Milele

"Milele" is a song in Walt Disney Pictures 2024 live action feature film feature film Mufasa: The Lion King, sung by Anika Noni Rose (the voice of Afia, Mufasa's mother) and Keith David (the voice of Masego, Mufasa's father).
The song was third introduced and mentioned by Anika at the 2024 D23 Expo, performed live by Anika Noni Rose.
==Lyrics==
Chorus:
Sekuseduzani
Empumalanga
Entshonalanga
Sala ngoxolo
Afia:
Beyond the horizon
Beyond the last cloud in the sky
There's a place I know
Chorus:
Siqhubek'ekhaya s'ofika
Afia:
Imagine a kingdom
(Ngothando, ngothando)
The water flows
The grass is high
(S'ofika)
It's not a dream
(Ngothando)
Someday, we'll go
We call it
(Tunaita)
Milele
(Milele)
It's always there
(Daimaiko)
Milele
(Sivulele indlela)
It lives in you
It lives in me
(Sekuseduzani)
You'll see
(Milele)
Masego:
Life
Afia:
The Circle of Life is not small
Masego:
Great and small
Afia:
We know that
Afia and Masego:
There's enough for all
There is always more
Afia:
Can you feel it?
Masego:
Can you feel it?
Masego:
We're
Afia:
We'll wander no longer
Masego:
On your side
Afia:
We carry ancestors inside
(Sofika)
Masego:
Like a constant tide
Afia:
It's not a dream
Masego:
On an endless shore
(Ngothando)
Afia:
Can you see it?
And as you grow
Masego:
Can you see it?
Afia:
Can you find your way?
Masego:
We call it
(Sekuseduzani)
Afia and Masego:
Milele
(Sekuseduzani, milele)
It's always there
(Sekuseduzani, daimaiko)
Milele
(Empumalanga, sala ngoxolo)
We call it
(Sekuseduzani, daimaiko)
Milele
(Empumalanga, sala ngoxolo)
It's always there
(Sekuseduzani, daimaiko)
Milele
(Empumalanga, sala ngoxolo)
It lives in you
It lives in me
(Ngoxolo)
We're free
Afia:
Milele...
Chorus:
Milele!
==Trivia==
*Milele means "always", "constantly", "eternity", "infinity", and "forever" respectively in Swahili.
*The word "milele" was previously used in "Rafiki Mourns", a song from the stage musical version of The Lion King, in which Rafiki mourns the deaths of Mufasa and Simba.
==References==
Category:The Lion King songs