5Kayaa, kayaa, ek'yumbu neh
(Sleep, sleep she whispers)
B'yara alanu… leyaleyamu.
(It is night.)
She walks (kaashe neh)
Past the hippopotamus, (kaashe neh)
Past the peeping crocodiles, (kaashe neh)
Leaving behind her
Overwhelming sleepiness
She walks. [clap]
(kaashe neh)
(kaashe neh)
[-Sleeping Tiger]
(kanakana yasa)…
(jeneh-eh-eh ne'eh)
[-Waking Tiger]
(lumbanee kuliyan)…
(jeneh-eh-eh ne'eh, teh yama)
[-All will rise and wake with she.]
[clap]
Asamanya kurii kurii shunte'eh
(Hear the lions snore)
Zun-ek'sham, kalu phe nehnah
(Tread softly lest they wake)
She knows (le'um neh)
Where the panthers sleep, (le'um neh)
Where the tree snakes dream, (le'um neh)
Where every stone and root lies
In the jungle deep. (waa-oh'oh)
She knows. [clap]
(le'um neh)
(le'um neh)
[-Sleeping Tiger]
(kanakana yasa)…
(jeneh-eh-eh ne'eh)
[-Waking Tiger]
(lumbanee kuliyan)…
(jeneh-eh-eh ne'eh. teh yama)
[-All will rise and wake with she.]
[clap]
Yendeh kuliyan zamun neh
(She prowls the jungle)
Yare alanu, nahne'ehya(All is still.)
She brings (zenu neh)
Bright light through the trees, (zenu neh)
Sweep of waking breeze, (zenu neh)
Noise explodes slowly
She sees the life
She brings. [clap]
(zenu neh)
(zenu neh)
She walks unseen in the light
But one young monkey sees
He pauses.
She smiles.
He will bring.
(zenu kalanu nah)
He will know.
(le'um kalanu nah)
He will walk.
(kaasha kalanu nah) [clap]
[-Sleeping Tiger]
(kanakana yasa)…
(jeneh-eh-eh ne'eh)
[-Waking Tiger]
(lumbanee kuliyan)…
(jeneh-eh-eh ne'eh, teh yama)
[-All will rise and wake with she.]
[clap]