Kabassele In Memoriam (Rochereau) – Rochereau-Franco-Josky 1983 LYRICS

(Nazua nganga wapi?)

Huu uuu, huu uu, huu uuuuu……………………………….(*4)

Nazua nganga wapi ee(*3 ) asombela ngai liwa ya kabasele

(Where do I get a magician*3 to reverse for me the death of kabaselle)

Nazua nganga wapi ee(*3 ) asombela ngai liwa ya kale kato

(Where do I get a magician*3 to reverse for me the death of kabaselle)

Nazua nganga wapi ee oh kale. oh kale ya biso

(Where do I get a magician oh our kale)

mosika ngai nazali na paris nayoki lokito oh kale akufi

(I was far in Paris then I heard that In-law kale is dead)

ngai nalela ndenge nini ee balelaka …namonaka moto oyo okolela

(How do I mourn?, people are mourning then I get moved)

po na mayi ekondima na miso po moto nayo oyo olingaka

(Tears flowing down my eyes for this man you loved)

Nazua nganga wapi ee(*3 ) asombela ngai liwa ya kabasele

(Where do I get a magician*3 to reverse for me the death of kabaselle)

Nazua nganga wapi ee(*3 ) asombela ngai liwa ya kale kato

(Where do I get a magician*3 to reverse for me the death of kabaselle)

Ngai naloba na bato nini, na tango nakozonga na mboka ya biso

(What will I tell people when I get back to my country/ homeland)

Kalle azalaki tata na ngai, lelo atiki mokili ngai nazali te

(Kalle was my father, today he has left the world when I am not there)

Nafuta nyongo oyo ndenge nini ee na miso ya Nzambe pe na miso ya bato

(How do I pay this debt in God’s and people’s presence/eye)

Kale okei nde wapi, otiki ngai na pasi ooh na motema

(Where did Kalle go, left me with pain at heart?)

Nazua nganga wapi ee(*3 ) asombela ngai liwa ya kabasele

(Where do I get a magician*3 to reverse for me the death of kabaselle)

Nazua nganga wapi ee(*3 ) asombela ngai liwa ya kale kato

(Where do I get a magician*3 to reverse for me the death of kabaselle)

Likambo ya kokamwa bandeko, kale akei bandko,

(The shocking news brothers and sisters is that)

atiki maloba te po toyebisa na baninga ya sima

(He left no message/word for the upcoming followers)

Likambo ya kokamwa bandeko,

(The shocking revelation is that)

Kale akei bandeko, ayebisi biso te malady eyibi ye oh ooh,

(Kalle left brothers and sisters without telling us what disease stole him)

Nazua nganga wapi ee(*3 ) asombela ngai liwa ya kabasele

(Where do I get a magician*3 to reverse for me the death of kabaselle)

Nazua nganga wapi ee(*3 ) asombela ngai liwa ya kale kato

(Where do I get a magician*3 to reverse for me the death of kabaselle)

Likambo likokakikosalama te, Nzambe asali yango mama

(nothing will ever happen without God’s approval/presence)

Naloba nini, kale akei mobesu oh ooh,

(What can I say, Kalle left when still green/raw)

Tolela ndenge nini mosika, tozali moyen tokoma ezali te

(How can we mourn from far without power)

Toyembi yo na mawa kale, kende talaka na sima oh

(We sing of you Kalle with pain, go but look back)

Nazua nganga wapi ee(*3 ) asombela ngai liwa ya kabasele

(Where do I get a magician*3 to reverse for me the death of kabaselle)

Nazua nganga wapi ee(*3 ) asombela ngai liwa ya kale kato

(Where do I get a magician*3 to reverse for me the death of kabaselle)

Ye kale okei nde wapi, otiki kiki na nani ee

(Where did Kalle go, who did you leave Kiki with)

Otiki nono na nani, otiki titi na kale kato

(You left Nono with whom? You left Titi and Kale kato)

Ye kale tokolela oo, Afrika jazz motema pembe

( We mourn you we African Jazz with clean hearts)

Afrika jazz ekolela, mayi na miso oh kale na biso

(Our Kalle African Jazz mourns you with tears in their eyes)

Nazua nganga wapi ee(*3 ) asombela ngai liwa ya kabasele

(Where do I get a magician*3 to reverse for me the death of kabaselle)

Nazua nganga wapi ee(*3 ) asombela ngai liwa ya kale kato

(Where do I get a magician*3 to reverse for me the death of kabaselle)

Nalela yo ndenge nini ee kalle oh somo

(How do I mourn you Kalle surely?)

ekabi mobali ee atiki mokili kale na kolela

( Divided, a man leaving the world with tears)

Bana afirika jazz ee wapi kale oh somo

(Members of African Jazz, where is Kalle surely?)

mongogo kitoko ee oyo abebi tokozua yango lisusu wapi ee

(Sweet voice that has left, where will we get another like that /type)

Nazua nganga wapi ee(*3 ) asombela ngai liwa ya kabasele

(Where do I get a magician*3 to reverse for me the death of kabaselle)

Nazua nganga wapi ee(*3 ) asombela ngai liwa ya kale kato

(Where do I get a magician*3 to reverse for me the death of kabaselle)

Nalali na butu bandeko, nazali kolota

(I slept at night brothers and sisters, then there is this dream)

Ndoto nazali koloto nzoka na tongo likambo likosalama

(The dream then comes to happen in the morning)

Elongwe ngai na tongo bandeko, nayoka kale akei bandeko

(It sent me drunk to hear that Kalle is gone brothers and sisters)

Mawa na motema mayi na miso, Tata ya miziki modern oh

(Pain at heart tears in the eyes, Father of modern music)

Nazua nganga wapi ee(*3 ) asombela ngai liwa ya kabasele

(Where do I get a magician*3 to reverse for me the death of kabaselle)

Nazua nganga wapi ee(*3 ) asombela ngai liwa ya kale kato

(Where do I get a magician*3 to reverse for me the death of kabaselle)