[English Intro]
Thunder of drums, lights on the floor
Footsteps echo, we crave something more
You pull the moon like strings on a kite
You are my drum, you call me home tonight
[English Verse 1]
City hums, but I only hear your name
Warm like dawn after the rain
My body remembers every secret beat
Your laugh, a doorway where my heart can breathe
[Pre-Hook (call & response)]
Lead: Come closer, feel the rhythm of us
Group: (We come) — the night is ours, we trust
Lead: You make the dark into a firelight
Group: (We dance) — we stay until the morning bright
[Hook — English Image Couplets]
You are my drum, you call me home
Heartbeat of the night, you're my own
(Repeat tag softly) — Ngiyakuthanda, ngiyakufuna
[Original Core — VERBATIM ZULU LYRICS]
[Intro]
Mmm… yeah
Sanxobe production
Ngiyazizwa, ngiyakuzwa
[Verse 1]
Ngathi ngedwa ebusuku
Ngicabanga ngawe sithandwa sami
Inhliziyo yami ishaya ngawe
Njengomoya oshisa emzimbeni
Amehlo akho ayangibiza
Izwi lakho liyangithulisa
Uma ungibamba ngesandla
Ngiyazi ngiphephile lapha
[Pre-Chorus]
Ngithi woza eduze
Ungangishiyi ngedwa
Ngifuna wena kuphela
Namhlanje, kusasa, njalo
[Chorus]
Ngiyakuthanda, ngiyakufuna
Wena uyikhaya lenhliziyo yami
Ngiyadansa ngenxa yakho
Uthando lwakho luyangithwala
Ngiyakuthanda, ngiyakufuna
Akekho ofana nawe la emhlabeni
Ngishisa ngawe, baby
Ngiyakuncenga, hlala nami
[Verse 2]
Uma ngidansa umzimba uyakhuluma
Izinyawo zami zilandela umculo
Igama lakho lisemlonyeni
Njengengoma engingayeki ukuyicula
Bangakhuluma abantu
Kodwa mina ngikhethe wena
Uma umhlaba ungazamazama
Ngizohlala ngimi eceleni kwakho
[Pre-Chorus]
Bheka amehlo ami
Uyabona iqiniso
Uthando lwami aludlalwa
Luphuma enhliziyweni
[Chorus]
Ngiyakuthanda, ngiyakufuna
Wena uyikhaya lenhliziyo yami
Ngiyadansa ngenxa yakho
Uthando lwakho luyangithwala
Ngiyakuthanda, ngiyakufuna
Akekho ofana nawe la emhlabeni
Ngishisa ngawe, baby
Ngiyakuncenga, hlala nami
[Bridge]
Ngibambe, ungidedeli
Ngilahlekile uma ungekho
Ngikhethe wena, wena wedwa
Ngize ngiphele umoya
[Chorus – Soft then Big]
Ngiyakuthanda… (ngiyakuthanda)
Ngiyakufuna… (ngiyakufuna)
Ngiyakuthanda… baby
Hlala nami, ungangishiyi
[Outro]
Mmm… yeah
Uthando lwangempela
Sanxobe production
[English Bridge — dynamic build]
(Soft) Hold me — don't let this ember die
(Lean) Without you I don't know how to fly
(Stronger) I chose you, only you, beat after beat
(Explode) We take this night and make it infinite
[Final Bilingual Chorus — layered]
Lead (English): You are my drum, you call me home
Lead (Zulu): Ngiyakuthanda, ngiyakufuna
Group (English): Heartbeat of the night, you're my own
Group (Zulu tag): Ngiyakuthanda, ngiyakufuna — hlala nami
[Tag / Outro — rhythmic call-and-response]
Leader: Ngiyakuthanda, ngiyakufuna
Response: (Ngiyakuthanda) — stay with me
Leader: Wena uyikhaya lenhliziyo yami
Response: (Uyikhaya) — you are my home
Leader: Ngiyakuncenga, hlala nami
Response: (Hlala nami) — don't leave me tonight
[Performance Notes (for production)]
- Tempo: 100–105 BPM, syncopated
