@@cobwebtheorem7538 He's very clean compared to most American comedians. Even his good friend and previous Daily Show host Jon Stewart used to chuck F-bombs on the show all the time.
Me, an American, watches this video, instantly googles lyrics and translation. No wonder the country has no disaster. Their anthem is a straight up prayer.
i wish i could go back to japan :( student visa ran out, then got work visa, and it ran out, and now i'm in usa. wish i could have at least stayed until the current president fucks off outta office
While I was schooling in SA, we would sing the national anthem at almost every assembly. Now there were Afrikaners, Tswanas, Coloreds, Zulus and immigrants. When the first stanza was sung, the Zulus and Xhosa would scream. When the Tswana part came, the Tswana and Pedi and Sotho students (including me) would scream. The same for the Afrikaans part...the Coloreds joined in. At the end, we would powerfully join hands and sing. It was magical and indescribable. BTW, Trevor, you are a national treasure. Modimo a go segofatse.
I'm an American, but after this I just had to know for myself... "Lord bless Africa May her glory be lifted high Hear our prayers Lord bless us, your children Lord we ask You to protect our nation, Intervene and end all conflicts, Protect us, protect our nation, Protect South Africa, South Africa From the blue of our skies, From the depths of our seas, Over our everlasting mountains, Where the echoing crags resound, Sounds the call to come together, And united we shall stand, Let us live and strive for freedom, In South Africa our land." -Wikipedea translation
I love how he includes politics and culture in his comedy and gives us a subtle but worthwhile message at the same time making our stomach ache with his jokes.
That's what I a big joke South Africa has become. Literally. Haha. The new flag represents murder and rape capital of the world. I'm not proud of that.
I am Nigerian, but I sometimes come on RU-vid and listen to the beautiful anthem of South Africa, and every time I do, I swear I cry and I don't even know why because I don't understand the language you know... damn! Does this happen to anyone else?
I believe this is the reason why you cry, the national anthem is a prayer. Your spirit would be feeling God. You might not understand the language but your spirit does. Hence you come to it.
this man is a genius. he can joke on anything. If Trever visits any Hospital, I'm sure patents will be healed by 50% without any medicine, just by listening to him, laughter is the best medicine in the universe.
SA national anthem will always be my favorite. It made me cry when I first heard it, and I feel it in my soul every time. My parents also grew up singing ‘nkosi sikelel’ iAfrica’ in boarding school in Nigeria when they were young, as did other ‘boomers’ across Africa that time so I’ve heard. It speaks sp beautifully to us all. Shout out to SA
05:02 "It is a disgrace to see a natchinal team that does not even know how to sing the natchinal anthem..." 😂😂😂😂 but Trevor chief did you have to pull out the South African politician accent
This happens with the New Zealand anthem too. The Māori part gets sung more quietly than the English part, because fewer people know the Māori language. Even so, as a Māori I'm still proud to see people at least giving it a go. Gives me hope for the future. All the best to the Springboks in the Rugby World Cup final.
@@petermachete5647 Can tell your heart is in the right place but as a Canadian who hates being called an American, I wouldn't tell a Kiwi they are part of Australia.
I have a question, if I’m not Māori, can I learn it? I love Indigenous Peoples and languages even if I’m not part of it in this lifetime and it makes me feel some type of way (good way heh)
"because you are singing a song it's not just a song, it's an Anthem it's a pledge, it's a promise. You put your hand on your heart. and you are promising something but you don’t know what that promise is" THIS struck a chord in my heart, thank you for the wisdom. You teach me about patriotism much better than the 15 years I spent at school. 💗
Hmm, my schools aren't exactly 'crappy'...just ordinary. They taught us by the textbook, and those doesn't really go toward our hearts/minds, just for exams. As usual. And here we are, searching for things to enrich ourselves, from YT. 😌
Yes , I am from Ivory Coast too, and I learned it in Music class also. I didn’t know the meaning of the song but I love the rhythm. After founding out the meaning it’s more beautiful
@@nlocnil3602 the South African national anthem was promoted and taught throughout Africa in the 80s and 90s so many Africans learnt it as a song of pride in Africa and also to shos solidarity with the South Africans during apartheid. It was played everyday on TV in my country growing up
I'm italian, nevertheless I'll never forget how I cried like a baby when I first heard South African Anthem and I didn't even speak english at that time, imagine all other languages your anthem is formed by. It touched my heart so much that I learnt it by heart and even know its meaning despite not being south african.
