Lullaby "Thula Baba"

[SitttaraDreams]

Simply beautiful

[Bushgirl271161]

Brings back memories. My Zuku nanny used to sing me to sleep with this lullaby more than 40 years ago and i still love it.

[pizzirilla1]

bellissima, bravissima, talentuosa

complimenti

[khanyisa86]

wow dis iz amzing wow

[NatulicaAzevedo]

adooro minha África :D

[ThePhantomneko]

Bekithemba Heralds

that's the composer of the song. This is a Zulu song begging the world to unite in a lullaby. Thula baba. Means "Quiet child". Baba could mean many things from "Man", "Sir", "Uncle" to "Child".

[teunis77]

Kimi jij mag mij in slaap zingen

[ipp7007]

Just AMAZING!

[Haupie1978]

kippenvel en tranen over mijn wangen. Dit is echt een super mooi nummer en echt fantastisch mooi gezongen.

[nwabisamatyumza1]

One of the sweet parts of South African tradition that is quickly vanishing. this is so beautifully sad

[Ngcebo1]

This has always been a nice song to hear when we were growing up. Mothers would sing it to their babies as a lullaby.

[Anneviolin]

@blancmerlot Wauw! What a nice surprise! Thank you very much for

putting this down. Now, I can sing this song with the children in my class!

I really appreciate this so much! :-)

(I think btw that Afrikaans is really similar to Dutch.)

Instead of lekker slaap we say: Slaap lekker or Goedenacht

Groeten! :-)

[blancmerlot]

@Anneviolin

I am glad to share it!

Yes, Afrikaans is similiar to Dutch. In 1652, Jan van Riebeeck established a refreshment station at the Cape of Good Hope, which is now known as Cape Town. So the Dutch colonised South Africa and Afrikaans were derived from Dutch. But then the British took over :( Your queen helped us in the Anglo-Boer war though.. :)

haha, but I met a lot of Dutch people last year in SA at the World Cup, you certainly are a very friendly nation! totsiens dan! **

[Anneviolin]

Would someone care to put the lyrics in 'Afrikaans' under this vid?

Thanks in advance!

[Yltrin]

@Anneviolin

Tula tu, tula baba, tula sana

Tul'umam 'uzofika ekuseni

(approximately. I'm not completely sure about it)

[Anneviolin]

@Yltrin Ah, maybe I wasn't clear enough. I meant: "Afrikaans".

She sings something like: "Slaap zoet lief kindje" I couldn't

find the lyrics on the Net. So, therefore, I asked it here on Youtube ;-).

Thanks anyway, I am glad that you took the time to wrote this down! :-)

[blancmerlot]

Miriam het dit altyd vir my gesing toe ek jonk was, sy was soos my tweede moeder. :')

[Anneviolin]

@blancmerlot You seem to understand "Afrikaans" Could you please give me the lyrics of this song?

Many thanks in advance!

[blancmerlot]

@Anneviolin Sure! (not sure what word she sings at 2:04, so I replaced it with "baba". It is how I learned it when I was a child.

Slaap soet klein kindjie

slaap sag

slaap soet my soet baba

doedoe, my soet baba - doedoe

doedoe, my engel - doedoe

doedoe, my soet baba - doedoe

doedoe, my engel - doedoe

It goes on like this.. "Doedoe" is another word Afrikaans people use for "sleep". Usually we just say " lekker slaap" or "goeienag", meaning: "goodnight".

Groete dan! **

[cinetopten]

MARAVILHOSO, VOZ LINDISSIMA.

EMOCIONANTE!!!!!

[kutlogin1]

Thank God, there are still ANGELS around.

[cara4108]

U go :) MAKE SOUTH AFRICA PROUD :) <3 THIS MEANS A LOT TO ME :)

[Chayenne1973]

Wunderschöner Song :)

kennt jemand den original Text von Miriam Makeba,

brauche diesen für unseren Djembe Unterricht???

Wäre super wenn den jemand hätte, es gibt noch einen von Helmut Lotti, leider mit englischem Text.

LG und Danke Christiane

[MonifaAdebola]

why does n't he let her speak for her self?

