Текст и перевод песни Rokia Traoré - M'Bifo

M'Bifo

Hami djoukou ni obé banabi
Kélé na hami djoukou ni
Obé bana
Miri djoukou ni obè bana
Kamanagwan miri djoukou
Obè bana
Fourou koun yé djiki dé yé
M'bè kanou gnon fo
Kan fourou gnon fo
Fourou koun yé djiki dé yé
Djikiya minan fara
Ah latikè man nôkon o
Ê latiki man nôkon é dounia
Na dyara môkô mîn na
Ala ni môkô tikiya ni tôkô tikiya
Na goun goyara môkô mîn na
Ala ni môkô tan ya ni tôkô tan ya
A dyara né la bi
Ala ni fourou kè gnouman tiki ya

M'bè kanou gnon fo
Chéri Chéri
Kan fourou gnon fo
Ka barika da
Fourou koun yé djiki mîn yé
Aha no djiki ya minan fara
O ka fô
Fourou gnon djoukou dé bi fourouké doni yê
Fourou yôrô djoukou dé bi fouroukè djonyayê
Ni fourou la i kanou gnon ma
Ni o ma laîdu tigné
Ni fourou la i kônô fô gnon ma
Ni i ma ban o yé
Naou ma gnon sôssô
O fourou bêkê hêrê yé
Kélén ya ni soutara kônô nan
M'bè kanou gnon fo
Kan fourou gnon fo
Djikiya minan fara

Fourou ma wili kélé na miri ma
Fourou ma na kè lowlow
Sikignon lou bè kouma au tché
Low low somô lou bè dô fô
Low low téri-lou bè kouma siki
Ô fourou dembé bè bana
Ô fourou kônô sautara bana
Ô fourou kélèn ya bèni bana
M'bé kanou gnon fo chéri chéri
Kan fourou gnon fo kabarika da
Fourou koun yé djiki mîn yé
Aha no djikiya minan fara
O ka fô

Hali dow ma dia i la
Né bi fè fènè
Ha nîn tchè ni yé kamalên yé
Nîn ni tchè tô ou mankan

M'Bifo

My beloved has just offered me a pot
I'm not thirsty but I’ll accept
The pot
The pot of water my love offered me
I didn’t ask for the pot
The pot
Now he comes with his feet dirty
I won’t shake his hand
No handshakes from him
Now he comes with his feet dirty
Dirty feet to win my favor
Ah you think I'm a girl
You think I'm a girl of the world
In my country we don't do that
It's small things like that, it's small things like that
In my town we don't do that
It's small things like that, it's small things like that
They do that over there
It’s a small thing that they do over there

I won’t shake his hand
Honey Honey
No handshakes from him
He can sleep on the floor
He comes with his feet dirty
Aha you think dirty feet will win my favor
That won’t work
The pot of water and the dirty feet are a pair
The pot of honey and the dirty feet are a pair
He wants me to hold his dirty hand
And throw myself at his feet
He wants me to kiss his dirty paw
And throw myself at his feet
He watches my every move
And that pot of honey just sits there
I know his game all too well
I won’t shake his hand
No handshakes from him
Dirty feet to win my favor

He says he loves me more than I love him
He says he’s my slave
His ears are like an elephant's
He talks a lot, says nothing
He talks a lot, acts like a child
Ah he says he's crazy for me
Ah he says he loves me to death
Ah he says he knows my every desire
I won’t shake his hand honey honey
No handshakes from him he can sleep on the floor
He comes with his feet dirty
Aha you think dirty feet will win my favor
That won’t work

I wish I knew where the road was
To get away from this fool
Ah the same old story, the same old story
The story that never changes