How Do You Say Thank You and Farewell? (VIDEOS)

How do you thank a person who has freed you from second class citizenship?

How do you thank a person who you never met but who you know genuinely loved and cared about you?

How do you thank a person whose humility was so profound that he insisted that together,  you and he forgive the people who had degraded and tormented both of you for so many years?

How do you say farewell to a giant of human history that you know has and will continue to inspire generations of people of all races to be kind, loving, forgiving and just?

http://youtu.be/BGS7SpI7obYAsimbonanga

(We have not seen him)

Asimbonang’ uMandela thina (We have not seen Mandela)
Laph’ekhona (In the place where he is)
Laph’ehleli khona (In the place where he is kept)

Oh the sea is cold and the sky is grey
Look across the Island into the Bay
We are all islands till comes the day
We cross the burning water

Asimbonanga (We have not seen him)
Asimbonang’ uMandela thina (We have not seen Mandela)
Laph’ekhona (In the place where he is)
Laph’ehleli khona (In the place where he is kept)

A seagull wings across the sea
Broken silence is what I dream
Who has the words to close the distance
Between you and me

Asimbonanga (We have not seen him)
Asimbonang’ uMandela thina (We have not seen Mandela)
Laph’ekhona (In the place where he is)
Laph’ehleli khona (In the place where he is kept)