MIBEKO YA MAMA (FRANCO & OK JAZZ) Lyrics

MIBEKO YA MAMA (FRANCO & OK JAZZ) Lyrics

Nakati ya nzela,

(While I was on my way)

Nakutani na elenge ya mwasi

(I met a young woman)

Natuni libala

(I asked her to marry me)

Alobi na ngai tovanda

(She told me: “let’s live together!”)

Nazongi na ndako

(I went back home)

Ntina nde kotuna mama ahaa

(In order to ask my mother)

Mabo na ngai ee ndimi ngai nabala

(My mother gave me permission to marry)

{Stanza repeated}

Kasi papa: napesi yo mibeko misato

(But sonny: I give you three rules)

Ya liboso: Kolinga mwasi mpo na kitoko te

(The first one: Never love a woman for her beauty)

Ya mibale: Mokoto mingi na elongi naye te

(The second one: Her face shouldn’t be too atractive!)

Ya misato di ee: Lele oyo aloba na mpongi

(The third one: Mind the one who talks in her sleep!)

Mibeko ya mama … Et Va!

(Mother’s rules … Let’s go!)

{Instrumental Interlude}

Kasi papa napesi yo mibeko misato

(But Sonny, I give you three rules)

Ya liboso: kolinga mwasi mpo na kitoko te!

(The first one: Never love a woman for her beauty)