This is another week of our lovely and amazing event on Hive, Afri-tunes, and this is the 23rd week.
As at 10pm yesterday (Wednesday 17 August), I was still indecisive with regard to my choice song for the Week.
I wanted to play a contemporary mix like Overload by Marvins, but it seems I wasn't in the mood for it. So I crossed that off my mind.
Then I decided to explore songs that aren't too recent but not too Old. Flavour was the first musician that came to my mind.
I remember his song Ada Ada, and I tried it out first. It wasn't giving me what I wanted, but it led me to Golibe.
Well these two songs are very connected and somehow compliment each other.
On the one hand, "Ada Ada" is an eulogy to a beautiful bride who is getting married in the Traditional way. Flavour, in this song, praises her beauty in different ways, and he also speaks of how everyone has gathered to celebrate this day with her.
On the other hand, Golibe, which was released 2 years after Ada Ada, is also an eulogy to a beautiful bride just like Ada Ada. The only difference is that Flavour also speaks of the personal struggle he (the protagonist) took to find his bride.
Well, another notable difference is that, in the former, he names the bride "Ada Ada" (an Igbo name given to every first daughter), but in the latter, at the end of the Golibe song, he listed some names. Well this doesn't mean that the song is only for those bearing the names, rather he is just trying to tell us that so long as you're in the category, then you worth it.
By the way, "Golibe" is an Igbo word that means rejoice.
That is the reason why both songs are used during traditional wedding ceremonies in the South Eastern part of Nigeria.
On my own part, I love Golibe song better and that's why I chose it to share with us on this great day.
I hope you'll enjoy this piece.
LYRICS OF GOLIBE
IGBO
Verse 1
Otego m chobalu nwa di mma m ga-anu
E don tey I have been searching for you
Otego m chobalu asa di mma oyoko
E don tey i have been searching for you
Fortunately oo m wey funu nwata di mma Anwunta atabeghi ya
Baby na sweet paw paw
Pre-Chorus
Baby get something, nekenenu nwata nwelu something
Achala ugo nwanyi nwa bu Ugegbe oyibo
Chorus
Nwata makata mma le le (makata makata) Iye eeeehh (makata makata) Omakata mma eeeeeh (makata makata)
Nwata di mma I say nwata makata mma le le (makata makata) Iye eeeehh ooo (makata makata) Ololo olooooo(makata makata) Nwata di mma Nwata makata mma le le (makata makata) Omakata mma eeeeeh (makata makata) Iye eeeehh (makata makata) Nwata di mma I say nwata makata mma le le (makata makata) Iye eeeehh ooo (makata makata) Nwata makata mma lelelele (makata makata) Nwata di mma
Verse 2
Golibe golibe Your mama born you well
Golibe yoyoyo eeeee Nwata golibe
Ugegbemuooo golibe na mama yi musili yi ike
Golibe yoyoyo eeeee mma si na chi
Concluding Part
So mma
Ugegbe makata (so mma)
Adugo makata (so mma)
Iyawo makata (so mma)
Nneka makata (so mma)
Ogechi makata (so mma)
Njideka makata (so mma)
Adaolisa i makata (so mma)
Nkiru makata (so mma)
Chinelo makata (so mma)
Chinenye makata (so mma)
Chikaodili makata (so mma)
ENGLISH TRANSLATION
Its been long since I've been looking for a beautiful woman to marry
Its been long ave been searching for you
I've been looking for a beautiful woman for a long time
Its been long ave been searching for you
Fortunately I saw a good child
Mosquito hasn't bitten her
Baby is sweet pawpaw
Pre-Chorus
Baby get something, look the child has something
Spotless Eagle, foreign reflective mirror
Chorus
Baby shinning beauty
Beautiful
Baby shinning beauty
Baby is fine
I say the baby is shining beauty
Beautiful
Baby is fine
Baby shinning beauty
Baby shinning beauty
Beautiful
Baby is fine
I say the baby is shining beauty
Beautiful
The child is shining beauty lele le
Baby is fine
Verse 2
Be happy be happy
Your mother gave birth to you well
Be happy!
Baby be happy
My mirror be happy your mama born you well
Be happy beauty is from the creator
Baby get something, see this girl has something
Mosquito hasn't bitten her
Baby is sweet pawpaw
Concluding Part
Adugo so beautiful
Iyawo so beautiful
Nneka so beautiful
Ogechi so beautiful
Njideka so beautiful
Adolisa so beautiful
Nkiru so beautiful
Chinelo so beautiful
Chinenye so beautiful
Chikaodili so beautiful
Lyrics and translation gotten from Musixmatch
Instrumental was extracted via Moises
The video of the song was done without much instruments unlike the audio
I prefer the audio
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