Circle of Life
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"Circle of Life" is one of five songs written by composer Elton John, and lyricist Tim Rice, for the film Disney's 32nd animated feature, The Lion King. In the film the song was performed by Carmen Twillie and Lebo M. The song was nominated for the 1994 Academy Award for Best Song, along with Hakuna Matata, but lost to another track from the movie, Can You Feel the Love Tonight?. The song was also nominated for AFI's 100 years...100 songs, as one of 15 songs from Disney and one of 17 songs from an animated movie to be nominated. The songs that eventually made the cut was: When You Wish Upon A Star (#7), Some Day My Prince Will Come (#19), Beauty and the Beast (#62) and Hakuna Matata (#99).
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Plot
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The song takes place at the very beginning of the film, the dawn of Simba's presentation. As the song progresses, various animal herds travel through the Pride Lands to gather at Pride Rock. There, Rafiki meets up with the current King of the Pride Lands, Mufasa and his mate, Sarabi. After blessing Mufasa's newborn cub Simba, Rafiki lifts the cub up high for all the animals to see, and the animals bow before their future king.
The song reprises at the end of the film, after Simba has taken the throne. Rafiki presents Simba and Nala's newborn cub, recalling the opening. In The Lion King 1½, the song is used again.
In other mediaEdit
The popularity of the song had led to many performances by artists. At the time of the film's release, Elton John released a full length pop version of the song, which was included in the soundtrack of the movie. The song also features in musical version of the Lion King, playing a similar role as in the film. Finally, in 2003, the song was recorded by the Disney Channel Circle of Stars, a group of actors from various Disney Channel television series and movies.
LyricsEdit
OpeningEdit
Nants ingonyama bagithi Baba
Sithi uhm ingonyama
Nants ingonyama bagithi baba
Sithi uhhmm ingonyama
Ingonyama Siyo Nqoba
Ingonyama Ingonyama nengw enamabala
Meaning:
Here comes a lion, Father
Oh yes, it's a lion
Here comes a lion, Father
Oh yes, it's a lion
A lion We're going to conquer
A lion A lion and a leopard come to this open place
SongEdit
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
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
Musical lyricsEdit
Nant's ingonyama, bagathithi baba!
stiti umm, ingonyama;ingonyama negwengabo!
Antelope: Mai ba bo, Haa, ingonnyama baba!
Nant's ingonyama, bagathithi baba, hyaa!
stiti umm, ingonyama; ingonyama negwengabo!
Antelope: Hao, kusani bo, bheki agalela (chou!!)
Nants inonyama, bagathithi baba, hyya!
siti umm, ingonyama
Helele
ingonyama,
Ohh! sizonqobababa, helele
ingonyama,
Hayyo! sizonqobababa
Ingonyama negwenamabala
(ingonyama)
(enamabala baba)
(whoa, ingonyama baba, enamabala)
(ingonyama negwenamabala continues)
From the day we arrive on this 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.
Hmm, 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!
(kalaliko bheki akale!!)
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 negwenamabala)
(improvisation by antelope)
It's the circle of life!
(kalaliko bheki akale!!)
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
(loud drumbeat)
Note: Lyrics beginning with capital letters are Rafiki's lines, while others are the chorus and the antelope lines.
In the musicalEdit
Added by AericleeThe song follows the same purpose as in the film, but in the beginning, the song is sung by Rafiki, with two antelope on stage.The song is also reprised at the end of the musical. At the beginning of the first act, Rafiki sings the opening chant, improvised by the antelope. As Rafiki sings,"Ingonyama negw'emabala" two giraffes and a cheetah, along with three cranes, appear on stage. As the first stanza is sung, three zebras run around the stage. Then, twelve gazelles leap onto the stage, twelve white birds and an elephant and her calf, along with three (in some productions, two) wildebeests with a white rhinoceros ascend onto the stage. Then, Mufasa and Sarabi appear on Pride Rock with their newborn cub Simba. Rafiki follows them, and is helped up the peak by Mufasa. Then she anoints little Simba and raises him high in the air, with Mufasa and Sarabi looking on. The animals cheer, and bow down before their future king. Then, the curtains close and give a black-out.
TriviaEdit
- The song has become the theme of Disney's Animal Kingdom theme park in Walt Disney World in Florida. In Epcot, the song is featured in the attraction Circle of Life: An Environmental Fable starring characters from the film.
- The Season 3 Phineas and Ferb song "On the Savannah" has a similar setting and is also done with African singers.
- The choral element in between the "it's the circle of life "and" and it moves us all" is an approximate "kalaliko bheki akale.
See alsoEdit
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