Masuwa ekonana Loseba ebeti.
Masuwa ekonana Bolingo mpe enani.
Masuwa ebungi oh na kati ya Londende Bolingo mpe ebungi na kati ya londende.
Ngai na libongo naleli ii oh Mbole, Mama.

The boat goes upstream. The siren sounds.
The boat goes upstream, and my love does too.
The boat has disappeared in the mist, and my love has also disappeared in the mist.
Standing on the riverbank, I cried Mbole, dear.

Chérie okendeke malamu Mbole e Elaka okomelaka ngai soki okomi
Nayeba bolingo obosani ngai te oh Nandima bolingo ata ndele okozonga.
Nazali se kozela mokolo masuwa ekozonga
Ngai awa ata sango ya mpamba Jeannie oh mama oh.

My love, Mbole, have a good trip
Promise me to write as soon as you arrive,
I know that my love has not forgotten me
So that I believe, my love, that sooner or later you will come back
I am waiting for the day the boat will come back. I am here waiting for even a simple word, oh Jeannie, oh dear.

Ebale mozindo ekati ngambo
Matiti ekotiola, babwato ekotiola
Kasi bolingo na ngai enani se konana.
Nazali se kozela mokolo masuwa ekozonga.
Ngai awa, nabeli basoucis ya lamulu, oh mama.

The deep river stretches from one bank to the other
The grasses go down the stream, and the canoes too,
But, my beloved, she goes up, back up always.
I'm only waiting for the day the boat will come back. I'm here suffering from love sickness, oh dear

 Lelo nakanisi yo mingi Jeannie,
Na nse ya kwiti nabandi nde kolota:
'olalisi moto na lipeka na ngai
Olobeli ngai liloba na mwa likukuma.
Dis Jeannie, oh ndoto ya kwiti oh mawa mingi oh

Today I thought about you a lot Jeannie,
In my drunken stupor, I started to dream:
You put your head on my shoulder
And you said things to me while whispering a little.
Friend Jeannie, it was only a dream due to drunkenness, ah, what a great misfortune

Masuwa ememeli ngai bolingo, a Nzambe...
Nabenga nani, lolemu emesana
Nkombo ya Mbole oh matoyi emesana
Mongongo ya Mbole, matoyi emesana.
Ngai dis Jeannie nazingi maboko na basoucis, oh mama

 The boat takes my love, oh my God...
What other familiar name to conjure up?
Mbole's name still echoes in my ears. Mbole's voice still echoes in my ears.
Friend Jeannie, I stay there, arms crossed in despair, oh dear.

Eloko esali ngai makanisi, dis Jeannie Tovandi bambula, tovandi mpe basanza
Tovandi baposo, Tovandi mpe mikolo
Tomesani bolingo na mode ya liboma.
Dis Jeannie oh natangi baplafond na basoucis oh mama. 

Friend Jeannie, worries make me sad
We have lived together for so many days and weeks
So many weeks, so many years, we loved each other madly.
Friend Jeannie, I am staring at the ceiling tiles with sadness.

Photo otikela ngai na libongo oh
Na kati ya motema, ekoma nde elili Namonaka nzela nyoso nakokende.
Nabelela na mosika elili ebungi.
Dis Jeannie, nabeli basoucis ya lamulu, oh mama oh.

The picture you left me on the riverbank
Has become a living image in my heart.
I see it everywhere I go.
But when I call you away, immediately the image disappears
Friend Jeannie, I'm here suffering from the pain of love.

Eloko oyo bolingo ezanga miso Moto oyo okolinga, akolinga yo te o Oyo okoboya akolinga yo mingi o
Oyo okokima akolanda yo mingi oh
Etumbu oh, oyo bampasi ya lamulu o tokomonaka
Mama miye na lewa, oh mama oh
Mama nakokufa...

What we call love is really blinded:
The person you love doesn't love you.
The one you refuse loves you a lot
The one you avoid follows you a lot. What tortures
The problems of love that we endure.
Oh dear, I am getting drunk. Oh dear, I am dying.

By Rhumba Commissioner 

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