MAZE BY TABULEY LYRICS WITH ENGLISH TRANSLATION
Kitoko etondi yo nzoto Maze
(you are full of beauty Maze)
Namona moto nini nameka na yo te
(I can’t find anyone I can compare to you)
Motema na ngai ekangami motambo na yo
(my heart has been trapped by your love)
Bapekisi batikala na soni oh
(others have been left with shame)
Elongi nzoto esangisa bacharme Maze
(Your face and body are a collection of charms)
Oleka nzela bato banso bakobaluka
(as you walk people turn to look at you)
Kitoko etondi yo nzoto Maaaze
(you are full of beauty Maze)
Bakoma bayemba vraiment namona te
(they wrote and sung but I don’t see)
Mobimba ya moto etonda nzoto n’elegance
(the body of a person is full of elegance)
Ezali likambo bana mibali bakufa eh
(it is what men die for)
Bandeko batela Maze na Linetie
(brothers and sisters take care of Maze of Linetie)
Leki ya Sharufa eh Maze eh
(the sibling of Sharufa eh Maze eh)
Aleka mibali mitema mikobeta eh
(as she walks by men’s hearts beat)
Mwana ya mama Ite Maze
(the daughter of Mama Ite Maze)
Bandeko batela Maze na Linetie
(brothers and sisters take care of Maze of Linetie)
Leki ya Sharufa eh Maze eh
(the sibling of Sharufa eh Maze eh)
Aleka mibali mitema mikobeta eh
(as she walks by men’s hearts beat)
Mwana ya mama Ite mama
(the daughter of Mama Ite)
Bolingo ngai na ye tokanga na libanga
(we stored our love in a stone)
Tobwaka na ebale ya Zaire ah
(which we threw into river Zaire)
Masua mandinda kala mabima te
(the boats that sunk did not resurface)
Ebima se libanga ya bolingo na biso
(but our stone of love resurfaced)
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Kitoko etondi yo nzoto Maze
(you are full of beauty Maze)
Ongenga mafuta wolo na nzoto eh
(there is shiny gold on your body)
Mobimba ya moto etonda nyoso na beaute
(a person’s body full of beauty)
Kobanda linzaka, miso na suki eh
(starting with nails, eyes and hair)
Abwaka lokolo oyo nde suak ya demarche
(she throws hers leg at the end of Sunday)
Aluka Kinshasa bato nyonso bakufa eh
(She makes everybody in Kinshasa die)
Bolingo ngai na ye tokanga na libanga
(we stored our love in a stone)
Tobwaka na ebale ya Zaire ah
(which we threw into river Zaire)
Masua mandinda kala mabima te
(the boats that sunk did not resurface)
Ebima se libanga ya bolingo na biso
(but our stone of love resurfaced)
Kitoko etondi yo nzoto Maze
(you are full of beauty Maze)
Ongenga mafuta wolo na nzoto eh
(there is shiny gold on your body)
Mobimba ya moto etonda nyoso na beaute
(a person’s body full of beauty)
Kobanda linzaka, miso na suki eh
(starting with nails, eyes and hair)
Maze bakanisi nakanga yo na ndako ya nganga
(Maze they think I have locked you in a witchdoctor’s home)
Maze basilisi ngai lokoso epayi namelaka
(Maze they no longer respect me at my drinking place)
Maze balobi te ngai nakoki na yo te bolingo ngoo
(Maze they say I am not capable of loving you)
Maze nakoki na yo
(Maze I am with you)
Nalingi se yo
(I love you)
Suka se nakobala yo
(In the end I will marry you)
Nakolesa yoooo oh
(I will feed you)
Maze baluki bakimisa yo na mantre ya mosolo
(Maze they are trying to make you run away by saying you are a working woman i.e. prostitute)
Maze balongoli ngai mosala nakufa na ngelele
(Maze the fired me from work so that I die of starvation)
Maze bakoseli ngai makambo mpo nakosa na welen ngooo
(Maze they are acusing me of things)
Maze nazali na yo
(Maze i am with you)
Nakotika te
(I will not leave you)
Suka se bakokamwa ngai
(In the end they will be shocked with me)
Nakobalaaaa yo
(I will marry you)
Maze babekisi yo lokasa ya bushe na elongi ya cinq heaures
(Maze your face looks like a leaf at 5 o’clock)
Maze otali bango pamba mpo makasi ya bolingo na ngai
(Maze you stare blankly at others because of the strength of my love)
Maze olobelaka ngai nyoso bango bakolobaka contr ngai oooh
(Maze tell me all the things they say against me)
Soni bateli les yeux
(shame they see with clear eyes)
Bateli les yeux
(They see with clear eyes)
Suka se bateli les yeux
(In the end they see with clear eyes)
Bateli miso eeh
(they see with eyes)
I love you
Baby touch me
Oui, je suis a toi
(yes, i’m yours)
Oui, je suis a toi
(yes, i’m yours)
Cherie pense moi
(Think of me)
The translation is provided to facilitate understanding and appreciation of the original work.
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