Lead singer: Mohammed Keïta/Language: Mandinka
Your highness, I sing for you, the kora is played for you, the dum dun is beaten for you, your highness.
I was born in Guinea, I came here to find a better life. My father knows that
My brother cries because he hasn't seen me for a long time.
The children in the village cry too.
The children call Mariama, she's crying.
Some children call me to come
I call Mariama to come to me.