Richard Bona - Dina Lam

[MsJorane]

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[MsJorane]

kourmo Wé pôn ndé Kiñè Lambo nèn nô péña péña Dibongo la bana bodilo ésibè dikana Lambo nèn nô péña péña Pipi balu o nana Mwititi bon bulu Na wasé kuba lamp Na na kusé bonam bôngô Minbu mi timbi o tomba O timbi sô wôlô soni wumsè wèngè A kourmo Ngol é me sèmè i ne ka Walè iki é bè nsè bè na nsal è La balalo kina ma chen dèku La biso kun yéléla diki" 2/2

[MsJorane]

Here are original lyrics: La balalo kina ma chen dèku La biso kun yéléla diki Lôngô natèna kwan Nèni kourmo kourma Bébango na matutu muléma Néni kourmo kourma Mbéi na matutu na né Mbémba kourmo munja Ba num mô jôngô muléma Nèni kourmo kourma Miango ma jéngu ma dangwa Nèni kourmo kourma Kourou njaka bo Kourou koukou njaka bo Na si wusa bè longè ésibè oa Mama Muyawo na édèmo bé ndé mboa ngô 1/2

[MsJorane]

"Mother, I would not exist without you

You are all cortesy and respectful to everyone and everything

You are a Queen

Now I'm sure of that

Rising children, a toil without any crown

Now, of that I'm sure

Years have come and gone

Now, you're tired and

You may finally have some rest"

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[MsJorane]

Found on some forum (credits to Boukesse)

"Dina Lam" means "My name". This song is a celebration for all the mothers...

The first part of the lyrics is about the past, about all the difficulties and deceptions his mother(??,maybe) suffered. In the second part he says (a summary):

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[flylers93]

does anyone have the lyrics from 0:43 to 2:10?

thanks

[Elimbi1]

@crawwdadd He spek the langaug ass my dad but im born Germany I also don't understand one word but its beautiful!

[Carinafication]

Absolutely beautiful!

[FSW2000]

sounds like aussie english ..

[m0nNickneim]

I'm an Asian dude who was born in a Latin American country listening to African-like music (forgive my ignorance). Music really does unite cultures

[sanntiimusic]

Whats the name of the first little riff? I love it, anyone knows it? PLEASE, thank you:)

[cristianrey]

this song is my favorite, nice song. the introduction is a song from disc Voices by Mike stern.

[AgaSSha]

Przepiękne.Jeszcze ładniej z Anną Marią Jopek

[NGONAMBARA]

This is it!

[Fender9808]

wow

[dzunkam]

wonderful Richard!

[RGBLackson]

beautifulll

[karlitos1000]

God bless you

God bless Africa

[CLAKALANO]

he brings out in wonderland

[robertlutumba]

i have the album

[Aichaisabel]

Pfff... I can't stop listening to his beautiful music! His voice is angelic! :) Does anyone have the original lyrics maybe? I have looked all over internet and I cannot find anything!

[StillJreming]

I have the lyrics in Duala (Cameroonian language Richard sings in)...and a basic translation...I can forward them to you if you'd like! Cheers! :-)

[massoudg]

I would love to have the lyrics and translation. Would you by chance have others or a resource on his lyrics/translations? It would be awesome. Thanks.

[kazunguzungu]

Folks, I talked to so many Camerounians, of the Douala tribe like Richard Bona and all tald me that It ain't easy to translate Richard's lyrics as he is so deep in the prose and poetry that's not reachable to everyday dude! The mystery of the words, magic bass lines, all keep the beauty of the man!

[FrancescoGuardi]

You're right, and it's never easy to translate lyrics in a fitting way.

But what a pity for us euros, well never know it...

[kazunguzungu]

I will try again and get some songs translated, be it calling and paying experts from an appropriate faculty in Douala or Yaoundé. Calling the embassy here could also help ... damn, what can't we do to reach the RB magic words!! Huh!

[FrancescoGuardi]

Wow,thanks for it!

[Heffsta02]

sitting back with a joint and chillin to this song is one of my favourite things to do. Richard Bona just brings a fresh soulful sound to jazz/world/funk genre.

[flaconsius]

Gracias por subir esta belleza!!!

Es una lástima que por no ser como lo que venden los medios, no se conozca tanto como se merece un artista tan grande.

[Blaqfeenix]

This video disappeared and i could not be happier to see it back up!

[xman10128]

music has no language

[JMRaider]

@xman10128 music is a language

[daviddewanto]

NOTHING sounds like a Fodera.

[crawwdadd]

I don''t understand one word, but this song and performance grips my heart