South Africa National Anthem English lyrics

[Jason31King]

greetings from panama (:

[Jason31King]

wow amazing anthem!

[missbbize]

greetings from ghana

[TheMunich2011]

right when it turns to english, it says it's english. that's so stupid. but still a good anthem.

[Fro7enDesigns]

@TheMunich2011 You are stupid. If you look it sais the names of all languages above the words. Not everyone speaks english.

[Lucicluc]

Leve Zuid-Afrika ! Dit is echt wel één van de prachtigtste volksliederen ooit gemaakt ! Zoniet de mooiste !

[amy4lulu]

wow my name is fom SA i loveeeeeeeeeeeeeeee this anthem

[MusicDanceEvangelize]

This is so beautiful!!

[UltimateYayh]

South Africa rules. My parents are from America but SA is way better than those some of those criticising Americans, that think they are so powerful like that dumb redneck named "TheAmerican" who doesnt know that even America have black people. So if you came to bag SA, just go and fuck off, we're a country of peace and respect not a place of hobos or crazy bad people.

[J88Wolf]

Wow! This is beautiful! O.O

[Lionels7newzealand]

greetings from new zealand

[mrscassielf20]

living in south africa was the best part of my life! i miss singing this song :(

[silviebr]

Spreekbeurt over Zuid-Afrika. Dit is heel nuttig! levert vast veel extra punten op hoor!!!

[Antralian]

Terreblanche alives!

[Squishyy123]

Oh my gosh, it's gorgeous! This is a perfect national anthem for a place like South Africa! what an amazing place.

[KraetiverName]

@maiira Whereever you are from, the people in you country wouldn't be able to sing it ;)

[49frzcvlreturn]

apartheid was good

[gevanamataka]

@MRcamille6759 You're fucking retarded. Under Apartheid black south africans became the wealthiest, longest lived, and most literate blacks in all of africa. Fucking moron.

[JuanCarandell]

@maiira Totalmente de acuerdo, la letra del himno español debería de estar en todas las lenguas cooficiales. Y te lo dice un andaluz

[sbj19]

This is inspirational. truly South Africa is the rainbow nation. Amazing that the national anthem is in five different languages.!!! Incredibly brilliant.

[kuluku]

Good anthem it is!

[WeAreTheRiot]

This is one of the most beautiful anthems I have ever heard.

[trulybridget]

This national anthem is brought to you by Disney.

[skrivbok]

Interestingly I don't find it hard to understand Afrikaans, really... and yet my native language is only Swedish?! O.o

[junegirl94]

@skrivbok mine is german which is very close to dutch and also afrikaans ;) so yeah i get it too

[skrivbok]

@junegirl94 Yeah, I know that. I studied German some years ago :)

[skrivbok]

@maiira Well... you could always make a version of your own, containing five different languages, of the five biggest minorities in the country? :)

[Cronus600Gaia]

Part of my heritage involves the Netherlands, and the Dutch had settled in South Africa after they and the South African locals purged the British. Since I'm part Dutch, I will always think of South Africa as one of the most treasured parts of my Dutch history.

With love from the United States.

[Nidolock]

awwww! this song gives me goose bumps :$

[phillips4174]

god bless africa greetings from germany

[leadsProductions]

african looks alot like dutch

[TheUa11]

@leadsProductions afrikaans borrows a lot from the dutch language. dutch speaking people can usually understand afrikaans pretty well, but not the other way around

[MLGString4life]

@leadsProductions it does because it actually is somewhat dutch because the dutch colonized their, here look up the video de la ray song

[Edseldopydope]

@ESCTASTEC I am not talking about the tensions between black and white people, dude. I am only talking about the Anthem itself. But if you wanna know, i have already been beaten once by a group of black people for being white... and as i said, i am not from South Africa. Peace.

[Nidolock]

@Edseldopydope k... what i dont understand as we white people are colored more than black, here is the difference:

Black people dont go red when angry | We Do

Black People dont go pink when embarresed | We Do

Black People dont go blue when sad | We Do

Black People dont go green when sick/ envius | We Do

Nkosi Sikelela :)

[gevanamataka]

@maiira Because your country isn't a dysfunctional multiethnic shithole

[dhksrksalem]

just one word great

greetings from south korea

[bala1729]

I'm Indian..I always thought ours was good for the fact that it embraced us as a country rather than shouting about how we are better than everyone else...

and...then..I saw this.

Goosebumps!

Well played SA...Well played!

