One of my favorite songs, "Yele" by Wyclef Jean...a Haitian who continues to advocate and work for justice for his homeland. He delivered a quite eloquent testimony before the Foreign Affairs Committee, Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere on March 13.
"Si ou gen zorèy, tande,
Si ou gen bouch, pale.
Si se pa sa, peyi nou, li pral koule
tankou yon bato ki plen refije,
Si nou pa chache bondye, ankò"
Literal translation (because I don't feel comfortable yet informalizing):
"If you have ears, listen
If you have voice, speak
If it is not that, our country, it will drown
like a boat that is full of refugees
If we don't seek god, again!"
Do we have ears? Do we have a voice?
He's not just talking about Haitians here....
Cool stuff. Are you learning to speak.. is it Creole?
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