First zefa is a woman .
She is the late wife to Canta Nyboma Mwandido who died in 2001.
Tongo etenali nga tongo ya makambo (siku imekucha siku ya shida) butu
Eyindeli nga nzoka butu ya mokuya (darkness has
Set yet its another darkness of being a widower).
Bana(zefa left me alone to watch over the kids).
Papa ekeseni mama, okende yo pema,
Otiki ngai na(I am a different father, rest in peace,
You have left me with pain) Christie Nafulu pesa sango na mboka na
Kinshasa kopesa Sango na Luanda epai ya mama
Dominga Nicole mpe Mama Ebe Ngoma, tala nga mokuya (
Christie Nafulu pass this message to the town of Kinshasa and Luanda,
Where Dominga Nicole and Mama Ebe Ngoma
Resides, look at me I have remained a widower).
Liwa ya Zefa somo (The death of Zefa has brought
Trouble) mpo na nini bato ya mokili baumeleka te?
Mpo na nini boye Yahwe?
(Why is it that people don't live long in this world?
Why is it like this Yahwe?).
He goes on to thank the whites who
Tried to heal Zepha but couldn't succeed (
Nasembela mondele nyoso).
He further thanks his friends who stood with him
In the hard times and list a few of the friends.
He further states that his destiny is
Based on prayers(lobiko na nga se losambo).
He goes on to ask God to protect Zepha and his children. (
Yahwe Yahwe na nga nasengi kobatela Nes na bana na nga).
He concludes that liwa ezali nzela ya
Moto nyoso (death is the path of everyone).
He asks Zeph to remember him (zefa okanisi nga yo).
Zepha otiki ngai moko na batela bana (zefa left me alone to watch
Over the kids) he asks Zepha to pass his
Greatings to Pepe Kale and the rest who died before her. (
Mama ya bana Zepha epai yo pesa mbote na pepe Kale.
) I have translated to enable people understand the song in details.