Magossa
Djama, djama, djama,
Aw ni sou...
A tè dêmê ni ko la wa?
A yé dêmê ni ko la, é kélé têssé...
Tièba tara tounguan na
A mi sara a faouw la
A mi sara a Baouw la
A mi sara a kôrôw la
A mi sara a mossow la
A mi sara a dénw la
A mi sara a sigui yongonw la.
Ni ko kêrê magossa yé.
A mossow sègèna a kofê.
A yé diagi djougou kê.
A yé djourou djougou ta.
A yé yala djougou kê.
A yé sôgnali djougou kê.
Ni ko kêra maloya yé.
Eh, djama, djama, djama,
Aw ni sou...
Tièni tara sougou la. Anh!
A ma faouw yé.
A ma Baouw yé...
Anh! Ni ko kêra maloya yé.
Anh! Ni kô kêra mogossa yé...
People, good evening...
Can you help me do something?
Help me, do something. I can’t do it by myself...
A great man left on an adventure
Without telling his fathers
Without telling his mothers
Without telling his brothers and sisters
Without telling his wife
Without telling his children
Without telling his neighbours.
It was a waste of time
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His wife suffered from his absence.
She did some bad business.
She took some bad loans.
She couldn’t feed herself.
She stole.
That was shameful
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People, good evening!
A young man left on an adventure. Ah!
He didn’t see his fathers, eh!
He didn’t see his mothers, eh!
Ah! This thing became shameful
This thing became a waste of time...