Zenaba I & II (Franco) - Franco & le T.P. O.K. Jazz 1973

[@ojiuchechukwujamesnjoku5622]

You shall live long for bringing this music to KZbin.

[@Serropatrick]

Cant seem to get enough of this song!!!

[@ogetoj6245]

The talent of vocalists fusion is excellent from the trio- Josky, Mangwana and Boyibanda. The combo is relaxing although the content of the song is saddening! Dr. Ogeto International

[@laurentmutu6020]

Superbe mélodie. J'habitais un quartier chaud de libreville. Dans un bistrot non de mon domicile s’echappait du haut parleur de la musique bien choisie. Parmi les titres, j'avais apprécié ZENABA. Les chanteurs défilent en soprano et ça, çà fait de l'effet !

[@alphagammex]

Good music is like a good wine.....tastes better with age. Simply Classique!. Bravo OK Jazz, the Tchaikovsky of our time....

[@jacklineodumbe7515]

I love this kind of music it's a cool type of music we African can celebrate every time we get down to music

[@ogetoj6245]

Mapenzi ya Zenaba ni ya ajabu. Kilio, kilio tu. Waaah. Dr. Ogeto International

[@caroleosako3129]

I love that combo of voices. Josky, Mangwana and Boyibanda. Reminds me of Asittu, Nakobala mbwa and Tata na bebe. Only one voice is missing from the equation. Of course the Grand Maitre

[@richardsafari7963]

Carole Osako what about the guitar solo at the end, just fabulous.. "Lindanda ekolela.. Elengi"

[@jeanclaudegralinda5074]

Moi je suis camerounais et dis que cette voix est de kawikana dit aimé , chanteur à tp ok Jazz

[@davidorina3703]

Parfait Ok Jazz.... Nazali na maloba te... aaah mokili tozali touristes .... nzambe pesi biso temps longues... La vie est mobembo na Liwa elanda biso!!

[@abiudoluoch7668]

Cool soothing Rhumba it's hard to believe it was produced in 1973

[@andreangweshemi7706]

One of the best pieces to be produced by Maestro Franco L Makiadi and his band. Nostalgic.

[@EkotiYaNzube]

Sublime....haven't heard this in nearly 40 years!!!

[@ayukawakili6244]

lovely. Nandimakite Zenaba, nasala nini Zenaba........Sam Mangwana, Boyibanda, Josky....combination that may never come together on this earth again.

[@georgemwambanga2420]

....This is the all purpose music for the health & sick to enjoy, vocals and instruments do the massaging. TP OK JAZZ...

[@rolandbongo4107]

Le meilleur orchestre avec des grands chanteurs et des belles compositions . On a perdu nos vrais traces musicale avec la disparition des illustres icônes de la bonne musique

[@finiasmwinamila8283]

Asante mziki safi sana

[@richardgaya3965]

......as time ebbs.... still as alluring as when it came out.....was a dance floor favourite....!!!!!

[@georgeouma5124]

Back then, I only new good things in life, I never had times, nostalgic indeed!

[@dutirapatrick8687]

Those days music was cool. Competition and composition was the order of day

[@davidowiyo4379]

A Classic rendition of the one of the finest pieces of rumba.

[@richardnganya2311]

The super combination of rhumba experts!!

[@andrewmaranga2335]

Love the vocals by Mangwana, Josky and Boyibanda...

[@davidowiyo4379]

Lola Checain sang here not Boyibanda?

[@andrewmaranga4941]

Boyibanda was there

[@benardongola8044]

Oooh God what a song zenaba.

