Ngoya ooh (The Ancestors, oh)
Ngoya ooh (The Ancestors, oh)
Ngoya ee (The Ancestors, ee)
Loyaka ee (The ancients, ee)
Balali li ngoo maman
Niama likolo
(…scatting Ritual incantation)
Loyaka oo (The ancients, oo)
Bayaki bayaka (Rest in peace)
Isoela Loyaka oo
Bayaki bayako

(Isoela, hear my cries
I call upon you to protect us from evil)
And I watch and wait cuz life is deep

Ngoya oh (The Ancestors, oh)
Ngoya eh (The Ancestors, ee)
Ngoya oh (The Ancestors, oh)

Isoela Loyaka oo (Isoela, hear my cries)
Unataka nini kwangu, Mwona mukee
(What can I do for you my baby girl)
Bayaki bayako (I call upon you to protect us from evil)