rbnlive
[singer A]
[INTRO – SPOKEN OVER KORA]
Kondima ezali te kofanda na nse ya nzete
oyo tolonaki te, mpe kozela mbuma.
Likoki ezali mboto.
Kondima ezali komona liboso.
Mosala ezali loboko oyo elonaka yango.
[CHOIR]
Ndima mpe banda…
Tɛlɛmá mpe tambola…
Salá mpo lobi etongama…
[VERSE 1 – MALE LEAD]
Namemaki ndɔtɔ na kati ya motema,
nazalaki kozela lobi ebanda yango.
Nazalaki kotala moyi kobima, kotánga mikolo,
kasi bamposa mpamba efungolaka nzela te.
Bwanya elobaki na mopɛpɛ ya ntɔngɔ:
“Nguya oyo ozali koluka ezali kati na yo.
Ata nzela ezali mpasi, mobembo ezali molai,
kondima ekómaka nguya soki makolo etamboli.”
[PRE-CHORUS – FEMALE]
Mboto ekokóma zamba ata mokolo moko te
soki oboyi kolona yango.
Ebale ekómaka na mbu mpo etambolaka; lobi ezali ya baoyo babandaka lelo.
[CHORUS – FULL CHOIR]
Kondima esengeli etambola!
Kondima esengeli kosala!
Kondima esengeli kotonga bomoi!
Kamátá oyo ozali na yango,
bandá esika otɛlɛmi.
Elaka ekolaka
na loboko oyo ezali kosala.
Bongolá ndɔtɔ na yo
na mpiko mpe bolingo; kondima oyo ezali kosala
emonisaka motuya na biso!
Ndima—mpe tambola!
Tɛlɛmá—mpe kende!
Bandá—mpe salá!
Kondima esengeli kolona,
mpo lobi ebótama!
[transition]
[singer B]
[VERSE 2 – FEMALE LEAD]
Tosɛngaka mbuma, kasi tobangaka kolona; tosɛngaka bwato, kasi toboyaka kopusa yango.
Tolobelaka ngomba mpe kitoko ya likoló,
kasi nzela ezali kozela litambe ya liboso.
Mabɔkɔ na yo ezali na nguya,
makanisi na yo ezali na pole.
Likabo oyo ebombami
ekoki kobimisa eloko te.
Likoki ezali bozwi
oyo esengeli komonana; salá na mpiko
mpo motuya na yango ebima.
[PRE-CHORUS – DUET]
[MALE]
Okoki kozanga nyonso oyo osengeli na yango—
[FEMALE]
Kasi ozali na mboto ya liboso na kati na yo.
[BOTH]
Loná na mpiko, batelá na motema molai; salá na bwanya, disipilini mpe elikya.
[INTERLUDE – KORA, BALAFON, SAXOPHONE, RUMBA GUITAR]
[CALL AND RESPONSE]
[MALE]
Soki ondimi yango—
[CHOIR]
Bandá mosala!
[FEMALE]
Soki okoki komona yango—
[CHOIR]
Bongisá nzela!
[MALE]
Soki ozali na likabo—
[CHOIR]
Kolisá yango!
[FEMALE]
Soki okweyi—
[CHOIR]
Tɛlɛmá lisusu!
[ALL]
Kondima ezwaka bomoi
ntango mosala ebandi!
[ALL]
Kondima ezwaka bomoi
ntango mosala ebandi!
[ALL]
Kondima ezwaka bomoi
ntango mosala ebandi!
[singer A]
[BRIDGE – RUMBA DUET]
[Kondima ezali mpiko
ya komema mokumba.]
[Kondima ezali kokela
lobi na yo moko.]
Bondelá mpo mbula ebɛta—
kasi bongisá elanga!
Sɛngá mapamboli—
kasi loná mboto!
Ndima elaka—
kasi bongolá yango na mosala!
[FINAL CHORUS – FULL CHOIR]
Kondima esengeli etambola!
Kondima esengeli kosala!
Kondima esengeli kotonga bomoi!
Kamátá oyo ozali na yango,
bandá esika otɛlɛmi.
Elaka ekolaka
na loboko oyo ezali kosala.
Bongolá ndɔtɔ na yo
na mpiko mpe bolingo; kondima oyo ezali kosala
emonisaka motuya na biso!
Tokozela lobi te—
tokobanda lelo!
Mosala na biso ebandi!
Mbongwana na biso ebandi!
[MAKOSSA–RUMBA DANCE FINALE]
Kondima ezanga mosala—
Etikalaka ndɔtɔ!
Likoki ezanga mosala—
Ebotaka mbuma te!
Soki ondimi—
Bandá!
Soki ozali na likabo—
Kolisá yango!
Makolo na nzela!
Tokotambola!
Motema na kondima!
Tokolonga!
[ALL]
Kondima! Mosala!
Bwanya! Disipilini!
Tokolona! Tokobimisa!
Tokobongola! Tokotonga!
[OUTRO – KORA AND SAXOPHONE]
Kondima emonaka oyo ekoki kosalema; mosala ekómisaka yango solo.
Kondima emonisaka likoki; mosala etongaka lobi.
[CHOIR – FADING]
Ndima… Bandá…
Tɛlɛmá… Tambolá…
Loná… Kolisá…
Salá… Tongá…
Kondima esengeli etambola…