Heart Of The Dancer Lyrics - Johnny Clegg & Savuka

I want to look into the heart of the dancer 

His movements have a magic mystery 

They must have a message and a meaning 

'cause he's doing something to me 

Please don't let the drum stop beating 

I have to understand 

How he dances our future and our destiny 

And how we became part of this land 

Chorus 

Sizodlala! nani 'mabungu! 

Sizodlala! nani 'mabungu, helele! 

(repeat) 

Dlala wemadlalingo... 

Dlala wemadlalingoma (repeat) 

Dlala wemadlalingo-yo-yo-yo 

Dlala wemadlalingoma (repeat) 

When you were just a witless child of wonder 

He showed you the glory of his past 

He weaved for you a dance of the thunder 

That shook the mountains and the craglands 

He dances the children playing in the rubble 

He dances the hollow victory 

He dances the powerful people ambushed by history 

Chorus 

The dance wants to dance the dancer 

But the dancer wants to dance the dance 

There's a war between the puppet and the master 

Between the master and the puppet-dancer's heart 

Have you seen the gunfire flash across the news in the night? 

Have you seen the bedroom scene in the ballet? 

Oh the dancing bear can't bear to dance much longer 

And soon the puppet will be the dance's master 

Soon the puppet will be the dance's master 

Wemagith' ingoma! 

Wemagith' ingoma!