[ninucanini]

so sooo beautiful anthem!!!!!!!

[MrTaua13]

i'm not south african but i learned to sing this awesome anthem in just 30mins...

nd imma sing it till forever.... <3

[xdoo16]

truly beautiful anthem :D

[TehMightySabbath]

fumbs up if ur fae glesga!

[AziraphaleDB]

I wish America's could be in several languages, although I don't think we deserve a key change, too

[youandihavenolife]

@AziraphaleDB We should have an English and Spanish version of our anthem. :O So many people here speak Spanish, so it would nice to do that for them.

[youandihavenolife]

This is the only national anthem around the world that has actually given me goosebumps.

[gubanu1]

bambo national anthem

[ruben152589]

hermoso viva NELSON MANDELA

[Edseldopydope]

I am not from South Africa but this is one of the most beautiful anthem i have heard so far. God bless SA

[eurofeli]

@Edseldopydope God Bless your comment m8...

[hihihui1]

@TheAmerican732 Mate shut the fuck up.

[TheAmerican732]

@hihihui1 Shut up you australian faggot. I couldn't tell you a single thing about your country XD

[hihihui1]

@TheAmerican732 LOL you could've mentioned something like crocodile dundee, or barbeques lol that would've worked.

[TheAmerican732]

@hihihui1 What?

[sprucemoose18]

@TheAmerican732 'I couldn't tell you a single thing about your country'.

That is hardly an insult considering that you don't care about anything outside of America...

[soccerruben1]

@TheAmerican732 racist!

[youandihavenolife]

@TheAmerican732 :I Oh my God, why is it always the fucking Americans who troll. People like you are the reasons why nobody likes us, asshole.

[TheAmerican732]

@youandihavenolife Shut up fatass, go get fucked by a black dude.

[youandihavenolife]

@TheAmerican732 I'm not a slut, so I'd rather no fuck a random person. Sorry to disappoint.

[TheAmerican732]

@youandihavenolife You may or may not be a slut but you're definitely a fatass XD Don't believe me? Go look in the mirror.

[youandihavenolife]

@TheAmerican732 Says the one with "TheAmerican" in their name. ;)

[youandihavenolife]

@TheAmerican732 You realise you're a horrible troll, right? xD

[SuperLionlord]

We are coming!!!!!!

[heheheheitsaturtle]

God Bless South Africa.

[grail68]

Brings a tear to my eye, quite honestly I get goosebumps

[Kwabadatchor7]

I LOVE THIS ANTHEM! ESPECIALLY NKOSI SIKELELA. WEN THE ALTO CHANGES JHEEEZ!!!

[jane07793]

great go south africa...we lve you good luck for the RWC..

[Eightanator]

I was born a South African and I shall die a South African. God bless SA :D

[TropicalJesusPlant]

africa has glory?

[AloniVictor]

@TropicalJesusPlant number 1 country...<<<  Nice voice<<

[WeAreTheRiot]

@TropicalJesusPlant

Egypt, Aksum, Mali, Songhay, The legendary city of Timbuktu, Ghana.

[Antralian]

@WeAreTheRiot Egypt was semithe civilization (like jewish and arabs), Timbuktu exists also nowadays.

[WeAreTheRiot]

@Antralian

I'm speaking geographically.

[Antralian]

@WeAreTheRiot you forget also the kingdom of Great Zimbabwe and kingdom of Buganda

[WeAreTheRiot]

@Antralian

Thanks :) I'm just naming a few to TropicalJesusPlant. There's also the Nok Civilization, Swahili City States, and the Bantus who shaped most of Africa's society.

[Antralian]

@WeAreTheRiot yes, but probabily most advanced were Zimbabwe, Mali, Mauritania and Boganda (talking about only black civilizations). I'm very interested in ancient african civilizations.

Greetings from Italy.

[WeAreTheRiot]

The most advanced has to be Zimbabwe, Mali, Ghana, Swahili States and Songhay. Mauritania and Boganda too are very advanced, but let us not forget the Nubians (they're known to some for their arts and shaping Ancient Egypt).

Greetings from Germany :)

[TheYaom]

@TropicalJesusPlant lots but I'd doubt an AMERICAN would really know anything about Africa.... Shoot for all I know, the average American is so dumb they think blacks from the US are African people!

[tintsap]

@TropicalJesusPlant Africa has sovereignty glory not militaristic glory, unlike some people 

[AAliasW]

Great anthem, and a great country:

From the Netherlands.

[idontsignin]

Please don't listen to the idiot that is Glasgow1234,.

