Ngiwu ambe umhlaba wonk ba
Ngaze ngaba tshela ngo sizi ebesinalo
Silubonile nosizo lwabe zizwe
Sithi enkosi, enkosi siyabonga
Siyabonga, rea leboha
Enkosi bantnbomntanami
Ibonakel, imi sebenze yenu
Sibabonile be didizela
Ngo June sixteenth 1976
Sengi buyele mna sengibuyile khaya
Kwasi kwamnand, ekhaya we vumanibo
He mn He mn He mn
Chorus
Mina ku mele ngakhiwe nguwe
Wena wakhiwe yimi
Thina sonke masakhane
Yebo masakhane Thina sonke masakhane
Enkosi bo mama bomthandaze
Izwakel, imi thandazo yenu
Ngoba thina sinjenje sinjenjenje
Ngmithandazo sinjenje sinjenjenje
Ngmithandazo
Enkosi zinkokheli, enkosi bafundis
Bethu sithi ngo Babu Sisulu,
Enkosi Babu Thambo, Enkosi
Enksoi Madiba
Woh siyabonga John Dube,
Siyabonga Babulu Tuli,
Siyabonga Bhutaleze
Mina ku mele ngakhiwe nguwe
Wena wakhiwe yimi
Thina sonke masakhane
Yebo masakhane Thina sonke masakhane
Ngaze ngaba tshela ngo sizi ebesinalo
Silubonile nosizo lwabe zizwe
Sithi enkosi, enkosi siyabonga
Siyabonga, rea leboha
Enkosi bantnbomntanami
Ibonakel, imi sebenze yenu
Sibabonile be didizela
Ngo June sixteenth 1976
Sengi buyele mna sengibuyile khaya
Kwasi kwamnand, ekhaya we vumanibo
He mn He mn He mn
Chorus
Mina ku mele ngakhiwe nguwe
Wena wakhiwe yimi
Thina sonke masakhane
Yebo masakhane Thina sonke masakhane
Enkosi bo mama bomthandaze
Izwakel, imi thandazo yenu
Ngoba thina sinjenje sinjenjenje
Ngmithandazo sinjenje sinjenjenje
Ngmithandazo
Enkosi zinkokheli, enkosi bafundis
Bethu sithi ngo Babu Sisulu,
Enkosi Babu Thambo, Enkosi
Enksoi Madiba
Woh siyabonga John Dube,
Siyabonga Babulu Tuli,
Siyabonga Bhutaleze
Mina ku mele ngakhiwe nguwe
Wena wakhiwe yimi
Thina sonke masakhane
Yebo masakhane Thina sonke masakhane