(My spirits are down, there's a problem
that has entered my heart)
Inyakaza ngaphakathi ingwenya
Ifuna ukungiqeda yami (X2)
(I feel it moving inside me, a crocodile,
it wants to devour me, I feel it moving inside my heart)
Heal my soul or cut me through
Like a sacrificial lamb
Like a green marine in Vietnam
If you touch me now I will fly like a bleeding dove
Oooh... I want your crocodile love.
I know I'll meet you under the sky
Oh yea, I'll come from above
Oh yea, I want your crocodile love...
This is the one
This is not the one....
Tholakele (A Girl's Name)
Wetholakele ungiphoxa ngento eyodwa wetholakele (X2)
(Tholakele I love you Tholakele
but you upset me badly over one thing...)
Wayifakelani ibeleza (X2)
(Why do you wear jeans and sell yourself in the street,
why do you wear bellbottoms?)
Wayifakelani idelela mawulahla umlenze
Wayifakelani ibeleza
(Why do you sell yourself and wear jeans and bellbottoms?)
Into-ni lo ongenza yona?
Uma ulahla umlenze, into-ni lo ongenza yona?
(What are you doing to me
by secretly streetwalking, what are you doing to me?)
Studla Sami (My Big Lady)
And she keeps me crazy
Like a great gondola on a midnight lake
She floats in my heart big and lazy
She says, "I'm your studla" (big lady)
I'm your cream cake
I'm your lucky packet
I'm your falling planet
I'll make your night sky dance for the sun."
Studla sami sihle
(My big lady is beautiful)
Sizwana namatonkomane
(and she loves peanuts)
Studla sami uma sigida
Kunyakaza wonke umhlaba
(my big lady, when she dances
the whole world shakes)
Shapes of coloured moods
Magic geometry
An appetite for words
She talks the sun to sleep
And invites the moon to touch her sea
She says, "I'm your studla" (big lady)
I'm your rushing ocean
I will never end
I am your true friend
You only conquered me
Because I let you
Isoka Lizokuthatha (A Young Man Will Take You Away)
(We hear crying in the home of a man)
Kukhala intombazane
(it is a young girl who is crying)
Ithi, "Wemama, ngiyesaba ukuya emzini
(She says, "Mama, I am afraid to go to the house of my husband-to-be)
Bathi ibodwe liyashisa
(they say his family is very difficult)
Wenhliziyo zami sezimbili
(my heart is divided into two,)
Enye ithi angihambe, enye ithi angibuye le khaya"
(one heart says I should go, the other heart says I should
stay here at home and not get married")
Thula mntanami nawe uyazi
(Be quiet, my child, you always knew the truth)
Thula mntanami isoka lizokuthatha
(Be quiet, my child, a young man will be coming to take
you away and marry you)
Thula mntanami nawe uyazi
(Be quiet, my child, you always knew)
Thula mntanami, uzohamba le khaya
(Be quite, my child, for you will have to leave your family
and your home, and join your husband's family)
Isoka lizokuthatha
(because a young man will take you away)
Lizokuthatha isoka
(he will take you, this young man)
(We hear crying in the home of a man)
Kukhala intombazane
(it is a young girl who is crying)
Ithi, "Uma ngikhumbula ukukhula kwami
(She says, "When I remember the good times I had growing up)
Phakhathi kwalomuzi kababa
(in the house of my father)
Ngiyesaba, ngiyesaba ukushiya ekhaya
(I become afraid, I become afraid of leaving home)
'Zinhliziyo zami sezimbili"
(My heart is split in two, I am so uncertain")
Journey's End (Emalonjeni)
You know I feel just a little bit stronger
I stir my coffee with the promise I'll find you
Although I know the road is much longer
I'd find some map to show the way
How many times I've felt each day
Laugh at me and just slip away
I don't know where you are
My eyes are fixed upon your star
I know that that at the journey's end
I will see your face again
(The way is now clear for us)
Sihamb' emalonjeni
(we begin our long journey)
Through the dreamtime, down the Nile
Under the desert sky blue
I have a picture of loving you
Feeling your footprints in my soul
How many miles will it now take
To fill this cup and make it whole
(We travel hungry, and our stomachs talk to us)
Umuzi Wami (My Family Home)
(I felt I should go, I should leave this home and visit a diviner)
-- Hawu! Ayikho into enjalo madoda! (X2)
(Hey! this is a fraudulent activity, you guys!)
