Rhumba kona by: Papa Noel – A man leaves his first wife after taking Tangawizi tea from another woman.

Song: Tangawizi.

Gone are the days when music was meant to educate and entertain.
Music like Manyake, Wamlambezi and the like make little sense to the old folks.

Visualize this, a man leaves his wife just because of taking a well brewed tangawizi tea? Well this is what Papa Noelle is talking about in his song ‘Tangawizi’.

The song ‘Tangawizi’ was composed by guitar virtuoso Papa
Noel Nedule. Known as Papa Noel because he was born on December 25th 1940. The song was first
released in 1982. The lead vocalist for this song is Ntesa Dalienst.

In the first stanza, the man’s first wife decides that she cannot put up with sharing her husband
with another woman. …
Ngai nalembi nakoki lisusu te..
(Iam tired I cannot do anything else)
Ngai naboyi oh..
(I dont want oh..)

In the second section, the
new woman brags about intoxicating her man
with love and credits herself for causing the first wife to leave the marriage.

Lyrics and Translation
Nataleli ntongo na libanda o bandeko mpo.
(I was staring outside in the morning friends)
Nakozela yo papy o ngai nalembi
(As I waited for you husband am tired)
Libala bobambanda o mama o ngai naboyi o o
(I dont want to be in a polygamous marriage oh)
Balobi na ngai nakanga motema kasi nakoki te.
(Iam advised to persevere with it but I cant)
Oh papy, tika ngai nazonga mboka ngai nawuta wowo.
(Oh husband let me go back to my village)
Ngai nalembi nakoki lisusu te
(Iam tired I cannot do anything else)
Ngai naboyi oh
(I dont want oh)
….second wife sings….
Oka tangawusi oh!
(Feel the effects of the ginger drink eh)
Nalangwisi ye mama
(I have made him drunk mother)
Nalembeli Mobali tangawusi
(My ginger drink intoxicated the man)
Mobali akimi ye mama
(The man is drunk with love)

Nalangwisi ye mama
(I intoxicated him mother)
Mobali alangwe mama o
(The man is drunk, mother oh)
Moselebende ekoti ye na nzoto alangwe, alangwe l’amour.
(The portion of love penetrated his body, he is drunk, drunk with love)
Ondimaka ngai te o mpo nini
(Why dont you believe me)
Nayebi nde kosoigner mobali
Alangwe mama.
(I know how to look after aman, He is drunk mother)

Bakamwisi ye, mama
(They surprised him mother)
Mobali akamwe mama mama o
(The man is surprised mother oh)
Mosele ebende ekoti ye nzoto akamwe, akamwe l’amour
(The love portion has penetrated into the body,he is surprised with this love)
Bondimaka ye te mpo nini?
(Why dont you believe me?)
Ayebi nde na ye kosoigner mobali
(She knows how to cure the man)
Alangwe mama..
(He is drunk, mother)

Akamwisi ye mama
(She surprised him mother)
Feza akamwisi ye o
(Feza surprised him o)
Mosele ebende ekoti ye nzoto akamwe, akamwe l’amour
(The love portion has penetrated his body, he is surprised, surprised by this love)
Bondimaka ye mpo nini
(Why dont you all believe it)
Ayebi nde kosoigner mobali alangwe,Alangwe, mama.
(She knows how to cure the man, he is drunk mother)

Nasoigner mobali
(I pampered the man)
Lokola bebe na libele ya mama oo
(The way a baby is cared for by her mother)
Affection na motema bolingo na motema Alangwe l’amour o
(With affection with love oh, he is drunk with love.
Mbote ya loboko bandeko mobali alingi lisusu te kaka bise ya litama.
(Now the man refuses greetings by hands and prefers kisses on cheeks)
Alangwe,alangwe mama o
(He is drunk, drunk mother oh)

Bakamwisi ye mama,
(We surprised him mother)
Para bakamwisi ye o.
(Para has surprised oh)
Mosele ebende ekoti ye nzoto akamwe, akamwe l’amour
(The love portion has penetrated his body, he is surprised, surprised by this love)
Ondima ye te mpo nini
(Why dont you believe me)
Ayebi ngo kosoigner mobali
(She knows how to cure the man)
Na Brazza e, alangwe mama.
(She has intoxicated men as far as Brazzaville mother)

Courtesy of Le poet Bazenga