Sometimes alone in the evening
I look outside my window
At the shadow in the night
I hear the sound of distant crying
The darkness multiplying
The weary hearts denied

All I feel is my heartbeat
Beating like a drum
Beating with confusion
All I hear are the voices
Telling me to go
But I could never run

'Cause in my African Dream
There's a new tomorrow
My African Dream
Is a dream that we can follow

Now when the night begins to fall
I listen for your call,
I listen for your heartbeat.
Alone my dream is just a dream
Another false illusion,
A shadow in the night

All I want is for our heartbeats
To beating just as one
To silence that confusion
And the pain and the illusion
Will disappear again
And we would never run

'Cause in my African Dream
There's a new tomorrow
My African Dream
Is a dream that we can follow

And though it seems
My hope is an illusion
My African Dream
Brings an end to the confusion

Bawethu weAfrika
Sinelusasa elihle
Igugu leAfrika
(Sizolilandela maAfrika) This is my African dream
(Siyayibona intanzi) Let us sing in one harmony
Ukukhanya kwentokozo
Igugu leAfrica
Ukuphela kwenkinga zonke

Bawethu weAfrika
Sinelusasa elihle
Igugu leAfrika
Sizolilandela maAfrika
Siyayibona intanzi
Ukukhanya kwentokozo
Igugu leAfrica
Ukuphela kwenkinga zonke