🌊 Bozo (Mali – river culture tone)
Sageya bɛ fɔ ka fɛn, fɔli bɛ bɔ haw nɛ?
A bɛ lo sira fɛ, yɔrɔ min na mɔgɔ bɛ maa.
Dugu da fɛ, sɛgɛn ni fanga bɛ kɛlɛlen,
Sageya bɛ a kan fɔ, i n’a fɔ kɔ̀nɔ bɛ san kɔnɔ.
I ka tolo kɛ ka mɛn, kana kɔfɛ,
Tiɲɛ bɛ fɔ su ni tile.
Wari ni sanu bɛ gban,
Kɔnɔ Sageya ta tɛ gban.
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.