RE-			   DO            SOL
See the nation through the people's eyes,
RE-			 DO              SOL
See tears that flow like rivers from the skies.
RE-			      DO         SOL
Where it seems there are only borderlines
RE-		      DO
Where others turn and sigh,
SOL         RE- DO
You shall rise
SOL	    RE- DO SOL
You shall rise

RE-		         DO
There's disaster in your past
SOL		   RE-
Boundaries in your path
	    DO	        SOL	    RE-
What do you desire will lift you higher?
		       DO	    SOL           RE-
You don't have to be extraordinary, just forgiving.
			       DO
And those who never heard your cries,
SOL	     RE-  DO
You shall rise 
SOL	     RE-
You shall rise
    DO		     SOL  RE-
And look toward the skies.
      DO	   SOL	          RE-   DO
Where others fail, you prevail in time.
SOL	    RE-
You shall rise.

Awu indoda yam
Hayi bayibulele bo
Hayi indoda yam
Hayi ababanda bam

Ukubu izi ingane zabo zodlala zibuzuswa
Ingane ezindane zabo zodlala zibuziswa

(You may never know,
If you lay low, lay low) x4
You shall rise x3

Sooner or later we must try... Living
(You may never know,
If you lay low, lay low) x4

See the nation through the people's eyes,
See tears that flow like rivers from the skies.
Where it seems there are only borderlines
Where others turn and sigh,
You shall rise x4

(You may never know,
If you lay low, lay low) 4x

Sooner or later we must try... Living