and our ideals desert
as dried bones in a desert
the sacrifice made
the price paid
into earth their blood seeped
up to the sky bodies heaped
the youth of seventy six
who laid freedom’s bricks
Biko, Hani, Tambo
Nalucanda uhambo
Nalufeza ugqatso
Sayifumana inkululeko ngegama
Iziqhamo zayo anazingcamla
Noko zona sezibukrakra
Ulutsha lusifa yingculaza
Ngamaxa ndizive ndizibuza
Yiyo lenkululeko na
Ubomi benu nazincama
Vukani sizwe esimnyama
Eternally you slept
Silently we wept
Let us not forget
Let the words of the poet
Be the truth serum to inject
Consciousness so we remain alert
To unchain our mental shackles yet
So we may not forget
And not regret, lest we forget