See the nation through the people's eyes
See tears that flow like rivers from the skies
Where it seems there are only border-lines
Where others turn and sigh
You shall rise
You shall rise

There's disaster in your past
Boundaries in your path
What you desire will lift you higher
You don't have to be extraordinary just forgiving
Of those who never heard your cries
You shall rise
You shall rise
And look towards the skies
Where others fail you'll prevail in time
You shall rise

Awu indoda yam
Hayi bayibulele bo
Hayi indoda yam
Hayi ababanda bam

Ukubu izi ingane zabo zodlala zibuzuswa
Ingane ezindane zabo zodlala zibuziswa
You may never know if you lay low lay low
You may never know if you lay low lay low
You may never know if you lay low lay low
You may never know if you lay low lay low

You shall rise
You shall rise
You shall rise
Sooner or later we must try living

Ingane ezindane zabo zodlala zibuziswa

You may never know if you lay low lay low
You may never know if you lay low lay low
You may never know if you lay low lay low
You may never know if you lay low lay low

See the nation through the people's eyes
See tears that flow like rivers from the skies
Where it seems there are only border-lines
Where others turn and sigh
You shall rise
You shall rise
You shall rise
You shall rise
You may never know if you lay low lay low
You may never know if you lay low lay low
You may never know if you lay low lay low
You may never know if you lay low lay low

Sooner or later we must try living