Circle of Life (The Lion King)

"Circle of Life" is the opening song of Disney's 1994 animated feature film The Lion King, composed by Elton John with lyrics by Tim Rice. It was performed by Carmen Twillie (female vocals) and Lebo M (opening Zulu vocals) as the film's opening song. Elton John also sang a pop version of it with the London Community Gospel Choir, which was included in the film's soundtrack and made into a music video.

As Mufasa himself explains later in the movie, the "Circle of Life" that the song refers to is the delicate balance of nature (predators eat prey, predators become grass when they die, prey eat the grass). Scar's reign disrupted the Circle of Life, which was restored when he died. Likewise, a plot point in The Lion Guard is for Kion to learn how to properly protect the Circle of Life.

Lyrics
Nants ingonyama bagithi Baba

Sithi uhm ingonyama eyi yewu

Ingonyama

Nants ingonyama bagithi Baba

Sithi uhhmm ingonyama

Hayibaba (Ingonyama)

Siyonqoba (Ingonyama)

Ingonyama nengw' enamabala

Ingonyama nengw' enamabala

Ingonyama nengw' enamabala

Ingonyama nengw' enamabala

Ingonyama nengw' enamabala

Ingonyama nengw' enamabala (Se to kwa)

Ingonyama nengw' enamabala (Asana)

Ingonyama nengw' enamabala (Se to kwa)

Ingonyama nengw' enamabala (Asana)

Ingonyama nengw' enamabala (repeats throughout verse)

From the day we arrive on the planet

And blinking, step into the sun

There's more to see than can ever be seen

More to do than can ever be done

There's far too much to take in here

More to find than can ever be found

But the sun rolling high

Through the sapphire sky

Keeps great and small on the endless round

It's the Circle of Life

And it moves us all

Through despair and hope

Through faith and love

Till we find our place

On the path unwinding

In the Circle

The Circle of Life

Ingonyama nengw' enamabala

Ingonyama nengw' enamabala (Se to kwa)

Ingonyama nengw' enamabala (Asana)

Ingonyama nengw' enamabala (Se to kwa)

Ingonyama nengw' enamabala (Asana)

Ingonyama nengw' enamabala (Se to kwa)

Ingonyama nengw' enamabala (Asana)

Ingonyama nengw' enamabala (Se to kwa)

Ingonyama nengw' enamabala

Ingonyama nengw' enamabala

Ingonyama nengw' enamabala (Asana)

Ingonyama nengw' enamabala (Se to kwa)

Ingonyama nengw' enamabala (Asana)

Ingonyama nengw' enamabala (Se to kwa)

Ingonyama nengw' enamabala (Asana)

It's the Circle of Life

And it moves us all

Through despair and hope

Through faith and love

Till we find our place

On the path unwinding

In the Circle

The Circle of Life!

Link:
https://youtu.be/GibiNy4d4gc