(The diviner told me lies)
Samnuka umkami ekhaya
(and blamed my wife at home for all my misfortune)
Hawu! Ayikho into enjalo madoda!
(Hey! this is a fradulent activity, you guys!)
Muzi wami, udlala ngomuzi wami
(My home and family, the diviner tried to play with
my home and family, and destroy them)
(I felt I should go, I should leave this home and visit a diviner)
-- Hawu! Ayikho into enjalo madoda! (X2)
(Hey! this is a fraudulent activity, you guys!)
(The diviner told me lies)
Samnuka umkami ekhaya
(and blamed my wife at home for all my misfortune)
Hawu! Ayikho into enjalo madoda!
(Hey! this is a fradulent activity, you guys!)
Circle of Light
None has shone as brightly as you
Wrestling with your book of colours
Page by page I look for clues
From the gloom of my dark window
I know one day I will make that flight, I will.....
Step into your circle of light
Ye le le mama
Between my tribe and my "urban cool"
Lies a bridge never crossed by any other
I cross that distance with my sacred shoes
Who needs the stars if you can see the moon
Because in my dreams you keep shining through, I will....
Step into your circle of light
Ye le le mama
I'll cross your ocean tonight
Ye le le mama
Into your circle of light
I do not dream there any more
Dance across the silence of the future
And make for tomorrow's shifting shores
I've got the wind to my back
I've got the moon in my eye
I've got the earth beneath my feet and I'm steady
I've got to meet the dealer and trade a lost soul,
I feel strong and I'm ready....
Thandazani (Everybody Pray)
Eshe mfowethu! Ithini lenkunzana yasesemanzani?
(Hi there 'Bro! What does litte Bull from the place of waters, say?
Hayi, noma izacile isandonsa-nje
(No, even if the Bull is gaunt and thin, it still has a lot of life left in it)
Uthini mfowethu ngesimo esanamhlanje?
(What do you think, brother, about life in these times?)
Ithatha osemsamo lamhlahla emyango ngichaza abakini mangishonjalo
(Fortune has removed those from chosen positions and thrown them
out of the house. I am referring to some of your fellow countrymen who
were once in power.)
Ngibona abelungu betoyi-toyi eSandton bengasafuni ukukhokha irenti,
uthini ngalokhu mfowethu?
Kulomhlaba omusha yilo usho okuthandayo
(In this new country of ours, everyone and anyone has the right to
express themselves freely....)
Thandazani nani makholwa
(Everybody pray, including you Christians)
Namhlanje kunzima-nyana
(for today things are a little difficult)
Abazusazi ekhaya mhla sifika
(our families will not recognize us the day we arrive)
Ngoba saguka endleleni njenge thaya
(for we grow old on the road, like a car-tyre.)
Egoli ngabona umfazi eshaya indoda emhlala phansi ngemzuzwana
(In Johannesburg I saw a woman punch a man and knock him out in a
few seconds)
Namhlanje isandla 'somfazi sinjengesendoda
(Today a woman's hand is equal to that of a man)
Egoli ngabona umnikazi wegalaji oswela imoto
(In Johannesburg I saw the owner of a garage who didn't own a car)
Isicathulo se-shoemaker sicela ipapa
(and the shoemaker's shoes are hungry because they have holes in them
and the tongue is sticking out begging for porridge)
Bengithi ngishela intombi e-Hillbrow yangibuza ukuthi ngiphethe imalini
(I tried to chat up a girl in Hillbrow but she asked me how much money I had...)
Hawu! Ungakhohlwa ijazi lomwenyane, pasoba!
(Wow! Just don't forget the "son-in-laws' overcoat" [condom], watch out!)