Wind 01 nah It’s the newly converted fans. I’m a kpop fans since 2006 snd I dont even care. If I like a song I like it, I don’t care about other people, if they like it go ahead if they dont then dont lols
@@navneet4938 uhm those are the ignorant new fans :) i’m korean and have been a fan of kpop since i was born lol... international fans were really amazing and supportive up until 2017 when bts started getting mass popularity and young, impressionable fans who just thought they were pretty. i miss the authenticity of the fandoms
I both love and hate this, heres my reason. Love it because Pan-Africanism I love how other African countries actively take part in learning about their fellow African nations. I hate it because in South Africa very little is or was taught to us about other African countries. I had to take History as a subject in University and I learned so much about Africa than i ever did in my 13 years of schooling as a child and that is very very sad. South Africans really need to learn more about this Continent i think it will help a great deal to us in terms of our xenophobia issues that we have. Kudos to Ghana and other African nations for being so open minded.
This young Trevor Noah helped me laugh at life again. Now I watch him when I need time to relax. I learned so much from him. He has a great future ahead apart from his daily show. Blessings Trevor forever.
The South African anthem was at some point adopted as the pan-African anthem! I learned it in primary school in Zimbabwe(Shona and ndebele) alongside our national anthem.
Nehemiah Scudder anthems meaning was twisted during nazi times. Anthem: German above all It’s original meaning was one German state above all other smaller German states (this was before unification) but hitler twisted it to be one German state above all other states. It’s also not illegal to sing the first verse but it isn’t done at official occasions.
I also don't know but i can sing it professionally and have actually taught and conducted choirs but actually it never clicked to me that I have no idea what it says
@@veerj7304 We only have 2 *official* languages- English and Hindi. But yes we do have other 22 regional languages recognised by the constitution and hundreds of dialects spoken around the country.
@@aditichandila257 No, all 22 are official languages in the constitution... English and Hindi are the recommended ones to have some commonality in the Directive Principles of State Policy
Strangely enough, I’m Ugandan 🇺🇬 and in my high school( Kings College Buddo, one of the oldest) I was in a House/ dormitory called South Africa and we used to sing the actual South African national anthem as our anthem so you’ll find us singing along to the SA anthem during rugby games which is a bit cool and strange for others 😎😎
One thing I love about Trevor Noah's stand-up shows in South Africa is that a lot of the culture of the country becomes clear without any explanation. It is nice to get close to other peoples this way.
The African National Anthem is the most beautiful one I have ever heard. Imagine all those languages in one song. You are a National Treasure Trevor. God Bless You, God Bless Africa🌹
When I was little, I had a music teacher who had a chorus club. She taught us to sing the South African national anthem. But she never told us this. So for years I would hum the tune or words, not knowing what was coming out of my mouth. Until now. And now I've made the effort to learn the song. Long story short, thank you Ms. Williams for teaching us this song. Hope you are doing well in life.
Haha...Singapore's anthem is in Malay. I sang it for 10 years in school and still only know what the last line means 😂 Also not convinced I was singing the words right all those years 🤔
This came at the perfect time for me. I've been grieving because my girlfriend has a heart transplant that is giving out on her and I have not heard from her in the past three days, so at this point I believe she has already passed due to it. This video has brought just enough comedy back into my life to get me back in a somewhat upbeat state.
Here, now you finally know the meaning of the national anthem :) The isiXhosa and isiZulu of the first stanza, the Sesotho of the second stanza and the Afrikaans of the third stanza translate into English as follows: Lord, bless Africa May her spirit rise high up Hear thou our prayers Lord bless us. Lord, bless Africa Banish wars and strife Lord, bless our nation Of South Africa. Ringing out from our blue heavens From our deep seas breaking round Over everlasting mountains Where the echoing crags resound. Sounds the call to come together, And united we shall stand, Let us live and strive for freedom, In South Africa our land.
South Africa has no other option but to win. If England wins we would not hear the last of it, they would constantly remind everybody for the next month.
