One day I looked up and there you were,
like a simple question looking for an answer
Now I am the whale listening to some inner call,
swimming blindly to throw myself upon your shore

What if I don't find you when I have landed?
Will you leave me here to die on your shore stranded?

I think I know why the dog howls at the moon
I think I know why the dog howls at the moon

I sing dela, dela ngyanya dela when I'm with you,
dela, sondela mama sondela, I burn for you

I've been waiting for you all my life hoping for a miracle,
I've been waiting day and night, day and night
I've been waiting for you all my life waiting for redemption,
I've been wating day and night, I burn for you

A blind bird sings inside the cage that is my heart,
the image of your face comes to me when I am alone in the dark
If I could give a shape to this ache that I have for you,
If I could find the voice that says the words to capture you

I think I know, I think I know, I think I know,
I think I know why the dog howls at the moon
I think I know why the dog howls at the moon

I sing dela, dela ngyanya dela when I'm with you,
dela, sondela mama sondela, I burn for you

I've been waiting for you all my life hoping for a miracle,
I've been waiting day and night, day and night
I've been waiting for you all my life waiting for redemption,
I've been wating day and night, I burn for you

Sondela, sondela, mama sondela, I burn for you

I've been waiting for you all my life hoping for a miracle,
I've been waiting day and night, day and night
I've been waiting for you all my life waiting for redemption,
I've been wating day and night, I burn for you

Burn for you, I burn for you