[@alexkivisi4305]

zeneba..just listen at vocals and the guiters..sweet music

[@wellingtonmukasa4537]

Rember those days very Good

[@didy1953]

this is what music composition is all about

[@dorellanarange3614]

ZENABA (lyrics in Lingala) Oh, Zenaba, okangelaki nga motema Pona mobali olingi, Zenaba. Nayebaki Zenaba, oh Biloko ozalaki kolambela nga Ozalaki kokabola basani, oh Mayi eninganaka pamba te, Zenaba Olingaki nkaka to swana Po ozwa raison to boyana Nandimaki te, Zenaba, eh Na ndengue ozalaki komilengele Lelo omikabi, Yo obombi sekele Nasala nini, Zenaba? Napesaki yo motema Yo okamati okabi, Zenaba Likambo ebombanake te, Zenaba Misu elingaka esika ba kopekisa Mwasi basalelaka zwa mibali balandaka Natikeli yo, Zenaba Yo osala la vie, Zenaba Nkasi tala nasima, Zenaba, woh, Zenaba aah Zenaba esi akeyi Atikeli nga nkaka maloba Alobi nalanda ye te Nakanisa azali moto A changer la vie na makanisi Nayeba soki nani ako remplacer Zenaba akeyi Zenaba akeyi Likambo te. Okeyi nayo, oh, Zenaba, eh Nkasi kanisa bwale nga na moni Ozalaki temoigne na pasi na ngai Sekeli tosalaki nga na yo, Zenaba Lelo osali semblant ke oyebi ngai Likambo te Faut na ngai moko, oh Zenaba Nako luka ntina oyo tobayani Nako mitunaka nani akosi yo Lobi na lobi oko tinda bantú Nakoboya, Zenaba Likambo te Ezuaka nse bantú, oh Zenaba Nabolingo nsionso matata ezanga te Eloko ekoswa nga pona to mesanaki Nakosala tout pona oublier Oke na niongo na ngai, oh, Zenaba, oh

[@ivanielekumbi2116]

😘😘

[@ojiuchechukwujamesnjoku5622]

🎉🎉🎉🎉Thank you for this lyrics.

[@dorellanarange3614]

ZENABA (translation -not literal- to English) Oh, Zenaba, you’re denying me your love Denying it to the very man you love, Zenaba I knew it, Zenaba oh That the food you were cooking for me You were splitting the plates, oh. Waters don’t get disturbed without a reason, Zenaba You provoked this argument on purpose So you could have a reason for us breaking apart I couldn’t believe it, Zenaba, eh The way you were preparing To give yourself away, You were hiding it from me… What did I do wrong, Zenaba? I gave my heart to you But you’re throwing it away, Zenaba Things can’t be kept hidden forever, Zenaba We love to take a look right where we are forbidden to watch And when men are jealous they go chasing the women they love But I’m going to live you alone, Zenaba So you can live your life as it pleases you But look who you are leaving behind, Zenaba, woh, Zenaba. Zenaba is already gone And she left me with nothing but these words She told me that she doesn’t want me to ever go after her That I have to realize that she is her own person She has changed her worldview and how she wants to live her life And that now is up to me to look for another loved-one Zenaba is gone Zenaba is gone It isn’t a big deal You just left, oh Zenaba, eh But look at the pain that you have put me through You did witness how all these made me suffer The promise we made together Now you’re acting as if you don’t even know who I am It isn’t a big deal This is my own fault, oh Zenaba I’m going to meditate about why we aren’t together anymore I’m going to ask myself who told you these lies One day you’re going to send people to get back to me But I’m going to refuse you, Zenaba It isn’t a big deal These things happen to people, Zenaba In all loving relationships, there’s always drama What really hurts me is that we were so used to each other I’m going to do my best to try to forget you But you left owing me something, oh Zenaba, oh.

[@habbyspartan143]

Thank you for translation

[@opiyooloya3874]

The translation is excellent. But as Dorella said at the top, it’s not literal. There is a lot more going on here, a phrase here, another there that cannot be translated cleanly., But this is as good a translation as it gets.

[@jamesangana_lingalarumbainstit]

Great

[@georgeouma5124]

Perfect translation

[@michelluzolo1710]

En I972, Samy Moréno Mangwana Mayimona Muana N' joku entre dans l' OK Jazz de Yorgh'O; en I972, normal, Luambo compose Zénaba & joue Sam en le faisant chanter en Tiercé avec Michaux Boyibanda & Joski Kiambukuta... Le TP Ok Jazz est au sommet de son Art: c' est l' âge d' Or de l' Ok Jazz, crée en I956... élengiééé.Yoka kilo ya kisasa LéO Kini Malébo. LUZOLO éLiE Lua N'Zambi: M+U+S+I+C+O+L+O+G+U+e.

