I'm dancing the seven veils
Want you to pick up my scarf
See how the black moon fades
Soon I can give you my heart
I don't know no shame
I feel no pain
I can't see the flame
But I do know Mandinka
I do know Mandinka
I do know Mandinka, I do

They're throwing it all this way
Dragging it back to the start
And they say, "See how the glass is raised?"
I have refused to take part
I told them "Drink something new
Please let me pull something through"
I don't know no shame
I feel no pain
I can't
I don't know no shame
I feel no pain
I can't see the flame
But I do know Mandinka
I do know Mandinka
I do know Mandinka
I do, I do, I do

I say I do
Soon I can give you my heart
I swear I do
Soon I can give you my heart
I do, Mandinka
Soon I can give you my heart
Soon I can give you my heart
Soon I can give you my heart