Lyrics
Ooh bayethe nkosi yami
Aaaw bayethe nkosi yami
Eh bayethe we Nkosi yami
Aaaw bayethe nkosi yami
Bayethe-ehhe! Bayethe! Bayethe!
Bayethe, bayethe bayethe
We Nkosi yami
Bayethe, bayethe bayethe
Bayethe, bayethe bayethe
Bayethe, oh (bayethe)
Oh Nkos' eyingcwele, (bayethe) oh (bayethe, bayethe)
Oh ungcwele (bayethe) wakh' umhlaba (bayethe)
Usemlilweni (bayethe) nokwesaba (bayethe)
Oh bayethe (bayethe) oh bayethe (bayethe Nkosi yami)
Oh bayethe (bayethe Nkosi yami)
Oh bayethe (bayethe Nkosi yami)
Oh bayethe (bayethe)
Oh bayethe (bayethe Nkosi yami)
We bayethe (oh bayethe Nkosi yami) bayethe, bayethe
Bayethe! (Bayethe, ho bayethe oh bayethe) ngithi bayethe suku lemfihlakalo
(Hho bayethe, ho bayethe) ngithi bayethe bayethe Zulu lama Zulu
(Bayethe), Zulu lodwa, (ho bayethe) we bayethe!
We bayethe (ho bayethe) we bayethe (hho bayethe)
We bayethe! (Ho bayethe), we bayethe! (Hho bayethe Nkosi yami) We bayethe!
Bayethe! (Bayethe) Nkosi yami yokwe phefumulo
We bayethe! (Ho bayethe Nkosi yami) Ngithi bayethe bayethe bayethe
Bayethe bayethe bayethe (ho bayethe Nkosi yami)
We bayethe! (Ho bayethe Nkosi yami) Bayethe Simakade
(Hho bayethe Nkosi yami) bayede!
We bayethe! (Ho bayethe Nkosi yami) we bayethe!
Ay bayethe ngcwele ngcwele bayethe ngcwele (bayethe Nkosi yami)
We bayethe! (Ho bayethe Nkosi yami) we bayethe! Hho bayethe
We bayethe! (Ho bayethe Nkosi yami) sithi bayethe!
Sithi bayethe! (Ho bayethe Nkosi yami) sithi bayethe!
Mana njalo qhawe lethu
(Ho bayethe Nkosi yami) Mana njalo Simakade
Mana njalo Jehova, bayethe!
Bayethe! Bayethe! Bayethe!
(Ho bayethe Nkosi yami) bayethe!
Bayethe! (Ho bayethe Nkosi yami) Ay baba!
We bayethe! (Ho bayethe Nkosi yami) Ay baba
(Ho bayethe Nkosi yami)
We bayethe! Ay baba (ho bayethe Nkosi yami) ay baba
We bayethe! (Ho bayethe Nkosi yami) bayethe bayeth bayeth
Hhe bayethe! Bayethe hhe bayethe! (Ho bayethe Nkosi yami)
Zulu lik'fanele, Zulu lingelakho
Ufanele ukudunyiswa, ufanele ukubongwa
Mmm mana njalo! (Hho bayethe Nkosi yami)
(Ho bayethe Nkosi yami) hhe masambe bab' maZulu
Ehh ngcwele ngcwele iiy