When a person has died the men bring their little drums
Mothers of Monga yo yo pray for Monga
War has crushed him how did war crush him?
Cry my gullet, mother of Monga yo yo pray for Monga
War has crushed him O how did war crush him?
When they have finished crying they dance and sing all day long.
(P.J. translation of Tristan Tzara's translation of Mourning Song of the Ba- Totela, Batatela (Zaire))
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