| Chorus: A si m'bonanga | |
| A si m'bonanga u Mandela thina | |
| Lapha ekhona | |
| Lapha ehleli khona | |
| Oh the sea is cold and the sky is grey | |
| Look across the island into the bay | |
| We are all islands till comes the day | |
| We cross the buning water | |
| Chorus | |
| A seagull wings across the sea | |
| Borken silence is what I dream | |
| Who has the words to close the distance | |
| Between you and me | |
| Chorus | |
| Steven Biko | |
| A si m'bonanga | |
| A si m'bonanga umfowethu thina | |
| Lapha ekhona | |
| La wa fela khona | |
| Vicoria Mxenge | |
| A si m'bonanga | |
| A si m'bonanga u tate wetha thina | |
| Lapha ekhona | |
| La wa fela khona | |
| Neil Aggett | |
| A si m'bonanga | |
| A si m'bonanga umfowethu thina | |
| Lapha ekhona | |
| La wa fela khona | |
| Hawu ngithi heyiwena | |
| Heyi wena | |
| Heyi wena hawe | |
| Si you fika nini | |
| La siya knona | |
| La siya knona | |
| Translation | |
| Chorus: We haven't seen | |
| We haven't seen Mandela | |
| Where he is | |
| Where he is sitting (confined) | |
| Oh the sea is cold and the sky is grey | |
| Look across the island into the bay | |
| We are all islands till comes the day | |
| We cross the buning water | |
| Chorus | |
| A seagull wings across the sea | |
| Borken silence is what I dream | |
| Who has the words to close the distance | |
| Between you and me | |
| Chorus | |
| Steven Biko | |
| We haven't seen | |
| We haven't seen our brother | |
| Where he is | |
| Where he died | |
| Victoria Mxenge | |
| We haven't seen | |
| We haven't seen our sister | |
| Where she is | |
| Where she died | |
| Neil Aggett | |
| We haven't seen | |
| We haven't seen our brother | |
| Where he is | |
| Where he died | |
| I say to you | |
| Hey you | |
| Hey you and you | |
| Where are we going to reach our goal/destiny | |
| Where are we going | |
| Where are we going | |
| (When will we attain our freedom...) |