No, offense but the lyrics is not even close to it. And the language is not Dogon, he is speaking Malinke from Guinea -Conakry. I am working on a proper translation and I will forward it to your email.
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Yé ké yé ké → English translation
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Original lyrics
Yé ké yé ké
Bi sounkouroun lou la donkégna, aha
Bi sounkouroun lou la donkégna, aha
I madji I ma yélé
I kanan n'bila nara ro
N'bo n'bolo bila
Kanfalani yana sara le ila
Yékéké nimo yé ké yé ké
Yékéké nimo yé ké yé ké
Bi kamberen lou la donkégna, aha
Bi kamberen lou la donkégna, aha
I madji I ma yélo
I kanan n'bila nara ro
N'bo n'bolo bila
Gnin kisse gbela serra le ils
Yékéké nimo yé ké yé ké
Ké woyé boli lalé n'na doni kassi kan
Woyé boli lalé (Hey, hey! )
Ké woyé boli lalé n'na doni kassi kan
Woyé boli lalé (Hey, hey! )
I kanan n'bila doni kassi kan
Woyé boli lalé (Wo dén té soron)
Nyé n'ta sorona kono mi ma ta I yonfé (Wo dén té soron lonkéléna)
Sini Mory la diyandé
Timba bara wouloukounta
Souba ma kata I yala
Ah sara lila
Yékéké nimo yé ké yé ké
Yékéké nimo yé ké yé ké (Djely mousso ni kédjou to wara bo)
Yékéké nimo yé ké yé ké (M'ba mofila téma yan féou)
Yékéké nimo yé ké yé ké
Bi kamberen lou la donkégna, aha
Bi sounkouroun lou la donkégna, aha
I madji I ma yélo I kanan n'bila nara ro
N'bo n'bolo bila kanfalani yana sara le ila
Yékéké nimo yé ké yé ké
Yékéké nimo yé ké yé ké
Ké woyé boli lalé n'na doni kassi kan Woyé boli lalé (Hey, hey! )
Ké woyé boli lalé n'na doni kassi kan Woyé boli lalé (Hey, hey! )
Ké woyé boli lalé n'na doni kassi kan Woyé boli lalé (Hey, hey! )
Ké woyé boli lalé n'na doni kassi kan Woyé boli lalé (Hey, hey! )
I kanan n'bila doni kassi kan Woyé boli lalé (Wo dén té soron)
I kanan n'bila doni kassi kan Woyé boli lalé (Wo dén té soron)
Nyé n'ta sorona kono mi ma ta I yonfé (Wo dén té soron lonkéléna)
Nyé n'ta sorona kono mi ma ta I yonfé (Wo dén té soron lonkéléna)
Sini Mory la diyandé Timba bara wouloukounta souba ma kata I yala
Ah sara lila
Yékéké nimo yé ké yé ké
Yékéké nimo yé ké yé ké
Yékéké nimo yé ké yé ké
Yékéké nimo yé ké yé ké
Yékéké nimo yé ké yé ké
Last edited by Diazepan Medina on 2023-07-30
Translation
Yeke Yeke
You're my own little movie star
I've found you
you are my superstar
the number 1 in my heart
If you do not kiss me now give
that's a sin
This is a solid happy ending
and our new start
hey you
I'm crazy for you
hey you
you're such a nice pretty face
your little summer trials
yeye ye Yeke
Yeke Yeke yeye
Yeke yeye
Yeke Yeke yeye
you play the leading role
n a fairytale
I have invented
you are my prince super
I'm your princess
you are the first of my
love wins
You're just what I wanted
I love you
hey you
I'm crazy for you
hey you
you have such a nice pretty face
your little summer trials
yeye ye Yeke
Yeke Yeke yeye
Yeke yeye
Yeke Yeke yeye
The first sweet nothings
My little brother
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Submitted by rastaman.kwasi@libero.it on 2010-09-13
Added in reply to request by hhelali
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Please help to translate "Yé ké yé ké"
Idioms from "Yé ké yé ké"
1. | sweet nothings |
Comments
Please if one of us have a correct translation, could you send it?? 🙏
Thanks very much!
The English translation above is not of Mory Kanté's Yéké Yéké, but rather K3's on their 1999 album "Parels".
WTH is this translation?
The source lyrics have been updated. Please review your translation.
I don't have the correct translation, anyhow I really think it's the Dogon Language ( they call it "awa danu" or "hidden language"), at least it sounds alike. And that's why nobody can translate it but a Dogon (actually they live in Mali,close to Burkina Faso...), 'cos nobody really knows their language. However, the real meaning is very difficult to get completely, even if you've got the written translation, as a single word can get a lot of meanings (such as in many other African Languages, for instance Twi, Djoula, Voun, Ewe, etc.)...Good luck...