Lyrics

NALINGI BOSEMBO (Peace Lullaby)

Lingala:
Nalingi bosembo na mokili.
Nasengi bolamu, naba mama.
Bana balala, malamu
Baliya malamu, mayi miso ezalate.

Yoka losambo nanga oyo
To koma kuna pe to tikala kuna endenge wana.
Kimia ezala na mokili
Pe ebanda nangai.

Swahili:
Nataka amani duniyani
Namtakia ki la mama wema
Watoto walele vizuri
Wakiwa wa mesheba
Na macho yawu bila machozi

Sikia maombi yangu
Kwamba tuta fika kule natuache vile vile
Amani ifike duniyani
Na ianze na mimi

English:
I want peace in the world.
I want every mother to breathe a sigh.
That her babies are asleep
with their bellies full and their eyes dry.

Hear my prayer and my plea
That we’ll get there and then just let it be.
Let there be peace on earth
and let it begin with me.