"The Lion Sleeps Tonight" is a song sung by Simba, Timon, and Pumbaa and it is the sixteenth song performed in the musical The Lion King when Simba leads Timon and Pumbaa to find a resting place where Timon and Pumbaa want to sleep, but the restless Simba is unable to sleep annoyed by the two.
Lyrics[]
- Lala kahle Sleep well
- In the jungle, the mighty jungle
- The lion sleeps tonight
- In the jungle, the mighty jungle
- The lion sleeps tonight
- Chorus
- Imbube
- Ingonyama ifile The lion is in peace
- Ingonyama ilele The lion sleeps.
- Thula Hush.
- Near the village, the peaceful village
- The lion sleeps tonight
- Near the village, the peaceful village
- The lion sleeps tonight
- Chorus
- Hush, my darling, don't fear, my darling
- The lion sleeps tonight
- Hush, my darling, don't fear, my darling
- The lion sleeps tonight
- He, ha helelemama. He, ha helelemama.
- Ohi'mbube. Lion.
- Chorus
- Ixesha lifikile Time has come
- Lala Sleep
- Lala kahle Sleep well
- Near the village, the peaceful village
- The lion sleeps tonight
- Near the village, the peaceful village
- The lion sleeps tonight
- Chorus
- My little darling
- Don't fear, my little darling
- My little darling
- Don't fear, my little darling
- Ingonyama ilele The lion sleeps tonight