ǹ bí ... ń ná kìibonɛ́ɛ̀ dò fɔ̀la ì yèn

I will tell you a dream that I had

ǹ kíìbondén dè lún dò Màamí Wàta là

how one day I was dreaming of Maami Wata

ǹ nánden, kìibô tɔ̀, ǹ kíìbota, ň dêé ... à nǐín ń bâàba, à nín ń bâàba ꜜlá mùséè ... ǹ nándèn,

my father's wife, in the dream.. I dreamt that me and my father and my father's wife

mà bì bɔ́ɔla sɛ̀nɛ́ɛ̀ tɔ̀ Sùlukufálàn

We were leaving the field, Sulukufalan

ma bá' nà háaa ... mà báti kée fàrannɛ́ɛ̀ tɔ̀

we went and came to a little field

k' à tɛ̀rěn ... à kɛ́ɛnden kőo ... sángè ꜜbá' nà ... kɔ̀ɛ̂ bá' bǒn

and it was as if it had been raining and the river was overflown

àwa, n ká ń nátɛriya ... ǹ ká ... àn tó kɔ́ɔ̀ma

I went quickly and I left them behind

ň náàta ... ǹ k' áà yèn dóo í jùléè bɔ̀ɔnděn ... bóyilɛ júlè

I came and saw that somebody had made a rope out of the tree boyile

áwà lɔ́gɔ fɛ́rɛnnɛɛ̀nu ... bòyindén ... kílà kùnma

and little pieces of cut wood had fallen on the road

ǹ kà kélen tàa ... ǹ táat' áa fɛ̀ ... ɲáâtɔ̀

I took one of them and went with it forward

ǹ táata, ň jigìta ... fàráà bùutɔ

I went down to the floodable field

n tágamanta díkettè kùnma

I was walking on the earthbeds

lɔ̀gɔ́nnɛɛ̀ ꜜbí ǹ bólè tɔ̀

and I had the stick in my hand

ń ka̋ lɔ́gɔnnɛ̀ bìla ... jèê tɔ̀ ... ǹ tóota á sàmanna ǹ fɛ̀

I plunged the stick in the water and went on dragging it behind me

ǹ tàta ha̋a n̋ tânbìta ... bìyakɛ́ júenɛ̀ dò là

I went and passed a goyava

ǹ kɛ̋ɲɲáa fìla ɲɔ́gɔn

I went two steps further

Màamíwàtâ k' áa kùɲɛ́ɛ̀ làbɔ ... jěè kɔ̀tɔ

Mammi Wata lifted her head from the water

à nín à láa ... jèléê mìnnu b' á gbàâ là

she and the artists behind her

ànú mɔ̀gɔ síyaman

there were a lot of them

àn í jìnbéè fɔ̀láa ... àn í sígè ꜜlála ... à kɔ́ɔ̀ma

they were playing djembe and singing songs behind her

ànu síya

there were a lot of them

àn nà síginnɛ̀ kà ǹ dìya ... ǹ ká n̂ lɔ̀

I liked their song. I stopped

lɔ̀gɔ́nnɛ̀ bì ǹ ꜜbólo .. jéè tɔ̀

and I was holding a stick in the water

à k áa kùn̋ nâbɔ̀ ... ǹ kɔ́tɔ fàn ... à ká ń máfɛ̋lɛ̀

she lifted her head close to me and she looked at me

ǹ k' áâ màfɛlɛ ... à kùnsígè jàn ... ǹ m' áa dàn ꜜdúla yěn

I looked at her, her hear was so long that I couldn't see it's end

à kéeɲìn tùgun

and she was beautiful

à tǒè mǔ ... sàâ lè là

and the rest of her was a snake

à kǔǹ ... dɔ̌rɔ́n dè mù ... mɔ̀gɔnɛnfíɲɛ̀ là

only her head was human

ǹ tóta ɲɔ́ɔ lè ... àn í jìnbéè fɔ̂là, àn í ... sígè làala à kɔ́ɔ̀ma, ò báti ń díya

