Featuring: Lebo M

Songwriter: Elton John Tim Rice Hans Zimmer

[Click here for an English translation of the Zulu lyrics]

Ubuse busa le lizwe
Busa Simba
Ubuse busa le lizwe
Lizwe busa Simba
Ubuse ngo thando

Ndabezitha
Nkosi yethu
Mholi wezwe lethu
(Busa Simba)
Lefatshe la bonata rona
Lea halalela

Busa le lizwe bo
Busa le lizwe bo
Busa le lizwe bo
Lethu busa ngoxolo
Is'khathi sifikile (Sifkile)
Is'khathi busa iyo
Is'khathi sifikile
Busa lomhlaba

Is'khathi sifikile
Is'khathi sifikile
Busa Simba
Busa Simba

Ubuse ngo xolo
Ubuse ngo thando
Ubuse ngo xolo
Ubuse ngo thando
Ubuse ngo xolo

Ingonyama nengw' enamabala
Ingonyama nengw' enamabala

'Til we find our place
On the path unwinding
In the Circle
The Circle of Life
Circle of Life!

(closing drumbeat)

Busa le lizwe bo
Busa le lizwe bo
Busa lomhlaba weth'
Busa ngoxolo

Busa ngothando bo
(Ay baba iyo)
Busa ngothando bo
(Halalela)
Busa ngothando bo
(Oh oh)
Busa ngoxolo

Ubuse ngothando
(Ngothando)
Ubuse ngoxolo
(Halalela)
Ubuse ngothando
Busa Simba!
Busa Simba!

Hemna iyo
Hemna iyo
Hemna nkosi
Oh, busa Simba iyo

Hemna iyo
Hemna iyo
Hemna nkosi
Oh, busa Simba iyo

Hans Zimmer

Hans Zimmer is a film score composer and record producer who has worked in the film industry since the 1980s. He spent the early part of his career in the United Kingdom before moving to California in the United States. Currently he is the head of the film music division at DreamWorks and also works with other composers through his company Remote Control Productions.

Zimmer is one of the most well-known and in-demand composers of film scores having composed music for over 150 films. He has received four Grammy Awards, three Classic BRIT Awards, two Golden Globes, and an Academy Award.