Wililé [English translation]

Once upon a time there was a young arrogant girl

Once upon a time there was a little arrogant girl

who didn't listen to her mother, nor her father, nor her brothers

But then her wedding day finally arrived

Her mother and her aunts offered her advice

Her father and her uncles offered her advice

Her brothers and sisters offered her advice

To take her father-in-law as her own father

To respect her mother-in-law as her own mother

She didn't listen, she was so arrogant

The young arrogant girl

She didn't listen, she was so arrogant

The young arrogant girl

Once upon a time there was a young arrogant girl

Once upon a time there was a little arrogant girl

She replied to them by saying that they knew nothing

That she knew all about how to keep a home

That she knew all about the patience one needs in a marriage

That she knew all about the constraints of marriage

As soon as she arrived at her husband's house

She argued with her mother-in-law and insulted her

She also insulted her father-in-law and even her husband

Then her mother started to worry for her

She didn't listen, she was so arrogant

The young arrogant girl

She didn't listen, she was so arrogant

The young arrogant girl

The marriage only lasted a day

Just one day

The marriage only lasted a day

Just one day

• Artist:Fatoumata Diawara
• Album:Fatou (2011)