I remained there, they were playing djembe, they were singing behind here, I liked it

à tóota wó lè tɔ̀ nùn háa

and went on for a long time

ň lɔ́ɔ̀nden k' àa màfɛ́lɛ ... à bì fɛ́n kɛ̂ɛ̀la

I was staying there and looking at what she was doing

kɔ̀nɔ́ .. àn ká ń nákunun ... ǹ mǎá ń náa kìibóè làbán

but they woke me up and I didn't finish my dream

sàguè ma ... ǹ wúlita tűn ... ǹ ká ń bòri, ǹ jîgita .. ꜜfàráà tɔ̀

In the morning, the moment I woke up, I ran and went to the field

ǹ táata .. ǹ káa lɔ́gɔnnɛ̂ dò ꜜtônbòn

I took up some other stick

kɔ̀nɔ́ ... bóyilɛ má lɔ́gɔnnɛ̀ là

but this stick was not from the tree boyile

kàa tɛ̌rén sángè ꜜbá' nà súè tɔ̀

in fact, it had rained at night

kɔ̀rɛ́ɛ̀.. kɔ̀ɛ́ fóo bá' bòn

the river was overflowing

ǹ kà lɔ́gɔnnɛ̋ɛ̀ bìla jěè tɔ̀ ... k' àa fɛ́lɛ̋, s' àa tɛ̀rɛntá ... ń ki̋ìbòta mín nà à sì kɛ́ɛ̀

I plunget the little stick into the water and watched if that what I had been dreaming about would happen

à máa bɔ́ɔ

but she didn't come up

ǹ ká ń lɔ̀ ɲɔ̀ɔ̂ dóndèn ... ǹ m' áà yèn

I waited there a little bit, but I didn't see her

ǹ kà kílà bìta ... ń sa̋àgita lɔ̀gɔ́nnɛ́ɛ̀ fɛ̀ ... bóɲɛ̀ là

I started off and returned home with the little stick

ǹ kó tùma dǒ ... bìi súè tɔ̀ ... ǹ sí kìibo

I said, maybe, today I will have a dream

ǹ táata ǹ báàba kà ǹ ꜜmáɲìninka, kóo í tɛ̀rɛ bì tàanden mìn nà?

My father asked me, where have you been to?

ǹ kǒ ń tɛ̂rɛ̀ tàanden fàrannɛ́ɛ̀ tɔ̀

I said, that I had been to the field

kó fɛ̋n dè ꜜmáanden ɲɔ̂ là? sàguema súbakà kɛ̀ mà?

And what was going there this morning so early?

ǹ kò á ... ǹ kó ń kíì.. ǹ bí tɛ̂rɛ̀n bí kìibola ꜜlè ... wò báti ń nákunun, ń máa ń ná kìibóè làbán

I said, I was.. I was dreaming, but you woke me up, and I didn't finish my dream

kó í bi̋ tɛ̂rɛ̀ ꜜbí kîìbonden fɛ̀n nà?

What did you see in your dream?

kóo ń tɛ́rɛ kìibonden ... fɛ́ɲɛ̀ dó lè là

I saw some thing in my dream

jèê tɔ̀, fàrannɛ́ɛ̀ tɔ̀

in the water in the floodable field

mà ì bɔ́ɔla ... sɛ̀nɛ́ɛ̀ tɔ̀, ń dê n' íi lè ... à níin ... ń nánden

we were leaving the field, me and you and my stepmother

ǹ kò ǹ ká wò tò kɔ́ɔ̀ma, ǹ ká ń bòri ... ǹ táata ǹ káa ... bóyilɛ lɔ́gɔnnɛ̀ dò tà, ǹ ká wô bìla jéè tɔ̀

I left you behind, I ran forward, I took a boyile stick and plunged it into the water

fɛ́n dò ꜜk' á kùɲɛ́ɛ̀ làbɔ ... kùnsígè b' á kùn tɔ̀ ... à jíginden ha̋a à kɔ́ɔ̀ tɔ̀

