[RAFIKI & ENSEMBLE]
Nants ingonyama bagithi Baba

[ENSEMBLE]
Sithi uhm ingonyama
'Ngonyama 'ngengw'ebo

[ANTELOPE]
Mai ba bo, ha!
Ingonyama Baba!

[RAFIKI]
Nants ingonyama bagithi Babo, haya

[ENSEMBLE]
Sithi uhm ingonyama
'Ngonyama 'ngengw'ebo

[ANTELOPE]
Oh! Khusani bo
Pegi Akalela (Eshe)

[RAFIKI & ANTELOPE]
Nants ingonyama bagithi Baba (Hayi Baba), haya

[ENSEMBLE & RAFIKI]
Sithi uhm ingonyama (Helele)
Ingonyama (Siyo nqoba)
Ingonyama (Hayaya)
Ingonyama (Siyo nqoba)
Ingonyama
[ENSEMBLE & ANTELOPE]
Ingonyama nengwe 'namabala (Ingonyama)
Ingonyama nengwe 'namabala (Enamabala)
Ingonyama nengwe 'namabala
Ingonyama nengwe 'namabala
Ingonyama nengwe 'namabala

[LEBO M & FACA KULU]
Ta-na-na-na-na (Ta-na-na, na)
Ta-na-na-na-na (Ta-na-na, na)
Ta-na-na-na-na

[RAFIKI]
From the day we arrive on the planet
And blinking, step into the sun
There is more to see than can ever be seen
More to do than can ever be done
Mm, there is far too much to take in here
More to find than can ever be found
But the sun rolling high through the sapphire sky
Keeps great and small on the endless round

[RAFIKI & ENSEMBLE]
It's the circle of life (Balek' ingonyam'i ya gale')
And it moves us all (Ingonyama nengwe 'nama, ingonyama nengwe 'nama)
Through despair and hope (Ingonyama nengwe 'nama, ingonyama nengwe 'nama)
Through faith and love (Ingonyama nengwe 'nama, ingonyama nengwe 'nama)
'Til we find our place (Ingonyama nengwe 'nama, ingonyama nengwe 'nama)
On the path unwinding (Ingonyama nengwe 'nama, ingonyama nengwe 'nama)
In the circle (Ingonyama nengwe 'nama, ingonyama nengwe 'nama)
The circle of life (Ingonyama nengwe 'nama, ingonyama nengwe 'nama)
[ENSEMBLE]
Ingonyama nengwe 'namabala
Ingonyama nengwe 'namabala
Ingonyama nengwe 'namabala
Ingonyama nengwe 'namabala

[ANTELOPES]
Ndabezitha! Khosi m'khosi!
Siyabonga baba! Bayede! [?]
[?] (Helele helele helele)
(Helele helele helele)
Ukele we sizwe! Khosi wen khofu!
Siyabonga baba! Bayede!
Siyabonga baba!
Khwathu ma fikele! Khwene ndaba!
Khwathu ma fikele! Wen o wen khofu
Siyabonga baba! Bayede...

[RAFIKI & ENSEMBLE]
It's the circle of life (Balek' ingonyam'i ya gale')
And it moves us all (Ingonyama nengwe 'nama, ingonyama nengwe 'nama)
Through despair and hope (Ingonyama nengwe 'nama, ingonyama nengwe 'nama)
Through faith and love
'Til we find our place (Ingonyama nengwe 'nama, ingonyama nengwe 'nama)
On the path unwinding (Ingonyama nengwe 'nama, ingonyama nengwe 'nama)
In the circle (Ingonyama nengwe 'nama, ingonyama nengwe 'nama)
The circle of life (Ingonyama nengwe 'nama, ingonyama)