AWA LEBE BINU

Awa Lebe Binu

Hidden societies yes they must continue

Awa Lebe Binu

Older than the mason yeah

Spiritual jujitsu

I say the Awa they deal with the dead

Re-order the spiritual forces instead

That were disturbed by the Nommo death

Old ancestor with great importance

You dance with painted masks you dance with all

78 masks among the Dogon in all

Lead our souls through the crucial passage

So we may become like them

Chorus

Lebe shrine, altar with bits of Earth up on it

Encouraging fertility in the land in the region we live

Lebe visits in the night

Purify and infuse I with life

Guard all the purity of soul tonight

Let there be light, again

Chorus

Binu is totem life in sacred places

Spirit communication and ancestor worship

Your shrines hold the spirits of ancestors

Who lived before, before

You emerge as an animal sometimes intercede on our behalf through crime

With many signs and mystical thought

Our vision increase

Vision increase yeah

Chorus