Can You Hear My Heart Beat in This World

boom boom bâ !
boom boom bâ !
boom boom bâ !
boom boom bâ !
( "Boom boom" is the beating of the heart. "bâ" is "child" in Agni, an Ivory Coast dialect. )
( The singer's heart is beating for the children of the world. )

Kélé, filla, saba, nani, norou
( Counting: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. )

[ boom boom bâ ] Can you hear my heart beat in this world
[ boom boom bâ ] Do you know that behind all these words
[ boom boom bâ ] Lies a deep desire Kamélé hé !
( "Kamélé" : boy. )
[ boom boom bâ ] Mé kouman mé fora y bamê
( Understand what I'm saying. )

[ boom boom bâ ] Are my dreams to be all I can do ?
[ boom boom bâ ] Lay o lay above, lay o lay below
[ boom boom bâ ] And he said Annie will show them a new way
[ boom boom bâ ] Mé kouman mé fora y bamê

Kélé, filla, saba, nani, norou

[ boom boom bâ ] Aligna donguiri ma digné
[ boom boom bâ ] Mé kouman mé for a y bâmê
[ boom boom bâ ] Aligna donguiri ma digné hé !
[ boom boom bâ ] Mé kouman mé for a y bâmê
( You don't need to like my song... )
( to understand what I'm saying. )

[ boom boom bâ ] Kélé, filla, saba, nani, norou
[ boom boom bâ ] Can you hear my heart beat in this world
[ boom boom bâ ] Kélé, filla, saba, nani, norou
[ boom boom bâ ] Can you hear my heart beat in this world

Kélé, filla, saba, nani, norou