[Verse 1] Your gaze rested calmly on me like shadows on the veld at evening Your laughter struck my chest like the deep tone of the uhadi bow I carried your name in my mouth like sweet water from the spring And every step toward you was a journey home through the high grass [Pre-Chorus] Oh, my heart, do not go away stay by the warm fire Oh, my heart, hear the call the deep choir is singing your name [Chorus] You are mine, you are mine (you are mine) Beneath the moon and the tree (beneath the tree) You are mine, you are mine (you are mine) Come into my song, come into my house (come to me) [Verse 2] Your father looked at me with testing eyes I brought the proudest cattle to the kraal The elders nodded softly as our bond touched the earth I placed fine beads into your cloth our feet stamped the rhythm in the dust Since that very evening my blood has been dancing in circles [Pre-Chorus] Oh, my heart, do not go away stay by the warm fire Oh, my heart, hear the call the deep choir is singing your name [Chorus] You are mine, you are mine (you are mine) Beneath the moon and the tree (beneath the tree) You are mine, you are mine (you are mine) Come into my song, come into my house (come to me) [Bridge] When the deep bass calls for me I do not walk alone Your breath moves with me through the dense veld All voices answer yes all hands are clapping in a circle And where our steps strike the earth a new morning grows [Chorus] You are mine, you are mine (you are mine) Beneath the moon and the tree (beneath the tree) You are mine, you are mine (you are mine) Come into my song, come into my house (come to me) [Outro] [Xhosa clicks in rhythm] Heya, heya my heart knows your step upon the earth Heya, heya stay, until the sun sings
