Sona Jobarteh
Sona Jobarteh is the first female Kora virtuoso to come from the West African Jobarteh griot family. She is the granddaughter of the Master griot Amadu Bansang Jobarteh and cousin to the renowned Kora player Toumani Diabaté
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Saya
Sona Jobarteh Lyrics
Hmmmm, sooba saya...
Fagantɔw lu kasikan,
Ko bana ye saya fa ye!
Alu ma yee ne dun sɛɛ la ne dun tɔrɔ la?
Dunuya kɔnɔ diya ban na...
Bali saya ye n'dusu kasi...
Fɔ jɔn ye sabali
Aaah n'na ye la, i ka n'sɔɔn limanya
Ɲee le ma, kanu
I tolo malɔ ɲe kuma la i fɛ
N'ka kuma kan kɛla fɔnɲɔn ye
Mi ye dankan ye i seko tɛ a ra
I le ma ye ko diyɛya ye gɛlɛma
I ta lén min ka ne to dibi oh
Dusukasi ni ɲanafin ooho
I ye min kɛ ɲe dunuya tigɛ rɔ, Allah dɔrɔn bi i la sara la...
N'bena layiri duguni ta ye, fɔ ka n'sa, n'tena se ka ɲina i kɔ...
(VERSE 2)...
N'naa le ka fɔ, jamana sigi dun gɛlɛma
Dɔ lu yɛlɛ la
Dɔ lu ye kasi la lòn lòn,
I ta la dugmina ma su, i ta la ne n'fandɔ fana ye...
I ye kuma kan mi fɔ, halisa m'be miri o lòn la sini
Ne kɔni m'be kali i ye bi, fɔ ka n'sa, n'te ɲinɛ i kɔ...
Mi ye dankan ye i seko tɛ a ra
I le ma ye ko diyɛya ye gɛlɛma
I ta lén min ka ne to dibi oh
Dusukasi ni ɲanafin ooho
I ye min kɛ ɲe dunuya tigɛ rɔ, Allah dɔrɔn bi i la sara la...
N'bena layiri duguni ta ye, fɔ ka n'sa, n'tena se ka ɲina i kɔ...
Ooo saya, m'maa saya
Ooo saya,
Ooo sayaaa...
Contributed by James W. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
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ROXANA RR
Written by Sona Jobarteh Malinke
Lyrics by Wilferd Abdoul Willey
Verse 1
Hmmmm,suba saya
in the darkness of death
the orphans cry
that disease is the source of death
can't you see i've suffered in pain??
I have no hope left in this world
because death broke my heart
but one has to resign to fate
mother.please help me accept this face
i'm talking to you,my love
listen to what i'm trying to say
my words have turned into air
CHORUS
No one can change destiny
do you know the pains of love
CHORUS CONT..
you left me here in darkness
heart broken and longing for you
only God can repay you
for what you did for me in this life
i promise you one thing
i will never forget you
VERSE 2
My mother told me that life is difficult
some are laughing while others cry everyday
when you left this world
you also took a part of me with you
the words you said to me
i still think about to this day
i promise you
until i die i will never forget you
Avitronix
This song saved my life at a time when I had lost complete touch of this world, when I heard her voice I was grounded again. Her voice in this song has a motherly quality to it and to me at the time it was like the voice of a mother guiding me back to the truth.
funk frank
Asé
Kratos of Sparta
@Victor Rubahimbya i cried listening to this song in bed, there was something so deep about this song i cant put into words, it's as if it reminded my soul of something its missing, something so spiritual
Victor Rubahimbya
💕 I literally listen to this song in bed till I sleep off
Patricia-Anne Cockburn
This song, the music, touched me. I don't understand a word of what she is singing about, but there's a reverence about this song that is unspeakable...thank you....
Lamou Butterfly
Patricia-Anne Cockburn she talks about death. Saya mean death.
She's talking about the adsence of a loved one being swept away by death
Gerard Beaubrun
New means to express deep emotions are knocking at the doors of our hearts, beckoning us to open our mind and accept that feelings are universal. From the careful guitar plucking to a breezy, vulnerable voice devoid of all diva artifices, we get to witness the canvassing of a masterpiece.
What astounds me with this performance is the personal interpretation that still celebrates the West African griot tradition of storytelling, record keeping...the strength of nations, the keeper of time past, the smile over a possibly bright future. Sona sings her dialogue with us. Never forcing her craft on us but instead asking us to imagine what she is feeling and relate it to our rich human experience.
One must also candidly smile at the avuncular aura surrounding her performance. In a feat of humility, the male accompanists never seek to shine but extend her dialogue and lay the tapestry over which her voices draws the stories and thoughts that will flicker in our mind.
Meesha Acharya
❤
JULY SPELONCHI
Non ho mai smesso di celebrare la tua armonia e la tua dolce voce
Kiangura Jason
Ooh! What a succinct synopsis of what the song and art thereof is all about!!! A Kenyan here! Gambia lema!