I don't know how I got here but glad I did, beautiful melodies.

I don't know how this found me, but I am SO GRATEFUL ❣️🙏🏾❣️

Beloved
Forgive me, mothers, but money cannot buy love
It’s true, forgive me, fathers, no riches can buy love
It doesn’t touch you for no reason.
By God, one who owns everything
May still be lonely and worrying about life
While a poor person with nothing
Can find the happiness that love brings
I didn’t know that love felt so good
You left me wondering in sadness
I don’t want gold, I don’t want money
Just to know that I am the one that you love

Love, love is like an alcoholic drink and I am addicted to it
Love, love is a disease for which there is no cure
Love, love is like an alcoholic drink and I am addicted to it
Love, love is a disease for which there is no cure ever

Oh my love, take my hand
Don’t leave me, please stay with me
Can’t you see that I’m worried and suffering?
I’m hurting, hurting, I beg you, please
Talk to me, talk to me and reassure me
Don’t listen to what people say about me
Smile at me, smile at me and take my worries away
You know, I am just in love

You have lit up my life
Now, my heart is full of joy
The world should realise that love
Is more powerful than everything else
And once you taste it
It will change your life forever

Love, love is like an alcoholic drink and I am addicted to it
Love, love is a disease for which there is no cure
Love, love is like an alcoholic drink and I am addicted to it
Love, love is a disease for which there is no cure ever

I’m hurting, hurting because of love, I’m hurting, hurting because of love! (x11)

Here is the poem in the original Malinke.

Jarabi
Aw y’afama nalu, wari tè kanu sanna
Wuya tè aw y’afama n’falu, nafolo tè kanu sanna
A tè se mòosi ma guansan
Walay fen bèe bè dòfè,
Nk’o siini miirijan de la,
Ali fosi tè mòo min fè,
Jarabi di na o dusu sumaya
Ne tun ma lòn ko diyanye duman tan
I k’an to kini kini le la
N’tè sanu kò, n’tè wari dun kò
Ka lòn ten ko ne kelen dòrònle duman i ye.

Jarabi, jarabi ye dòlò le di dunya, ne tè se k’a to yen
Jarabi, jarabi ye bana le di dunya, fura tè bana min na
Jarabi, jarabi ye dòlò le di dunya, ne tè se k’a to yen
Jarabi, jarabi ye bana le di dunya, fura tè bana min na abada.

A n’diya, n’bolo mina sa
Kana taa, to n’dafè sa
I ma n’ye hami ni miiri la wa?
Woyiyo, woyiyo n’b’i dari
Kuma n’fè, kuma n’fè, ka miiri bò n’na
Kana n’mina mòo kan ma
Yèlè n’fè, yèlè n’fè, ka hami bò n’na
I ma lòn i diyanye bana le ye n’na.

I kèlen yeelen di ne ma
Sisan ne kòni sèwara
Fo k’a ye ko diyanye min ye
A fanka ka bon ni fèn bèe ye
N’i y’a nènè dòròn sinya kelen
A b’i la dinya latè yèlèma.

Jarabi, jarabi ye dòlò le di dunya, ne tè se k’a to yen
Jarabi, jarabi ye banna le di dunya, fura tè banna min na
Jarabi, jarabi ye dòlò le di dunya, ne tè se k’a to yen
Jarabi, jarabi ye banna le di dunya, fura tè banna min na abada.

Woyiyo woyiyo jarabi, woyiyo woyiyo jarabi (x11)

I am from Costa Rica, totally Latin, but this song awakened some African roots in me, the drums move me to tears.  Thank you Gambia for this wonderful woman, I hope to see her on this side of the continent sometime.  Long live Africa and Latin America!!!

This speak to my soul. Thank you! I'm mesmerized.. greetings from Slovakia. 🫶🫶

not the dude on the left playing two at instruments at once! this live will forever amaze me.

We have been blessed by the YouTube algorithm yet again!

I'm Italian, I don't understand a single word but I 'm completely in love with it.

On est là 2025

In a world where music can now be generated with just a few prompts, this is truly pure gold- rare and precious!

Coffee and toast with a beautiful sound to wash it down, the birds in the trees are listening too. "Oh my days" What a way to start a Sunday:)

I must have done something right to land here, or maybe despite myself, the Lord of creation has blessed me with this moment

Bravo  nous  sommes  près  de l Afrique....et sa me  fait  plaisir  d écouter  la voix  de nos  racines  .....Réunion  indian océan  est avec  vous  ....missiz respect  pour  madame

Africain, de Madagascar, Je ne comprends pas toutes les paroles, mais je capte l'énergie vibratoire de chaque instrument, de chaque son. Merci Sona🙏

Hi everyone..I discovered the magical & golden voice of Sona Jabarteh about a month ago and since then I've also become an addict!It's what is categorised (with reason)WORLD Music..I can listen to this beautiful LADY 24/7!without being fed up or tired with her..TALENT at it's very best!Always wanted "Comfortably numb"or "Wish you were here" by Pink Floyd to be plzyed at my funeral but now that is going to be Djarabi!..By the way ,anyone can tell me whether  My African Queen is married?😂

I'm so addicted to this song. I don't understand a single word she's singing but the song still touches my heart. All of them are brilliant musicians and this music has a spiritual connection. I've become your fan 💖

We have horrible people in the world
And then we have these beautiful human beings

with all the greed and violence going on, it's important to be reminded that there are wonderful people around us, sharing their art and emotions, and reminding us what a beautiful privilege it is to be alive.

thank you all for your comments
she trully deserves them..

2026 am hearing this masterpiece for the first time. I don't understand the language but it is so BEAUTIFUL ❤️❤️