@V.A. D-R The Americans had another war with the British in 1812, and one night two years later, the British were about to storm a fort in the biggest port in Maryland, which meant they were about to take the nation's capital of Washington nearby. One of the lawyers there, who was trying to negotiate the release of American prisoners of war, basically had to watch in terror as the British bombed the fort and the U.S. national flag that was flying there. He noticed the rockets' red glare and the bombs bursting in air gave proof through the night that our flag was still there. Then, he saw that the morning came and the flag shone like he had never seen it before, and he wrote a poem about it. It was set to a drinking song that was popular at the time, and that's how our anthem came to be. In other words, it's about our flag being everlasting. (If you read the third and fourth verses, he also complains about Americans who were doubtful that the U.S. could win the war, there's a quite controversial section about slaves and mercenaries being killed in the war which I won't delve into, he praises the freemen who defended the nation, he urges people to praise God for defending it, and he says America must keep conquering as long as it has God by its side.) I hope that was a concise and accurate enough explanation of lyrics for those of you from outside the U.S. who were curious.
@@JarrodBaniqued Black man from outside the US here. The explenation is fine but now when u've mentioned it I am really interested in the quite controversial section about slaves and indentured servants being killed in the war.
@@JarrodBaniqued American here and was taught that in school. We always thought the song was dark to sing before we were to play a game. Like baseball that's supposed to bring us altogether. The song is supposed to bring us altogether but it's morbid and morose. While, America the Beautiful is uplifting and it's pleasing to hear. From Sea to Shining Sea. I love that song...every time I hear it I want to smile. When I sing the National Anthem [and I'm one of the few who knows my NA by heart - Let's be honest not many Americans do] I don't smile. By second verse I'm drained and the more I delve into thinking about it I get stressed and depressed. It's a song that takes a toll emotionally & mentally.
In my home fo Singapore, everyone has to learn the national anthem when we were students, it was part of the curriculum. We had to sing it every day, along with the national pledge. It was as a kid, one of the most droning and boring things to do at 7am in the morning, but now I kinda appreciate it, and though as a adult now i dont need to sing it every day, sometimes I'll sing it to myself because it brings back memories.
No, i diasgree. Hardness is an ambrella that covers everything new. Nguni is hard for the non-Nguni people, and so is Afrikaans. Luckily, South Africans accepted English almost as their own language.
So, I have to confess… Your skit got me interested in the South African national anthem. I never heard it before. I found the first video neat because I could read the lyrics. It’s now a year later? I can sing the anthem. I don’t know what it means, but I can effectively sing the whole anthem. I have a bucket list item. To attend a national game of some sort and sing the anthem with people from South Africa. That would be neat.
6:32 "It's a pledge. It's a promise. You put your hand on your heart, and you're promising something but you don't know what that promise is." And yet, people get married every day! 😛
What I love the most about Trevor Noah is that he has the ability to capture the human heart, pinpoint the hilarity of the human condition, hold us accountable and endear each of us to the other.
I've only just found you and WOW you are superb, The South African national anthem always sends chills up my spine and makes me cry even though I am British.
🇿🇦🇺🇸🌸No my Son, you are truly talented!!!!!! I enjoy watching your videos during my lunch break. I have been trying to explain to my colleagues South African humor.!!! It is a process 😂🤣
Hey New Zealand, if it helps, your national anthem and the Hakka are the main reasons I watch rugby.. Oh and the fact that I am welsh helps.. try singing the welsh Ntaional anthem TREVOR.
Thanks, @Trevor, this gave me (as an American) a great reason to look and see what the languages are and what the lyrics mean. Excellent job - I hope many of your RSA peeps will go and get some knowledge, too!
New Zealander here, coming from a nation with a bilingual anthem, I can say that not many people know what the first half of ours means either. Still sing all of it with pride.
People in South Africa mumble cus they can’t sing the anthem that is made up of different languages while I can hardly sing my own anthem that is made of one language.....
I'm a Brit. We learn to sing the South African anthem and other songs for a primary school choir show.....imagine if we were singing about wanting to kill others without knowing hahaha
I'm Irish and my national anthem, although written originally by a Brit, is an old IRA marching song basically about k1lling you... Since our rugby league includes Northern Ireland which is UK ruled, we had to write an entirely new song just for rugby. No hard feelings!
I am from 🇬🇦 Gabon and i learnt it cause it is gorgeous. The ones of Kenya and Tanzania are nice as well. By the way, i was in South Africa twice. Lovely country.