It was performed by Carmen Twillie (female vocals) and Lebo M (opening Zulu vocals) as the films opening song. Some of the story's elements also pull from Masai tradition, which has its own language. 'Circle of Life' is the opening song of Disneys 1994 animated feature film The Lion King, composed by Elton John with lyrics by Tim Rice. It's a language of South Africa, while all the characters' names in "The Lion King" are in Swahili, a language of eastern and southeastern Africa. You probably know them by heart.Īs the Genius annotations explain, it's notable that the opening of the song is sung in Zulu. However, we're in luck, because there's a the translation of the lyrics into English, via Genius.Ī lion and a leopard come to this open place"įrom that point, the song segues into English lyrics. But, those who aren't fluent in the language have likely never understood those lyrics. If you speak Zulu, it might be pretty underwhelming.
Here are the immortal words of the animals of the Savannah: The tag-line for the animated motion picture The Lion King was 'Lifes greatest adventure is finding your place in the Circle of Life.' Lyricist Tim Rice was reportedly stunned by how quickly composer Elton John was able to put Rices words to music. "The Circle of Life," starts out in Zulu before switching over to English. Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders. Thanks to one Tumblr post, which has done all the hard translating work for us, we finally know what those words in The Lion Kings Circle Of Life mean.
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