🌿 Bobo (Burkina Faso)
Sãgã y’a kã bɛ fɔ, wula y’a kan nɛ?
A bɛ to sira fɛ, yɔrɔ min kɛ mɔgɔ bɛ yera.
Dugu da fɛ, kɔrɔ ni dɔgɔ bɛ kɛlɛlen,
Sãgã y’a kã fɔ, i n’a fɔ san bɛ kɔnɔ.
Kɛ i nɛɛ kɛ, kana gban,
Tiɲɛ bɛ fɔ su ni tile.
Wari ni sanu bɛ tɔgɔ,
Kɔnɔ Sãgã ta tɛ bɔlɔ.
English Version
Can you hear Wisdom on the wind, calling out your name?
Standing at the crossroads, where the lost remain.
By the gates of the city, where the strong and weak collide,
Wisdom lifts her voice, like thunder in the sky.
Turn your ear, do not look away,
Truth speaks clearly, night and day.
Silver fades and gold will rust,
But Wisdom’s fire never turns to dust.