“Iza Ngomso” performed by the Cape Town Youth Choir

“Iza Ngomso” was performed by the Cape Town Youth Choir as part of UCT’s virtual graduation celebrating the March cohort.

For more about UCT’s virtual graduation celebration on 14 March 2020, visit the graduation feature page.

English Lyrics:

The rain will return to the cloud
The clouds bring down the rain
I will climb
Where over fields and pastures green
The painted ships float high in the air

Like a bird I fly
I’m holding on to the wind
Like a bird I fly
I’m holding on by my wings

Come tomorrow
The rain will clear
May it be tomorrow

The day is coming
I fly, I swim all over the lands
I’m holding on to the wind
Over desert sands,
over gulf and bay Like a bird

I fly Like a bird
I sing

Come tomorrow
The rain will clear
May it be tomorrow

Credits

Conductor: Leon Starker

Tenor: Jason Atherton

Strings: Elina Koytcheva, Louise Starker, Azra Isaacs, Pearl Jung

Djembe: Schalk Wasserman

Video production: Bungalow Four Productions

Sound editing: Marcelo Gándaras