Thula Baba - South African Lullaby

My brother sang this beautifully in Zulu at my father's recent funeral.

In English:

Keep quiet my child

Keep quiet my baby

Be quiet, daddy will be home by dawn

There's a star that will lead him home

The star will brighten his way home

The hills and stones are still the same my love

My life has changed, yes, my life has changed

The children grow but you don't know, my love

The children grew, but you don't see them grow.

In Zulu:

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.

Lullaby from South african (Zulu)