Kuna ye bulu yayingi muna ntoto mia matiti mia Afrika. (There are many animals in the African grasslands.) Kuna kele nkosi, nzawu, ba rhinocéros na ba nsusu. (There are lions, elephants, rhinos and rhinos.) Kuna mpe vena ye nsusu, nkosi, nkosi ye ngo-zulu. (There are also deer, lions, tigers and eagles.) Muna fulu kiaki kia mpasi, vena ye zingu kiangolo. (In this difficult place, there is a strong life.) Afrika kele ntoto yina Nzambi me vilaka. (Africa is a land that God has forgotten.) Oasis kele mfunu mingi kuluta bima yonso. (The oasis is more important than anything else.) Bantu ya insi ke na kuyambula. (Citizens are giving up.) Kansi na Afrika, luzingu kele kaka mbote. (But in Africa, life is still good.) Nge Kutala~~ Nge Kutala~~ Nge Kutala~~ Zulu.~ (You Look~~ You Look~~ You Look~~ Heaven.~) Nge Kutala~~ Nge Kutala~~ Nge Kutala~~ Ntoto.~ (You Look~~ You Look~~ You Look~~ Earth.~) Nge Kutala~~ Nge Kutala~~ Nge Kutala~~ Matiti.~ (You Looking~~ You Looking~~ You Looking~~ Grass.~) Nge Kutala~~ Nge Kutala~~ Nge Kutala~~ Zelo.~ (You Looking~~ You Looking~~ You Looking~~ Sand.~) Ah, Afrika, ntoto ya Nzambi me vila. (Ah, Africa, the forgotten land of God.) Ntoto-makanga mpi kele bonso mama. (The wilderness is also like a mother.) Kudisa luzingu ti ngolo yina me bikala. (Feed the remaining life and energy.) Matondo sambu beno me yambulaka beto ve. (Thank you for not giving up on us.) Tala Afrika, ntoto yai ya kele yo mosi mpi ya mpamba. (Look at Africa, this lonely, lonely land.) Bantu yina kezingaka awa kele mpenza ya kukonda ngolo. (The people who live here are quite vulnerable.) Luzingu kele mpasi, kuguluka na mambu ya mpasi. (Life is hard, surviving in difficult circumstances.) Bantu yonso kele bintuntu ya kitoko ya ntoto ya zelo na zelo. (Everyone is a beautiful flower of the desert.) Nge Kutala~~ Nge Kutala~~ Nge Kutala~~ Zulu.~ (You Look~~ You Look~~ You Look~~ Heaven.~) Nge Kutala~~ Nge Kutala~~ Nge Kutala~~ Ntoto.~ (You Look~~ You Look~~ You Look~~ Earth.~) Nge Kutala~~ Nge Kutala~~ Nge Kutala~~ Matiti.~ (You Looking~~ You Looking~~ You Looking~~ Grass.~) Nge Kutala~~ Nge Kutala~~ Nge Kutala~~ Zelo.~ (You Looking~~ You Looking~~ You Looking~~ Sand.~) Ah, Afrika, ntoto ya Nzambi me vila. (Ah, Africa, the forgotten land of God.) Nge ke pesaka luzingu ya kuluta ntama, . (You give the most distant life,) kansi bika beto nwana sambu na kuguluka, . (but let us fight for our souls,) ye mpe tomesa luzolo lweto lwangolo. (and also strengthen our love.) Kana mvindu ya inza ya sivilizasio kele ve, . (Without the filth of the civilized world,) Nga yayi i mpila yamonekanga muna lubantiku? (Is this how it looked in the beginning?) Tala Afrika yai ya kitoko kansi ya kele yo mosi, . (Look at this beautiful but lonely Africa,) ntoto wau umonekanga vo Nzambi wavilakana. (the earth seemed forgotten by God.) Nge Kutala~~ Nge Kutala~~ Nge Kutala~~ Zulu.~ (You Look~~ You Look~~ You Look~~ Heaven.~) Nge Kutala~~ Nge Kutala~~ Nge Kutala~~ Ntoto.~ (You Look~~ You Look~~ You Look~~ Earth.~) Nge Kutala~~ Nge Kutala~~ Nge Kutala~~ Matiti.~ (You Looking~~ You Looking~~ You Looking~~ Grass.~) Nge Kutala~~ Nge Kutala~~ Nge Kutala~~ Zelo.~ (You Looking~~ You Looking~~ You Looking~~ Sand.~)
