[Intro]
Le sa ka bu ma e, wa li ba ba bu shi lon
Soft kora arpeggio, distant frame drum, a single candle hums.
[Verse 1]
Le sa ka bu ma e, wa li ba ba bu shi lon
Le sa ka bu ma e, wa li ba ba bu shi yon
River mirrors lanterns, dust of stars on the water’s skin,
Smoke and spice rise from the market where stories begin.
Feet on worn stones keep time with an old heartbeat,
Breath like paper on a wind — a memory walking the street.
[Pre-Chorus]
Call and reply — the night answers in kind,
Threads of voice pull the living and the past to bind.
[Chorus]
Le sa ka bu ma e, wa li ba ba bu shi lon
Sing it soft, sing it wild, let the long song carry on.
Hold the flame, pass the light, every voice a golden thread,
Weaving home out of echoes, honoring the words unsaid.
[Verse 2]
A yun sa ma lu bu, mu e wa sa ngua konse konse
Lanterns like small moons sway over palms and sand,
A child traces constellations with a careful, soot-streaked hand.
Drums answer the tide — skin to sea, skin to sky,
We tell the names that make us, the ones who taught us why.
[Chorus]
Le sa ka bu ma e, wa li ba ba bu shi lon
Le sa ka bu ma e, wa li ba ba bu shi yon
Let the chorus rise in layers: breath, tongue, and bone,
An archive of the heart, an altar of the known.
[Bridge]
Under banyan branches and neon glaze,
We move in the half-light between prayers and praise.
Concrete and clay remember footprints of the old songs,
Each refrain a lantern that re-teaches us where we belong.
[Final Chorus]
Le sa ka bu ma e, wa li ba ba bu shi lon
Le sa ka bu ma e, wa li ba ba bu shi yon
A yun sa ma lu bu, mu e wa sa ngua konse konse
Le sa ka bu ma e, wa li ba ba bu shi lon
Raise the living line — ancestral and immediate,
This music is our map, singing past the borders of our fate.
[Outro]
Le sa ka bu ma e, wa li ba ba bu shi lon
A single voice dwindles to a hush; the earth keeps humming.
--- Musical Blueprint & Notes ---
1) Preserve original phonetics: the exact syllable lines above are included verbatim from your audio. I have not altered, compressed, or moved any of those phonetic lines from their positions in the song; please confirm if each line has a particular meaning, language origin, or pronunciation nuance.
2) Tempo / Groove:
- Tempo: 88 BPM (mid-tempo, warm pulse). Optional faster fusion version at 100–108 BPM for dance-forward arrangement.
- Groove: 4/4 with a syncopated world-beat pocket (accented 2-& and 4) or a 6/8 feel variant for a more lullaby-like sway.
3) Key & Chord Progression (suggested in Em for warmth):
- Intro: Em9 — D6 — Cmaj7 — Em9
- Verse: Em — C — G — D (two-bar cycles)
- Pre-Chorus: C — G/B — Am — D
- Chorus: G — D/F# — Em — C (lift on the IV)
- Bridge: Am — Em/G — D — G
- Outro: Em9 (sustain with suspended timbres)
4) Vocal contour & melody sketch:
- Lead (female) center range: A3–E5. Verse lines: stepwise phrase with a gentle rise on the second half of each line.
- Chorus: broader intervals — a leap to the chorus tonic (G) on the stressed syllable of the fi
