Est-ce ça va?
Djama!
Danaya ka guêlè
Layidou ka guêlè
An ka djidja ka kê danamogo yé
Djama!
Ni yé filaouw ka missi djourouta
I ki djidja ka sara a sara touma na
Ni yé wouayé ka sôgô djourouta
I ki djadja ka sara a sara touma na
Ni yé somono ka djaiguai djourouta
I ki djidja ka sara a sara toumana
Ni yé kadoouw ka djiba djourouta
I ki djidja ka sara a sara touma na
Ni yé marakaouw ka wari djourouta
I ki djidja ka sara a sara touma na
Ni yé itériouw ka fini djourouta
I ki djidja ka sara a sara touma na
Ni yé itériouw ka samara djourouta
I ki djidja ka sara a sara touma na
Ni yé môgô ka ton wari djourouta
I ki djidja ka sara a sara touma na
Ni yé môgô ka Pari wari tiè kodou
I ki djidja ka sara a sara touma na
Na massé ka sara a sara toumana
Aouw kana kê ni jongon na maloya yé
Na massé ka sara a sara toumana
Aouw kana kê ni kêlê ban baliyé...
Djama!
Danaya ka guêlè
Layidou ka guêlè
An ka djidja ka kê danamogo yé
Djama!
Everything all right?
People!
Confidence is difficult
Promise is difficult
Let’s try to be confident
People! [repeat verse]
If you buy beef on credit from the Peulhs,*
You must repay them on time
If you buy meat on credit from the butchers
You must repay them on time
If you buy fish on credit from the fishermen
You must repay them on time
If you buy an onion on credit from the Dogon,*
You must repay them on time
If you borrow money on credit from the Marka,*
You must repay them on time
If you buy clothes on credit from friends
You must repay them on time
If you buy shoes on credit from friends
You must repay them on time
If you borrow money from an organization
You must repay them on time
If you borrow money from your brothers on credit
You must repay them on time
If you couldn’t repay them on time
Don’t be shamed by the creditors
If you couldn’t repay them on time
You mustn’t quarrel endlessly with the creditors...
People!
Confidence is difficult
Promise is difficult
Let’s try to be confident
People!
[Repeat Verse:]
* A Malian ethnicity