24/08/2023
These are the NDAYA lyrics by the late MPONGO LOVE and have been translated from Lingala to English.
This song is almost 50 years old.
INSTRUMENTALS
Nayebaki iiih,
(I just knew it that)
S**a se kotingama eeh,
(At last my marriage will hold)
Ya ngai na mobali na ngai iih,
(My marriage with my husband)
Pantalo mokaba mama aaah,
(We will stick together like a belt on a trouser,
My dear rival)
Tobalana kosukisa bilobela ango ya bato ooh,
(We got married to end the peoples' idle talk/
Gossips)
Likwela ya ngai na cherry s**a lilita ma aah,
(This my marriage with my sweetheart its only
Death that will do us part, my dear rival)
Nayebaki iiih,
(I just knew it that)
S**a se kotingama eeh,
(At last my marriage will hold)
Ya ngai na mobali na ngai iih,
(My marriage with my husband)
Pantalo mokaba mama aaah,
(We will stick together like a belt on a trouser,
My dear rival)
Tobalana kosukisa bilobela ango ya bato ooh,
(We got married to end the peoples' idle talk/
Gossips)
Likwela ya ngai na cherry s**a lilita ma aah,
(This my marriage with my sweetheart its only
Death that will do us part, my dear rival)
INSTRUMENTALS
Nayebaki iiih,
(I just knew it that)
S**a se kotingama eeh,
(At last my marriage will hold)
Ya ngai na mobali na ngai iih,
(My marriage with my husband)
Pantalo mokaba mama aaah,
(We will stick together like a belt on a trouser,
My dear rival)
Tobalana kosukisa bilobela ango ya bato ooh,
(We got married to end the peoples' idle talk/
Gossips)
Likwela ya ngai na cherry s**a lilita ma aah,
(This my marriage with my sweetheart its only
Death that will do us part, my dear rival)
INSTRUMENTALS
Ooh ngai Ndaya ooh,
(I Ndaya ooh)
Nayebi nkombo ya mbanda te,
(I cant have a co wife)
Ooh ya ngai Ndaya ooh,
(My marriage as Ndaya ooh)
Libanda yango ya bombanda te aye eeh
(I say no to a poligamaous marriage / I cant
Share my husband) x2
Libala ya nga na mobali na nga mama aah aye
(This our marriage with my husband, my dear
Rival)
Napika dalapo loboko napiko oh
(I am ready to fight and defend my marriage
Without fear)
Ba tongo nga mama batikala na soni oh
(Those backbiting me will end up being ashamed)
Ba kana nga mama batikala likombe oh
(Those who envy me will end up bacholletes)
Ooh ngai Ndaya ooh,
(I Ndaya ooh)
Nayebi nkombo ya mbanda te,
(I cant have a co wife)
Ooh ya ngai Ndaya ooh,
(My marriage as Ndaya ooh)
Libanda yango ya bombanda te aye eeh
(I say no to a poligamaous marriage / I cant
Share my husband) x1
Libala oyo ekende ngo sango mama aah,
(The news about this marriage have spread all
Over, my dear rival)
Ba journo ba radio nouvelle ya nga na ye
(In the journals and radios the news are just
About the two of us)
Batika te, balembe te kaka ba tongoko nga
(They cant stop or get tired they only slander
Me)
Batika te, balembe te kaka ba fingaka ngai
(They cant stop or get tired they only insult me)
Ooh ngai Ndaya ooh,
(I Ndaya ooh)
Nayebi nkombo ya mbanda te,
(I cant have a co wife)
Ooh ya ngai Ndaya ooh,
(My marriage as Ndaya ooh)
Libanda yango ya bombanda te aye eeh
(I say no to a poligamaous marriage / I cant
Share my husband) x1
Motema mua ngai moko bete bete mama ah ye
(In my heart am confident my rival)
Nazali ngo assurΓ© eh na mobali na nga
(I have assuarence with my husband)
Akomeka te ko tromper nga noki asambwa mama
Ah
(That he will never try to cheat on me because
He will get ashamed himself, my dear rival)
Akomeka te akoka te eh bakata ye longange
(Even if they try to trick him he will never cheat
On me)
Ooh ngai Ndaya ooh,
(I Ndaya ooh)
Nayebi nkombo ya mbanda te,
(I cant have a co wife)
Ooh ya ngai Ndaya ooh,
(My marriage as Ndaya ooh)
Libanda yango ya bombanda te aye eeh
(I say no to a poligamaous marriage / I cant
Share my husband) x2
INSTRUMENTALS.
Chekè cheke eye eeh,
COoh ngai Ndaya ooh,
(I Ndaya ooh)
Nayebi nkombo ya mbanda te,
(I cant have a co wife)
Ooh ya ngai Ndaya ooh,
(My marriage as Ndaya ooh)
Libanda yango ya bombanda te aye eeh
(I say no to a poligamaous marriage / I cant
Share my husband) x8
