Djarabi-Adjatou

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About this song

Pépé Kallé pours out a pan-African love song to Adjatou, daughter of Ouagadougou — "the bone of my bones, the blood in my veins." He's crossed rivers and mountains to reach her; his whole family adores her; he kneels and begs his doe to come back. "Djarabi" (beloved, in Mandinka) rings through a kwasa-kwasa sebene laced with dedications. A joyful fusion of Congolese soukous and West African romance.

Pépé Kallé1970s–1990s Watch on YouTube

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Intro

Adjatou, tu es l'os de mes os

Adjatou, you are the bone of my bones

Le sang qui coule dans mes veines

the blood that flows in my veins

Donne-moi la vie

give me life

Adjatou, fille de Ouagadougou

Adjatou, daughter of Ouagadougou

Je t'en supplie mon amour

I beg you, my love

Ma biche, reviens

my doe, come back

Verse

Soki na pesi yo mokongo

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Okoya koloba que nga na boyi yo

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Awa naye po to lingana

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Tala okomi kosalela nga bipale

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Yeba pe nga nazali muana moto

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Baboti na nga balingi yo

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Maman na nga alingi yo

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Matobo alingi

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Djuna Mumbafu alingi yo Elegance

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Kitenge Tania alingi yo oh uh

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Verse

Tala nga nakati bibale na ba ngomba

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Pona kolanda bolingo ti na Ouagadougou

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Elingi koloba que nga nalingi yo

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Adjatou naponi yo

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Manzutu aponi yo Shanga eh

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Katonda alingi yo

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Maman nafukami

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Adjatou naponi yo, Annie Mayamba eh

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Verse

Soki na pesi yo mokongo

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Okoya koloba que nga na boyi yo

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Awa naye po to lingana

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Tala okomi kosalela nga bipale

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Yeba pe nga nazali muana moto

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Baboti na nga balingi yo

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Adjisa na nga aponi yo

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Maman nalingi yo

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Matobo nga na lela ye

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Adjatou nafukami

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Tala nga nakati bibale na ba ngomba

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Pona kolanda bolingo ti na Ouagadougou

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Elingi koloba que nga naponi yo

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Adjatou nga nalingi yo

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Djarabi ye nketo ye

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Adjatou naponi yo

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Sebene

Matoba na kisi ya zamba na poche eloko te

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Kaka munoko na lingi yo

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Yabilembwe

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Eti, etaya

Madiaba hein, madiaba

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Madiaba hein

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Djarabi ye nketo ye

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Djarabi ye nketo ye

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Kamundele

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Kwasa kwasa, Kwasa

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Kwasa kwasa, Kwasa

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Kamundele

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Djarabi ye nketo ye

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Djarabi ye nketo ye

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Outro

Adjatou mon amour

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Adjatouuuu

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Reviens Adjatou

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