We all grew up with Disney, which means we inevitably spent our childhood years prancing around our living rooms on all fours listening to The Circle Of Life, imagining we were Simba looking out over Pride Rock.

We weren't, of course, in reality; but what with knowing all the lyrics and stuff we did a pretty bloody great impression of it. Except there's one bit of the famous Elton John track that always catches us out, and it's right at the beginning.

Have a listen below, and try to guess what on earth is being said during those very opening lines.

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It goes a little something like this: "Nants ingonyama bagithi baba / Sithi uhhmm ingonyama".

Now I don't know about you but I'm not fluent in Zulu, and although I've definitely googled the lyrics in my time so I can sound like a real professional when I belt it out among friends, I've never actually known what I'm singing.

But thanks to one Tumblr post, which has done all the hard translating work for us, we finally know what those words mean. And they make TOTAL sense.

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The translation goes a little something like this:

"Nants ingonyama bagithi baba" = "There comes a lion"

"Sithi uhhmm ingonyama" - "Oh yes, it's a lion"

Which is kind of understandable, if you think about it. Because, well, the whole film's about lions. But what is life for if it's not to broaden your everyday knowledge with culture like this? Honestly, it's my pleasure.

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