[idontsignin]

Don't listen to the twit that commented below, must be on some sort of drugs, he doesn't speak for me and I'm also from Glasgow.

[trulybridget]

This is a gorgeous national anthem!

[CarlChipSanders]

HOORAY GO CANADA!

[dieswartkat33]

wow im South African and I knew Nkosi sikelele was a prayer but I didnt know it was that heart-rending.... cant wait to sing it at the rugby world cup!!! GO BOKKE!!!

[AloniVictor]

african voice is beautiful<<

[MegaBrittany1000]

beautiful song.

[OGZxH4CKZOR1]

South africa would be poor if it wasnt for britain taking over it.

[1986OXYGEN]

@OGZxH4CKZOR1

Hou op kakpraat

[23Fergus]

@OGZxH4CKZOR1 It would probably also be the happiest nation in the world without consumerism, social pressure and other ills. No worry about economic depression or which car to buy. They would still be living in the bush without a care in the world.

[Ocean367]

@OGZxH4CKZOR1 Even after Britain took over South Africa the Africans are still poor.

[OGZxH4CKZOR1]

@Ocean367 yer that was after when we let the africans back into the country witch was right to do,

but the country just got bore back in day when only british people was allowed it was rich.

[Ocean367]

@OGZxH4CKZOR1 Cannot understand what you type. Can you typed back the same comment but in proper English.

[cbloe1]

how can i download it fo free the song / video?

[MrOsvaldoFreire]

Best anthem ever!Ka ten otu na mundo propi!I love it so much , than i cry!

[Metakkrist]

I wish Sweden had a national anthem like this.

[08Caiozc09]

Perfect anthem :D Hail Africa

[rapid37]

Best Anthem. Greetings from Turkey.

[EnLugal]

this is not the real anthem - the true anthem is Die Stem

[TheMrAnthem]

@EnLugal That is the anthem and great

[TheMrAnthem]

@EnLugal Die Stem Van Suid-Afrika was the anthem, now the first verse in Afrikaans is also the anthem EnLugal

[WindowsAndMacintosh]

@EnLugal

Die Stem van Suid-Afrika must return again! It was a better anthem than this. End of story.

Afrikaans must also be the only language.

(I'm from the Netherlands by the way)

[cervusadfontes]

@WindowsAndMacintosh but after all that you're still a cuint?

[cervusadfontes]

@cervusadfontes so voetsak you pathetic ruineck.

[WindowsAndMacintosh]

@cervusadfontes

No..?

[UltimateYayh]

@EnLugal Diestem is the former anthem. And this anthem is true 100% SA, because it includes the 5 most spoken languages in SA and DieStem only has 1 language in Afrikaans. So this is the true anthem to be honest

[TheMrAnthem]

Sudàfrica, Sudàfrica

Patrie de Grand Africains

Vive le Sudàfrica

[3210Mit]

People who ask why this song is in different languages are very ignorant.

[jeremiSLATER]

because the song is wriiten in the official languages of South Africa>>charles 9655

[caillianvp2]

VIVA MANDELA!!!!!......God bless you and your soul.......thank you for giving us a new flag and ANTHEM.....inkosi sikelel' iAfrica....GOD BLESS SOUTH AFRICA!!!......thumbs up if u agreee

[ZaeroZ]

An extremely beautiful anthem, greetings from Sweden

[Talsy301]

i wish there was an english version i'm from USA thumbs up if ur from USA!

[msholzerable]

Nkosi sikelel ' iAfrika ........Much Blessing from the USA !

[Talsy301]

@msholzerable same

[DeltaEagle7700]

Indeed! Various languages under one national anthem!

That shows a symbol of unification and love towards people as one nation!

[charles9655]

Why does it keep changing languages throughout the song

[Aritul]

Very cool.

[LoveJaprock]

Lol, first all those African languages, then Afrikaans (which comes from Dutch if I'm not wrong?) and English... It sounds kind of odd when it switches like that, but cool.

[quadrell99]

yeyah Bafana Bafana. Proud to be African.

[mackiwawa]

Siiith iiifricans are dumb racist bastards

[NZxASSASSIN]

@mackiwawa Nice generalization dumb ass. I suppose since your from the UK that you love tea or maybe are one of the Queens servants or maybe your so depressed from all the crap weather you get there. You're no better than a racist so stfu you hypocrite little cunt.