Something lifted up its head, there hair on its head going down the back

kɔ̀nɔ ǹ m' áa tò yèn, à tóo kɛ̀ɛndɛn ... kó sì ... à mù yɛ́gɛ̀ lè là jéè tɔ̀

but I didn't see the rest, the rest was as it was a fish in the water

mɔ̀gɛ́ dônù b' áà gbàa là, àn í jìnbéè fɔ̀ɔla, àn ì sígè làala ... àn b' áan dɔ̀nna

There were people behind her, who were playing jembe, singing and dancing

ǹ kó ń ka̋ ꜜlɔ́gɔnnɛ̀ tò jíi tɔ̀ nɔ̀n, ǹ ká ǹ lɔ̀, ǹ bì wó màfɛlɛla

I left the little stick in the water, I stopped and looked at it

kɔ̀tɛ́ɛ̀ nɔ̀n ... à bì míǹ màala ... wò ká ń nákúnun wó lè tɔ̀ ... ǹ máa ń náa kìbóè làbán

and now, that, what she was doing, you woke me up and that's why I didn't finish my dream

à kó ń má, kó á! kìibóɛ̀ ꜜká ɲìn

He said to me: the dream is good!

kò í kâ ꜜlɔ́gɔnnɛ̀ lɔ̀n? kò á! kó bóyilɛ lè

He told me: do you know this wood? I said, it's boyile

kó íi.. í k' a̋à lɔ́n, í k' á láboyi káamìn?

He said: do you know, where you dropped it?

n kó, á, n bá' tága ɲɔ́ɔ

I said: well, I went there

n máa n na kìiboè làbán .. ǹ m' áà lɔ̀n, ǹ ká lábòyɛ ꜜkáamìn, k' à tɛ̀rɛn wò báti ń nákunun

I didn't finish my dream, I don't know where I dropped it, because you woke me up

kò àwa! kó sì ì káa .. lɔ́gɔnnɛ̀ wò lɔ̀n nùn, ì n' áà màra

he said: if you knew this stick, you would keep it

kó à ká ɲìn há ... ǹ kó ɓá dɔ̀n wò m' áa sɔ̀n ǹ ní ná kìibóè làban

He said: well, fine. I said, since you didn't let me finish my dream

kɛ́nɛ̀ sì bɔ̀ tún ... wò ní mɔ̂gɔ̀ ꜜmágbàsi

the moment when the daylight is there, you would go and slap us (so that we get up)

ì wúlì, ì wúlì!

Get up, get up!

ǹ kó ǹ máa ń ná kìibóè làbán, wó lé k' áà kɛ̀ ... ǹ m' áà lɔ̀n, ǹ kà lɔ́gɔnnɛ̀ làbe kàwóokàn

I didn't finish my dream, that's why I don't know, where I dropped the stick

ǹ kó kɔ̀nɔ ǹ bá' tága, ǹ bá' lɔ́gɔnnɛ̀ dò tà, ǹ kà mín súgà kɛ̀ .. kìibóè tɔ̀, ǹ bá' wô kɛ̀ ... ǹ máa fɛ́n yén

but I went ther, I took another twig, I did that what I had seen in the dream, but I didn't see anything

à kò kô àwa .. kó à lámàra tún

he said, okay, but hide the stick

ì máni wúli í lála ... ùráà là ... ì nì sáli

When you get ready to sleep in the evening, you should pray

ì nì árkan ... fîlà tùgún sàli ì n' íi là

you pronounce to evening prayers and you go to bed

ha̋ri i̋ máa í lâ, ì n' i̋ì jân ì n' í bólè là ... í jùséè kùnma

You shouldn't lie down on your back and put your hand on your bosom

tùma dó állà s' â yìta i là

Maybe God will show it to you

àwa ... ǹ ná kîìbóè .. à tànbitá wò ɲáà lè

that is the dream that I saw

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