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bolenge
bo-LE-nge
youth
French: la jeunesse
Na bolenge na ngai, nazalaki kobina mingi.
In my youth, I danced a lot.
Dans ma jeunesse, je dansais beaucoup.
Youth — the springtime a life remembers. Bolenge is youth, the season of strength and dancing. Elders speak of their bolenge with a smile — "na bolenge na ngai," in my youth — when the legs were quick and the nights were long.
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