[taciooliver]

i cdont have words to talk about this music

just wonderfull

for one moment i became a kid in peace before sleep

[dienepientjuh]

wauw, zij is echt heeel goed.

[marianna2753]

Wspaniała kołysanka

[Elle2817]

So beautiful :)

[seilerchristian1]

einfach ein traum du bist wundervoll

[uChakide]

Sorry to be pedantic but the lyrics to the isiZulu part are, as she sings it:

Thula thu thula baba thula sana, thula umama usufika ekuseni.

Thula thu thula umntwana thula sana, thula umama usufika ekuseni.

Thula thu thula baba thula sana, thula umama usufika ekuseni. (x2)

[docecelinha]

perfeitos. perfeitos.

[Denuhm]

LOL sleep my sweet potato!! that made me giggle.... all be it through tears xD

[PeterJohnJnb]

@Denuhm lol right back at ya

[DamonG1995]

Im trying to get this song for my grandmothers funeral could anyone tell me where I could get a version without the talking or clapping it would be a great help.

[veertjebrug]

Thula thul thula baba thula sana Thul'u babuzo ficka eku seni. (repeat) Kukh'in khan-yezi zi-holel' u baba Zim-khan yi-sela indlel'e ziyak-haya Sobe sik hona xa bonke be-shoyo Be-thi bu-yela u-bu-ye le khaya Thula thula thula baba Thula thula thula sana Thula thula thula baba Thula thula thula san.

[CptSchmidt]

WHY IS EVERYONE ALWAYS CRYING??? I JUST BOUGHT MY ANDRE RIEU TIN FIGURE AND LET ME TELL YOU... I'M CRYING TOO. HOLY CHRIST ANDRE. BEAR MY CHILDREN.

[noamim09]

Beautiful, just beautiful!!!

[ChrysogonusLi]

She's a new shining star. Andre Rieu, you gave us Mirusia and Carmen already, now you gave us Kimi! BRAVOOO!

[Br1anSand]

Hauntingly beautiful, Kimmy - and Andre!

Tears rolled down my cheeks!

Thank you +++

[Statiakid86]

prachtig!!!

[michaeal053]

Again fantastic you gave us Mirussia now Kimmy and what a voice and so lovely and perfect in Afrikaans and Amamazulu taal

[Seastorm13]

Rieu was crying a little too! ;-)

[Ranubipt]

As tecnicas mas refinadas podem ter ficano na europa, mas a paixão esta no sangue africano.

[mijkok]

piękne poprostu ....

[zonnebloemeke1]

Geweldig mooi lied en gezongen! Is er iemand die me kan verderhelpen met de Afrikaanse versie? Ik begrijp enkele woorden niet helemaal...

[MrMax359]

Dit is zo'n prachtig nummer. Ik ben helemaal niet iemand die snel zijn emotie's laat zien, maar heb gewoon zitten huilen bij dit nummer...........

Echt zeer ontroerend en zo'n prachtige stem.

[hiephiephoera1]

@hangmatgenieter: I totally agree!!

[joetroep1]

kippenvel!

thank God or Rieu for bringing black singers in the white klassic scene..

We want more!!

[MrReflus]

South Africa is the center of the world!!!

[hangmatgenieter]

this song tells me and the world that if we are black, white, yellow, red, christian, jewish, muslim, Hindoe or a other religion. We all get baby's, and we all wish the best for our children. We have more in common then differences. Why fighting with each other. Let's give our children a future without racisme and war. Let them sleep in a peacefull world.

[007jamesbond0071]

Zo eenvoudig en toch zo wonderlijk mooi! Over zoiets moois moet je eigenlijk niet praten maar luisteren en genieten!!

Deze kunstvorm verbind en nodigt uit tot rust, het zou dagelijks via mondiale transmissie uitgezonden moeten worden!

[MrReflus]

This is beautiful!

[Daiisy343]

is er een lyrics van dit liedje?

in beide talen (A)

[mouke007]

Prachtig mooi!!!

Zeer ontroerend!

Bedankt voor deze te plaatsen op you-tube!