Madonna feat. Kimi Djabaté, “Ciao Bella”

 

Sometimes

Dia a ca du niedda / A ca say adda / Ava lorda / Acagivoda / Aleme uomo ta / Maniman ca l’uomo ta / E mugugnà / Elegno attento / Alla ca du niedda / A ca say adda / Ca duvuta

Bella, ciao…

Sometimes I despair / Sometimes I have hope / Sometimes I don’t know / Sometimes I feel pushed

Bella, ciao…

E le nea fina / Y cada vosa mammai / E le nea fina / Y cada vosa mammai…

Tu mama leyea / Entemille defeo / Y li dijo / Y cada vosa mammai / A le nea filha / Y cada vosa mammai / A le nea filha

Have you ever been to the land where you can find yourself? / Have you ever been to a place where you can rest yourself? / All the noise just disappears, rain will wash away the sadness / All our lives we work in vain, for a little touch of grace

Bella, ciao…

A le nea filha / Y cada vosa mammai / A le nea filha / Y cada vosa mammai / O molu molu Allah / Y baca comu al modo mie / Bella / Vade malumi / O molu Allah / Cume y cume ye / Coma afora Allah / Y cada vosa mammai / Y cada selemugna / Y cada vosa mammai

Sometimes I despair / Sometimes I have hope / Sometimes I don’t know / Sometimes I feel happy

Bella, ciao…

O mama leyea / Entemille defeo / Y cada vida mulai / Done e la baiea / Y cada cume mamma / Cada dona el domani / E leyea la mamma / Caya tu maye / Y leyea la mamma

Ooh ooh / Cumae alle maye / Dighì malì dighì le maye / Oooh cumae / A ye cume el fulme / Ooh / Cu mamma mye

Sometimes I feel happy

Bella, ciao…

Cu mamma mye / O mamma cu many / O mamma le duele / Che la mia deyala / Muncana como muncana eya / In battalla Africa / In batalla / Lecciava a se de se

Bella, ciao…

Have you ever been to the land where you can find yourself? / Have you ever been to a place where you can rest yourself? / All the noise just disappears, rain will wash away the sadness / All our lives we work in vain, for a little touch of grace

Bella, ciao…

[By Madonna Ciccone – Mirwais Ahmadzaï © Interscope Records, 2019]