!Noa Khai Festival
!Noa Khai Festival
1. !Noa khai, !Noa khai lasa sores ta llhai llaeb ai; lguisib di tsâb karasase ra !gom xuige
Arise! Arise, for the new sun is rising; as is blowing, a gentle wind of unity
2. Elokurusa be, lgore ra !haose, tsantos khemi sores aise tsuni tidese,
God's creation, a prayerful people. A nation that'll never perish like mist before the sun
3. Khoren gae, !gânkhā gailõb kai lhaos diba, lgui!nâxasiba ra hôaba.
Open the ears, listen out for the call of a great people - a call that proclaims unity.
4. Nam nauxa, nīsa !hao, khoen di khoe, !noras laob lkha ge mâi!nāhesa.
A tongue-clicking, proud nation. People of people (men of men?); anointed with the blood of independence.
5. llGaras khemi nî mâllawosa
A nation that will stand firm like the quiver tree
Nama!hao! Kai !hao! Afrika !hao! - !Khūb !hao! Tātsē khiri!
Nama nation! Great nation! African nation! God's nation! Never again will we bow/slip!