[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