(Mandinka)
N’kon m’bitala tamo léla nata saréla eayéyé
I have decided to travel. I have come to say goodbye.
 
Kaa bitala tamo léla anata saréla eayéyé 
He said he is going away, he just came to say goodbye to you.
 
Tala yala ta lélong tala mala naa long déh
 The traveller who’s leaving knows he’s leaving, but he cannot know when or how he will return
 
Ea tata iman-na inata iman taa
You went, you never came back. You came back, you never went away.
Allah léno long dion n’na nonh n’tin  Allah léno long dion n’na nonh n’tin  
So in case you don’t see me again,know that it’s God’s will. And if you do see me, that’s God’s will too.
 
Allah léno long 
God willing
 
Allah léno long dion n’na nonh n’tin  Allah léno long dion n’na nonh n’tin  
So in case you don’t see me again, know that it’s God’s will. And if you do see me, that’s God’s will too.
 
Allah lénooo
God willing
 
Ea-tawta yadi dola koumo lé koliyata-wo  A-tawta yadi dola koumo lé koliyataa  yéyéyé 
Knowing that, you still took the freedom to spread tales of my return. But in the end, the choice to return is not ours. He took the freedom to spread tales of my return. But in the end the choice to return is not ours.
 
Ea-tawta yadi dola koumo lé koliyata-wo kouma koumo
You still took the freedom to spread tales of my return. But in the end, the choice to return is not ours.
 
La lalala aa lalala  La allahla la allahla La allahla la allahla
 
Ea-tawta yadi dola koumo lé koliyata-wo   
You still took the freedom to spread tales of my return
But in the end, the choice to return is not ours.
 
La allahla   A-tawta yadi dola koumo lé koliyataa  yéyéyé 
He took the freedom to spread tales of my return
But in the end the choice to return is not ours.
 
la allahla    Ea-tawta yadi dola koumo lé koliyata-wo koumo wolém
You still took the freedom to spread tales of my return. 
But in the end, the choice to return is not ours. That’s the way it is
 
La allahla la allahla La allahlaa