The elephants walked through the jungle to the water
Eating food found along the way.
Sometimes men with sticks came
To kill them for their flesh and tusks
But that was bearable
They went away, you see.
The elephants walked through the jungle to the water
Eating food found along the way.
Sometimes men with sticks came
To drive them into kraals and captivity
But that was bearable
They went away, you see.
The elephants walked through the jungle to the water
Eating food found along the way.
Sometimes men with sticks came
To point the sticks at them and magically kill them
But that was bearable
They went away, you see.
The elephants walk through the jungle to the water
[The water is still there but the jungle is not]
Eating food found along the way.
Sometimes – all the time – men with sticks come
To guard their crops and way of living along the way
Neither can move
so both must suffer.
This is unbearable
They don't go away, you see.