[@MashindaKKM]

La chanson "Zenaba" est l'une des toutes premières interventions de Josky dans l'O.K. Jazz, dès son arrivée en 1973. A partir de 1972, les Sam Mangwana, Josky Kiambukuta, Michelino Mavatiku, Pépé Ndombe Opetum, Sax Matalanza Nsumbu et Blaise Wuta Mayi avaient été recrutés pour apporter la belle touche "African Jazz - African Fiesta" qui manquait tant au groupe. La musique de Franco en fut nettement bonifiée et sortit des sentiers quelque peu "balabalesques" de l'Ondemba. Résultat: meilleur groupe africain à partir des années 1973-74...

[@yohembuyu]

Michel Boyibanda what a voice !

[@michaelimbiru6739]

Oh the funny hilarious Boyibanda, those were the days

[@pikiopikio2550]

@@michaelimbiru6739The singers are : djo- mpoyi, boyibanda,djoscky, wuta mayi etc........ Franco luambo play solo guitar.

[@luisjaimemarques1503]

simply beautiful

[@abiudoluoch7668]

This sounds nicer than it did those years gone by when I first heard it and all the years I continued to hear it as a young boy and later as an adolescent

[@jagongojullu6943]

So nostalgic

[@DaoudYoussoufa-i2s]

Bonjour bel morceau. Y.

[@hilairendjate9964]

Mes chansons préférées

[@dennissohera4652]

That song is wau well composed and sang the vocals are incredible Ok jazz at it's best.

[@mariesuzannekobanghe1101]

La belle époque de notre jeunesse.

[@osmanoduka9133]

Mit Aduwa!

[@benardongola8044]

Zenaba, just listen to the wind section of the song, what a song.

[@cliffotieno5331]

oh oh ooh baloba baloba....mpudi plucking the bass guitar

[@Kasungamile]

Reminds me of the old but good times. Makes me ask the question, "what really is the meaning of life?"

[@christopherotieno8536]

Makes me wonder too. What was this life for, Really?

[@michaelimbiru6739]

@@christopherotieno8536 me too

[@peteramuka120]

Inexhaustible juiciness....10.30am..8.8.2024

[@davidowiyo4379]

Josky's voice herein is so soothing. . .anybody with a video of this rendition on stage?

[@northriftengineering4904]

Unfortunately Telle zaire only started video recording in 1975 onwards.

[@renemoukalou6696]

je tenvois cette chansson pour que tu ne puisse le fair a quel d.autre merci rene moukalou

[@peterwandera8273]

This is a bomb!💣

[@gabrileebebe1836]

C'est l apogée de l ok.jazz avec l entrée des grands comme Manguana,josky et autres

[@albertlikono231]

Midomo ya Bata, 🎷🎷

[@paulinengamayilabaki8682]

yoooooh! 😢😢😢😢😢😢😙😙😙😙😗

[@joelratemo4259]

Oh what a song

[@esthermarcus8474]

Pls could you play WATAM music. Thanks. It's an old music and I like it.

[@mohamedsendege3747]

africa best

[@fredmukendi7972]

one more from luambo's inexhaustible music mine

[@michaelimbiru6739]

Yaah

[@luyombyamtembezi1777]

Habari

[@samkasulwa2667]

Likambo te... faute ya ngai te.... nakomi tunaka nani akosi yo Zenaba? O kei na nyongo na nga mpo na nini Zenaba? Eleeeengi

[@rogerauwerx2128]

La vie des hommes

[@felixmalonda6514]

1

[@mlm071953]

Uhm suka Ya ndule.. Je venais d'avoir le Bac en 73...et maman...et papa ne cessait de fredonner zenaba

[@edropiagermaine8353]

Mokili ebandi

[@emmanueltchao5392]

4:16 😅

[@donaldmahaga3571]

Can someone please add the lyrics of the song

[@mauricelutumba4700]

This is part of my past as young boy in Lemba/Kinshasa i remember Édén Bar in Lemba

[@dorellanarange3614]

If you still want the lyrics I can write and translate them. Just give me a sign.