Ubaba Akalele (My Father Is Not At Peace)
(I met up with Sibiya yesterday)
Wathi "We-Jonathan, angiphathekile kahle mina
(he said, "Jonathan, I am in a very bad way)
Ngiphupha ubaba ongasekho ekhomba inkomo yakhe
(I dream of my late father pointing at his ox)
Ngikhumbula engitshela ethi "wemfana wami
(and I remember him telling me -- "my boy
Uma ngihamba kulomhlaba wemfana wami
(on the day I pass away and leave this earth)
Musa ukungifihla ngebokisi (X3)
(do not bury me in a coffin)
Wemfana wami
(my boy)
Awungebesa ngesikhumba senkomo emhlophe, wemfana wami
(you should bury me wrapped in the skin of a white ox, my boy)
Awungihambisa ngenkomo emhlophe
(you should send me on my last journey by means of a white ox)
Inkomo, inkomo kababa, wo-ye-ye-ye!
(The ox, the ox of my father....)
Akalele ubaba ekhaya
(Father is not at ease at home)
Akafuni ibokisi, ufuna inkomo
(he does not want a coffin, he wants an ox)
Akalele ubaba ekhaya
(father is not resting at home)
(Sibiya continued saying, "Jonathan, listen here.)
Ngokushona kababa kwenzeka isimanga
(On the day my father died a most unfortunate thing happened)
Abantu bomndeni babethi bayamdumisa
(Our family thought they would give hima great sendoff)
Bamfihla ngebokisi engalifuni
(and they buried him in a coffin, knowing he did not want this)
Saxabana thina sodwa bomndeni (X2)
(we fought among ourselves, we the members of the family)
Saxabana ngoba ngathi mina bayasithela ngebadi
(we argued because I said they had done something which would bring great misfortune)
Benkunzima ngelelolanga sifihla ubaba
(It was difficult the day we buried my father)
Benkunzima ngelelolanga
(It was difficult that day)
(Father is not at ease at home, his spirit wanders around the cattle enclosure)
Ibokisi lakhe selimbophile
(It feels imprisoned by the coffin)
Ufuna isikhumba senkomo yakhe (X2)
(His spirit still wants to be accompanied by his ox)
Makhelwane (My Neighbour)
(Indeed, our desire in this world for some truth always seems to come to nothing, men)
Ngibona abantu behlebana bezondana
(I see people slandering and hating each other)
Umunye uzonda umakhelwane
(each one in conflict with his neighbour)
Izinhliziyo zabantu ziyashisa ziyababa - ya!
(The hearts of all the people are on fire, they are bitter)
Umunye uzonda umakhelwane
(each one in conflict with his neighbour)
Izinhliziyo zabantu ziyashisa emhlabeni (X2)
(The hearts of all people across the country are on fire)
Sothatha-phi amanzi, sothatha-phi amanzi wokucima lomlilo?
(Where can we get enough water to put out these fires?)
Wangizonda makhelwane?
(Why does my neighbour not get on with me?)
Sothatha-phi amanzi, sothatha-phi amanzi wokucima lomlilo?
(Where can we get enough water to put out these fires?)
Love Is Just A Dream (Tatazela)
In the way she touches me
In a way that no one can ever do
Something in the way I feel
When she's standing there
Makes me feel more real than the rain
(My name is "black bull")
Yimi 'nkunzi emnyama
(I am "black bull")
Ngicitha amasoka
(I am the one who tests young men in love)
There's nothing warmer
Than holding her hard and close to me
Isoka latatazela
(This young man is nervous)
Lentombi ifuna ukwendlala
(because the young girl wants to stay the night)
Itshitshi limnandi itshitshi limnandi njengoshukela
(a virgin is sweet, a virgin is sugar sweet)
She smiles and says to me
"Make my heart beat like a drum"
Time, time, time, can we hold the line?
Can I keep this picture forever?
(My name is "black bull")
Yimi 'nkunzi emnyama
(I am "black bull")
Ngicitha amasoka
(I am the one who tests young men in love)
Love is just a dream.