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Biko

Peter Gabriel
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BIKO

Ngomhla sibuyayo
Ngomhla sibuyayo
Ngomhla sibuyayo, kophalal'igazi!
Ngomhla sibuyayo
Ngomhla sibuyayo
Ngomhla sibuyayo, kophalal'igazi!
Bakhala uVorster!
Bakhala uVorster!
Ngomhla sibuyayo, kophalal'igazi!
Ngomhla sibuyayo
Ngomhla sibuyayo
Ngomhla sibuyayo, kophalal'igazi! [1]

September '77
Port Elizabeth weather fine
It was business as usual
In police room 619

Oh Biko, Biko, because Biko
Oh Biko, Biko, because Biko
Yihla moja, yihla moja [2]
The man is dead
The man is dead

When I try to sleep at night
I can only dream in red
The outside world is black and white
With only one colour dead

Oh Biko, Biko, because Biko
Oh Biko, Biko, because Biko
Yihla moja, yihla moja
The man is dead
The man is dead

You can blow out a candle
But you can't blow out a fire
Once the flames begin to catch
The wind will blow it higher

Oh Biko, Biko, because Biko
Oh Biko, Biko, because Biko
Yihla moja, yihla moja
The man is dead
The man is dead

And the eyes of the world are
watching now
watching now.

Senzeni na? Senzeni na?
Senzeni na? Senzeni na?
Senzeni na? Senzeni na?
Senzeni na? Senzeni na?
Senzeni na? Senzeni na?
Senzeni na? Senzeni na?
Senzeni na? Senzeni na?
Senzeni na? Senzeni na?
Senzeni na? Senzeni na? [3]
BIKO

September '77
Port Elizabeth, schönes Wetter
Es war business as usual
Bei der Polizei im Raum 619

Oh, Biko, Biko, weil Biko
Oh, Biko, Biko, weil Biko
Yihla Moja, Yihla Moja - [1]
Der Mann ist tot

Wenn ich nachts zu schlafen versuche
Kann ich nur in Rot träumen
Die Welt da draußen ist schwarz-weiß
Wobei nur eine Farbe tot ist

Oh Biko, Biko, weil Biko, Biko
Oh Biko, Biko, weil Biko, Biko
Yihla Moja, Yihla Moja -
Der Mann ist tot

Man kann eine Kerze auspusten
Aber man kann niemals ein Feuer auspusten
Wenn die Flammen erst einmal anfangen, um sich zu greifen
Wird der Wind es noch höher wehen

Oh Biko, Biko, weil Biko, Biko
Oh Biko, Biko, weil Biko, Biko
Yihla Moja, Yihla Moja -
Der Mann ist tot, der Mann ist tot

Und die Welt
schaut zu
schaut zu [2]

[1] The excerpts from the South African struggle song [1] and [3] are not usually sung in live performances, and appear only in studio versions. Nevertheless, they are parts of the original song. The first song, Ngomhla sibuyayo (in Zulu and Xhosa: “When we return”) is a folk music. Here's a rough English translation:

When we return
When we return
When we return, there'll be perfect silence!
When we return
When we return
When we return, there'll be perfect silence!
Vorster piangerà!
Vorster piangerà!
When we return, there'll be perfect silence!
When we return
When we return
When we return, there'll be perfect silence!




[2] From the chorus of the well known hymn of the African National Congress, Nkosi sikelel' iAfrika, originally written by Enoch Sontonga in 1897. The hymn is now South Africa's national anthem in a multilingual version (Zulu, Xhosa, English, Afrikaans). The Xhosa words mean: “Come down Holy Ghost”.

[3] From the anti-apartheid struggle song Senzeni na?, written around 1950. Senzeni na means: "What we have done?"

[1] "Yihla Moja" - in Xhosa, einer Sprache, die in Südafrika gesprochen wird, bedeutet es "steige herab, Geist"; gemeint ist wohl sein Geist, der in seinen leblosen Körper zurückkehren soll

[2] wörtlich: die Augen der Welt beobachten jetzt


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