[@donaldmahaga3571]

@@dorellanarange3614 please do

[@dorellanarange3614]

@@donaldmahaga3571 ZENABA (lyrics in Lingala) Oh, Zenaba, okangelaki nga motema Pona mobali olingi, Zenaba. Nayebaki Zenaba, oh Biloko ozalaki kolambela nga Ozalaki kokabola basani, oh Mayi eninganaka pamba te, Zenaba Olingaki nkaka to swana Po ozwa raison to boyana Nandimaki te, Zenaba, eh Na ndengue ozalaki komilengele Lelo omikabi, Yo obombi sekele Nasala nini, Zenaba? Napesaki yo motema Yo okamati okabi, Zenaba Likambo ebombanake te, Zenaba Misu elingaka esika ba kopekisa Mwasi basalelaka zwa mibali balandaka Natikeli yo, Zenaba Yo osala la vie, Zenaba Nkasi tala nasima, Zenaba, woh, Zenaba aah Zenaba esi akeyi Atikeli nga nkaka maloba Alobi nalanda ye te Nakanisa azali moto A changer la vie na makanisi Nayeba soki nani ako remplacer Zenaba akeyi Zenaba akeyi Likambo te. Okeyi nayo, oh, Zenaba, eh Nkasi kanisa pwale nga na moni Ozalaki temoigne na pasi na ngai Sekeli tosalaki nga na yo, Zenaba Lelo osali semblant ke oyebi ngai Likambo te Faut na ngai moko, oh Zenaba Nako luka ntina oyo tobayani Nako mitunaka nani akosi yo Lobi na lobi oko tinda bantú Nakoboya, Zenaba Likambo te Ezuaka nse bantú, oh Zenaba Nabolingo nsionso matata ezanga te Eloko ekoswa nga pona to mesanaki Nakosala tout pona oublier Oke na niongo na ngai, oh, Zenaba, oh

[@dorellanarange3614]

@@donaldmahaga3571 ZENABA (translation to English) Oh, Zenaba, you’re denying me your love Denying it to the very man you love, Zenaba I knew it, Zenaba oh That the food you were cooking for me You were splitting the plates, oh. Waters don’t get disturbed without a reason, Zenaba You provoked this argument on purpose So you could have a reason for us breaking apart I couldn’t believe it, Zenaba, eh The way you were preparing To give yourself away, You were hiding it from me… What did I do wrong, Zenaba? I gave my heart to you But you’re throwing it away, Zenaba Things can’t be kept hidden forever, Zenaba We love to take a look right where we are forbidden to watch And when men are jealous they go chasing the women they love But I’m going to live you alone, Zenaba So you can live your life as it pleases you But look who you are leaving behind, Zenaba, woh, Zenaba. Zenaba is already gone And she left me with nothing but these words She told me that she doesn’t want me to ever go after her That I have to realize that she is her own person She has changed her worldview and how she wants to live her life And that now is up to me to look for another loved-one Zenaba is gone Zenaba is gone It isn’t a big deal You just left, oh Zenaba, eh But look at the weight you leave upon me You did witness how all this made suffer The promise we made together Now you’re acting as if you don’t even know who I am It isn’t a big deal This is my own fault, oh Zenaba I’m going to meditate about why we aren’t together anymore I’m going to ask myself who told you these lies One day you’re going to send people to get back to me But I’m going to refuse you, Zenaba It isn’t a big deal These things happen to people, Zenaba In all loving relationships, there’s always drama What really hurts me is that we were so used to each other I’m going to do my best to try to forget you But you left owing me something, oh Zenaba, oh.

[@cornelispax3387]

Scrape and noisy music from Congo.

[@didy1953]

this is what music composition is all about

[@hamadingayamakilo2210]

Grand Maître Franco grand compositeur , quand je pense en toi ce comme si c'était hier..... jamais nous n'oublierons.....

[@abineamudembei2088]

Dickinson

[@abineamudembei2088]

This reply is for all of us rhumba afficionato. The translation from remote was wonderful I actually sang along. Kip it up, mandevu na mandevu, katch.