Velile: Helele

Chorus (2x):
Helele, bomama
Amasiko ethu
Soze aphele kithi
Nabo okhokho bethu

    Go for it, children of our mothers!
    Our traditions
    Will never cease to exist at our place
    Nor will our ancestors

Verse:
Amaqhawe esizwe
(Asibonge komama)
Abathokozisa bethu
(Asibonge abazali)
Izimbali zesizwe
(Asibonge komama)

    The heroes of the nation
    (Let's thank our mothers)
    Our wellsprings of joy
    (Let's thank our parents)
    The flowers of the nation
    (Let's thank our mothers)

Pre-chorus:
Uma mina nawe singabambisana
Uma mina nawe singahloniphana

    If me and you could help each other
    If me and you could respect each other

[chorus (2x)]

Verse:
Amaqhawe esizwe
(Asibonge komama)
Bona basikhulisa
(Asibonge abazali)
Yini ehlula abazali
(Asibonge komama)

    The heroes of the nation
    (Let's thank our mothers)
    It was them who brought us up
    (Let's thank our parents)
    What could overpower our parents?
    (Let's thank our mothers)

Pre-chorus:
Uma mina nawe singabonisana
Uma mina nawe singahloniphana

    If me and you could look after each other
    If me and you could respect each other

[chorus (1x)]

Bridge:
Phambili, bomama
Themba lesizwe
Hheyi ubuhle benu
Soze buphele

    Forward, children of our mothers
    Hope of the nation
    Hey, your beauty
    Will never cease to exist

[chorus (2x)]