About this song
A sprawling Zaïko Langa Langa saga on love as "étape" — stages, one step at a time. The singer, broke and cut off, mourns a love slipping away and begs for news; he defies family and gossips who'd separate him from his Marie Louise, warns against those who squander money and destroy homes, and vows a love that will last to the grave and travel the whole world over.
Ba lóbí ya ngáí na yo elembi ba nganga
They say you and I have worn out the witch doctors
Etape oh
oh, what a road
Ba lóbí ya ngáí na yo elembi ba nganga mama
they say you and I have worn out the witch doctors, papa
Etape oh
oh, what a road
Yo Lelo ami yo losa ngai na mawa
you, my friend, today you leave me in sorrow
Na léla Nga na nani oh
to whom can I cry?
Ya lelo ami otiki Nga na mawa
today, my friend, you've left me in sorrow
Na léla Nga na nani oh
to whom can I cry?
Tindela ngáí moké sango ya Nunu
send me a little news of Nunu
Na yaya na yě oh
and of her elder sister
Tindela ngáí moké ata sango ya Nunu
send me even a little news of Nunu
Na yaya na yě ngo'oh
and of her elder sister
Na yoki na yoki lisoló na yo na Nsele
Translation lockedNazalí ko tambola elongi na sé
Translation lockedNako bomba káka mayi ya miso
Translation lockedEtápe oh
Translation lockedNa yoki na yoki lisoló na yo na Nsele ah mamá
Translation lockedNazalí ko tambola ngo elongi na sé
Translation lockedNako bomba káka mayi na miso mamá
Translation lockedEtápe ngo'oh
Translation lockedSoki ezalaki nzela ya makolo
Translation lockedYo oko mona ngáí na shaba oh
Translation lockedSoki ezalaki nzela ya makolo Nioka Longo
Translation lockedYo oko mona ngáí na Kin oh
Translation lockedYo oko mona ngáí na Kin ah papa eh
Translation lockedPuisque Nzimbu ezalí nzámbe ya mokili
Translation lockedNazalí komona bolingo ekosila
Translation lockedNgáí nko nazanga mbongo
Translation lockedNazanga ba nzela
Translation lockedEtápe oh
Translation lockedPuisque Nzimbu ezalí nzámbe ya mokili
Translation lockedHmmm Nzuba! Nazalí ko mona ngo bolingo eko sila
Translation lockedAwa ko nazanga mbongo
Translation lockedNazanga bato papá
Translation lockedEtápe ngo'oh
Translation lockedLoin des yeux près du coeur Jumela
Translation lockedEst-ce que yo oko yangana nga
Translation lockedEtape oh
Translation lockedYeba bolingo ezali équilibre ya nzoto oh
Translation lockedLel'oyo na zinga maboko étape, étape
Translation lockedNa pekisi yo tika ko yókaka bato wana
Translation lockedBazalí ko langwa bangi na mosólo
Translation lockedMpé ba bebisa mokili ya bato oh
Translation lockedKolisa bolingo na bísó ya bo mwana eh
Translation lockedKo bela mokili okoki ko suka na ndáko ya ndonge
Translation lockedKanisaka tango ya likambo soki likweyi
Translation lockedYo oko lela yě pô ozwa lisalisi ekomi ya ko luka
Translation lockedAh mamá
Translation lockedAh mamá eh
Translation lockedOh moto Matóma
Translation lockedOwuti o waya waya
Translation lockedPekisa nga likambo mosusu mamá
Translation lockedBoyisa Nga eloko mosusu na yóka
Translation lockedKasi bolingo na Nga na Marie Loruise ko kota té
Translation lockedMwa Moselebene Selebene Selebene Selebene mamá
Translation lockedMwa Moselebene ba ninga ba kotuna soki bolingo ewuta wapi
Translation lockedNga naké na Nga Marie Loruise
Translation lockedPekisa likambo mosusu eh eh
Translation lockedMais bolingo ya Nga na yé kokota té
Translation lockedEh eh eh
Yě yě yě
Eh eh eh
Yě yě yě
Eh eh eh
Yě yě yě
Mwána mamá
Translation lockedNa lobi Loruise sóló eh ngáí wa yó
Translation lockedOleli oh motema oh
Translation lockedTika leló na banza
Translation lockedYóka pási eh
Translation lockedAtá ko basalaka moninga boyé té vraiment
Translation lockedMwána to boti nani ako bokola
Translation lockedTika leló na banza
Translation lockedTika leló na banza leló mamá
Translation lockedPo toyaka mokié etumba leló mamá
Translation lockedTika leló na banza leló mamá
Translation lockedPo toyaka mokié etumba leló mamá
Translation lockedTika leló nia kweyi eh
Translation lockedNa tina nini na tini
Translation lockedYo oko niokolo Nga ngo'oh boyé Moni na nga
Translation lockedYo pesa Nga bolingo esangana na ko banga
Translation lockedYó opesa Nga bolingo ekomisa Nga ko pola
Translation lockedMbala boni nga na yebisá tée Nga na lingáka ko JP Bruce eh na nga
Translation lockedOh libála ngo libála
Translation lockedO bashi mwa moke
Translation lockedOlisanga ngo ti lilíta
Translation lockedTokolisa yě
Translation lockedTo vanda kimia
Translation lockedOh lisolo ya bolingo na bísó
Translation lockedEtambola mikili na mikili eh
Translation lockedEtambola mikili na mikili eh
Translation lockedEtambola mikili na mikili eh
Translation lockedOh na Europe, na Asia mamá
Translation lockedNa Europe, na America mamá
Translation lockedZongelá nga mwǎna mamá, yebaka
Translation lockedTolakanaki toko balana eh, toko balana eh
Translation lockedTólobanaki nga n'o chérie mon coeur
Translation lockedYaká yaka Nga nazonga mbóka
Translation lockedBina bina Nga na léli oh ah ohlele
Translation lockedNgáí na léla mwǎna mamá eh
Translation lockedNgáí na luka yo Missolina, yě oh
Translation lockedOtiki ngáí kaka na posa, nzámbe na Nga
Translation lockedAndela a memaki Nga mamá
Translation lockedAndela yě ko ya Rachidi
Translation lockedTo kendaki nga na mamá
Translation lockedNa Saint-Pierre ngo ya Basilic
Translation lockedTo sololaki Nga na mamá
Translation lockedTo lakanaki Nga na mamá
Translation lockedNioka Longo nzémbo
Translation lockedYebá bolingo ezalí équilibre ya nzoto oh
Translation lockedLelo na kangi maboko étape étape
Translation lockedNa pekisi yo tika ko yókaka bato wana
Translation lockedBazali ko langwa bangi na mosólo
Translation lockedPé ba bebisa mokili ya batu oh
Translation lockedAh oh
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