Lyrics of Image - Papa Wemba

Image (original)

Yahweh yo eh
Yahweh yo eh
Yahweh yo eh
Yahweh yo eh
Tango Yahweh asalaka mokili alobaka nde tobomona te
Multiplions nous ba mama
Tango Yahweh asalaka mokili alobaka nde toyinana te
Tolingana ba papa
Alors Yahweh akelaka moto na image na ye
Mupe na zuzi, kalaka na mongamba, molakisi na monganga
Alors Yahweh akelaka moto na image na ye
Alanga nzembo na mobini, wesepe na lola, bikelamu ya mokili
Yahweh yo eh
Yahweh yo eh (Mboka mboka eh
Yahweh yo eh (bato ya ti té ba mama)
Yahweh yo eh (bazalaka na mikakatano ah ah)
Na mboka mboka eh ye
Batu bayi té ba mama
Bazalaka na mkikakatano ah ah
Bazalaka koyokana té
Po babungisaki liloba ya Yahweh (Yahweh pe lobiko)
Yahweh yo eh
Yahweh yo eh
Yahweh yo eh (tango satana aye kokitana)
Yahweh yo eh (ayeli biso masumu)
Yahweh yo eh (bato bakomi ko yinana)
Yahweh yo eh (au pays de l’Apartheid)
Yahweh yo eh (nayebi te soki milelo ya moto moindo esila Nzambe)
Yahweh yo eh
Yahweh yo eh (Mobeko moko ba ndeko)
Yahweh yo eh (ebungi nzete olona)
Yahweh yo eh (tolingana, toyokana)
Yahweh yo eh
Yahweh yo eh (yele, yele, yele, yele oh, Nzambe pesa biso nguya)
Yahweh yo eh (yele, yele, yele, yele oh, Satana alonga biso té)
Yahweh yo eh (yele, yele, yele, yele oh, biso bikelamu na yo)
Yahweh yo eh

(translation)

Yahweh yo eh
Yahweh yo eh
Yahweh yo eh
Yahweh yo eh
When Yahweh makes the world he speaks then we will not see
Multiplions nous ba mama
When Yahweh makes the world he says you are not afraid
The father of the pope
Alors Yahweh created man in his image
Give it to the leper, the leper and the leper, the lecturer and the physician
Alors Yahweh created man in his image
Sing praises to God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength
Yahweh yo eh
Yahweh yo eh (Mboka mboka eh
Yahweh yo eh (people are not mothers)
Yahweh yo eh (bakalaka na mikakatano ah ah)
In the country eh he
There are no mothers
Bazalaka and mkikakatano ah ah
They do not really understand each other
For they have perverted the word of Yahweh (Yahweh and salvation).
Yahweh yo eh
Yahweh yo eh
Yahweh yo eh (tango satan aye kokitana)
Yahweh yo eh (he knows our sins)
Yahweh yo eh
Yahweh yo eh (au pays de l'Apartheid)
Yahweh yo eh (I do not know if the fires of the black man have offended God)
Yahweh yo eh
Yahweh yo eh (Law of the brethren)
Yahweh yo eh
Yahweh yo eh (equal, equal)
Yahweh yo eh
Yahweh yo eh (yele, yele, yele, yele oh, God make us strong)
Yahweh yo eh (yele, yele, yele, yele oh, Satan does not win us over)
Yahweh yo eh (yele, yele, yele, yele oh, we are your creatures)
Yahweh yo eh