Gone is the man 
Who loved his land
More than day
If his heart had to leave
His soul was to stay

Hear them calling
From the mountains
Calling from the plains
Hear the wind
Through the leaves
Singing lonely refrains

Banza banza banza banza ixiámi
Ixiámi muá n’gola
N’golo banza N’golo banza oh kima

Uá n’guivila n’go mueniomo
Ni ji pangue já kuteka
Kuilatata uá mudié zé-zé
Mukonda diá n’zó

Ilia Ilia 
Ilia uai-é
Uai-é- uai-é
Ilia uai-é
Kalunga n’gumba uá mambata
Ilia uai-é
Uai-é- uai-é
Ilia uai-é
Kalunga n’gumba uá mambata
Uai-é- uai-é
Uai-é- uai-é

Pray for the man
Who left his land
Aching for better days
A man who’s heart ‘s
Bound to bleed
For the ones who remain

Uá n’guivila n’go mueniomo
A mu tele oh n’do
Muloji mala kua muxima
Kua mu jia
Muene u diene
Mu ixié iá muxima kifussa

Ilia Ilia 
Ilia uai-é
Uai-é- uai-é
Ilia uai-é
Kalunga n’gumba uá mambata
Ilia uai-é
Uai-é- uai-é
Ilia uai-é
Kalunga n’gumba uá mambata
Uai-é- uai-é
Uai-é- uai-é

Ilia Ilia Ilia 
The land is calling out your name
Ilia Ilia Ilia
Hear them calling out your name
Ilia
Uai-é, uai-é
Uai-é uai-é


(c) Dani Klein-Bonga/Traditional 
arranged by Thierry Plas & Jean-Pol Van Ham
Published by Africa Nostra-Play First!-Tell it like it is-Magnet records