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When he explained English translation, he had found the heart of the movie. We explain to him, it's story of one Lion who loses his father in tragic circumstances and ultimately has to rise up to his responsibility as King, director Rob Minkoff says in the documentary. Lyrics for the opening chant of Circle of Life were written by Lebo M, South African composer brought on to work on the movie's soundtrack by song producer Hans Zimmer, according to the 1994 documentary Making of 'The Lion King.
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And so, Lion King is less product of one nation than of pan-Africanism, and of universal values. Some of the story's elements also pull from the Masai tradition, which has its own language. It's language of South Africa, while all characters' names in Lion King are in Swahili, language of eastern and southeastern Africa. As Genius annotations explain, it's notable that the opening of song is sung in Zulu. From that point, song segue into English lyrics. However, we're in luck, because there's translation of lyrics into English, via Genius. But, those who aren't fluent in language have likely never understood those lyrics. Here are the immortal words of animals of Savannah: if you speak Zulu, it might be pretty underwhelming. Circle of Life, starts out in Zulu before switching over to English. The opening song of Lion King has some pretty distinctive lyrics, though few of us actually know what all of them mean. They were written by Lebo M., South African composer who worked on the soundtrack. They open with here come Lion, father / Oh yes its Lion. The opening lyrics of Circle of Life are very literal.