[arunrajaakumaraswamy]

@ilike2vlog Amazing.... but sorry i'm not aware of that... what are those languages??? do you have 12 languages spoken in Kosovo?? Kosovo is majority Albanian then why so many languages in the national song of that nation?

but u know i'll definitely listen to that song... but South Africa's national is good to hear...

[odeberger123]

Thumbs up for sweden!



[cara4108]

South A frica that's my country our Country GOD BLESS SOUTH AFRICA

[beaglerocks2]

South Africa is a Beautiful Country and their beaches are Beautiful THUMBS UP FOR SOUTH AFRICA

[msholzerable]

I live in the USA still the best National Anthem i have ever heard in my life!!!

[TheClarenceter]

@iLocoZz I never brought it up.

[TheClarenceter]

@iLocoZz why are you even interested about my prick?

[TheClarenceter]

@iLocoZz I'm pretty fucking sure this is not about what plastic is, in any form.

And you are gay. Loving me like the gayboy you are.

[TheClarenceter]

@iLocoZz your age has all the count if I bring it up. Because what I do, is always the right choice, I am the one who says what should be and not,

AND YOU'RE JUST A FUCKING NAIVE AND GULLIBLE TEEN THAT SHOULD BE CASTRATED AND EUTHANIZED, NO MATTER THE GENDER; AND TAUGHT SOME WAYS OF LIFE. YOU IGNORANT, NAIVE LITTLE SHIT-STAIN, DICKSMOKER AND PLASTIC CHILD.

[malenko316]

This anthem is an insult to the Boer who won independence for Suid-Afrika. No white or non black should sing this or acknowledge it as it is mere black triumphalism and symbolic of how, unless you are both black and member of one the clans in power, you are a second class citizen. 'White guilt' is the only reason why the world doesn't condemn the lack of rights of non blacks or criminal hell hole 20yrs of ANC rule has turned the place into. ANC brought death and people love them for it.

[ConFlictedTion]

I thought this was rap but I find myself extremely mistakened.

[TheClarenceter]

@iLocoZz are you fucking "correcting" the letters I've put into my replies? are you some fucking teacher?

Guess why I hate the UK. Take a fine time. what's real about this is that you are under the age of 18.

[TheClarenceter]

@iLocoZz No, Ireland is not part of Britain. the British Isles is a geographical ull-on location on the map. ON THE FUCKING MAP. Britain is composed of shaggy Scotland, Messy Wales, and Mellow England. Oh, and for your ears. Northern Ireland, but nah. I wouldn't point out so. I live in Ireland, im Irish. Being happy about it too. this is the loife.

[KoenigGbg]

FUCK Jacob Zuma, FUCK Malema! SA for both blacks and whites!

[MRBGA1]

come rovinare un inno.i boeri devono tornare nella loro fogna,e lasciare l'AFRICA libera e pulita.

[TheClarenceter]

@iLocoZz yes, so move out of the UK, or wait, wait, stay there, and infect as many ugly brit girls as possible, please. contribute to infecting ugly brits please.

[TheClarenceter]

@iLocoZz yes they do.

[JPZ83]

GOD Bless AFRICA!!

[TheClarenceter]

@iLocoZz why?

[TheJordanAntibellum]

greetings from USA

[yoavcool1]

the beutifullest anthem in the world!!!

[chrissy14991]

not every one in SA are black, have HIV, support ANC, WE ARE ALL DIFFRENT!

[karpov89]

God bless South Africa

[katy6401]

a country worth living in is worth dying for!!VIVA SOUTH AFRICA!!!!

[TheTramsen]

I was expecting BZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ­ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

[TheClarenceter]

this is probably also the national anthem of AIDS.

[chrissy14991]

you are so racist!

[TheClarenceter]

@chrissy14991 how in the LIVING FUCK am i racist?

[TheClarenceter]

@chrissy14991 thats the reply every blackie goes on about against EVERYFUCKINGTHING

[magicalgold010]

greetings from pakistan

[WeAreTheRiot]

@RedPlumJam

I entirely agree!

[GuyPennebaker]

@RedPlumJam thank you :D

[aibar97]

the afrikans part's lyrics looks like german

[pandafatxXx]

@aibar97 Yeah Afrikaans is pretty much Dutch

[chrissy14991]

there is a HUGE diffrence

[pandafatxXx]

@chrissy14991 Well not as HUGE of a difference like English and chinese but I find Afrikaans to be as similar to Dutch as Spanish is to Italian. I'm sure that you agree

[CreepersOnSpeed]

@aibar97 It's based on an old form of German known as Dutch.