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lyrics

(English translation below)

Ɲaɲa fo de, aw ma Ɲaɲa ko mɛn wa?
Ɲaɲa fo de, n tɛ Ɲaɲa bɔyɔrɔ dɔn
O Ɲaɲa fo de, aw ma Ɲaɲa ko mɛn wa?
Ɲaɲa fo de, n tɛ Ɲaɲa bɔyɔrɔ dɔn

Jaliw ɲininkala, ko u bɛ Ɲaɲa bɔyɔrɔ dɔn
U ye n jaabi ko u tɛ Ɲaɲa bɔyɔrɔ dɔn

Funɛw ɲininkala ko u bɛ Ɲaɲa bɔyɔrɔ dɔn
U ye n jaabi ko u tɛ Ɲaɲa bɔfan dɔn

Sakew ɲininkala ko u bɛ Ɲaɲa bɔyɔrɔ dɔn wa?
U ye n jaabi ko u tɛ Ɲaɲa bɔfan dɔn

Jɔnbadenw ɲininkala ko u bɛ Ɲaɲa bɔyɔrɔ dɔn wa?
U ye n jaabi ko u tɛ Ɲaɲa bɔfan dɔn

A, Ɲaɲa bɔra min?
N ma Ɲaɲa bɔyɔrɔ dɔn
Ko Ɲaɲa bɔra min?
N ma Ɲaɲa bɔfan dɔn

A Ɲaɲa fo de, aw ma Ɲaɲa ko mɛn wa?
Ɲaɲa fo de, n tɛ Ɲaɲa bɔyɔrɔ dɔn

Ɔ Ɲaɲa bɔra min?
Yiii, n m'à Ɲaɲa bɔfan...?

Jaliw ɲininkala ko u bɛ Ɲaɲa bɔyɔrɔ dɔn
U ye n jaabi ko u tɛ Ɲaɲa bɔyɔrɔ dɔn

Funɛw ɲininkala ko u bɛ Ɲaɲa bɔyɔrɔ dɔn wa?

La hila ilala

A, diɲɛ bɛ ban,
Janko diɲɛ-kɔnɔ-fɛn
Woyo, maaya ye sanga ye
Ɲaɲa! Maaya ye waati ye
Maaya ye sanga ye
Maaya ye waati ye
Maaya ye sanga ye

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ENGLISH

Greet N’yanyan, haven’t you heard of N’yanyan?
Greet N’yanyan, I don’t know where N’yanyan comes from
Oh, greet N’yanyan, haven’t you heard of N’yanyan?
Greet N’yanyan, I don’t know where N’yanyan comes from

The griots were asked,
‘Where does N’yanyan come from?’
They replied to me,
they don’t know where N’yanyan comes from

The wordsmiths were asked,
‘Where does N’yanyan come from?’
They replied to me,
they don’t know the origin of N’yanyan

The carpenters were asked,
‘Where does N’yanyan come from?’
They replied to me,
they don’t know the origin of N’yanyan

The enslaved were asked,
‘Where does N’yanyan come from?’
They replied to me,
they don’t know the origin of N’yanyan

Oh, where does N’yanyan come from?
I don’t know where N’yanyan comes from
I ask, where does N’yanyan come from?
I don’t know where N’yanyan comes from

Oh greet N’yanyan, haven’t you heard of N’yanyan?
Greet N’yanyan, I don’t know where N’yanyan comes from

Oh, where does N’yanyan come from?
Oh, from where…?

The griots were asked,
‘Where does N’yanyan come from?’
They replied to me,
they don’t know where N’yanyan comes from

The wordsmiths were asked,
‘Where does N’yanyan come from?’

La ilaha illallah!

Oh the world will end one day
And, of course, everything in it
Oh this is one moment in time
N’yanyan! This life is passing
It’s only a moment in time
This life is passing
It’s only a moment in time

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from BAMANAN, released February 18, 2022

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Rokia Koné Bamako, Mali

Rokia Koné is one of Mali's leading female artists. She is also a member of the West African music collective Les Amazones d'Afrique.

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