Eritaj Kreòl

Mom Dieu protège mom pays  Au beau pays que mon cœur aime  C'est lui que j'aimerai toujours  C'est lui que j'aimerai quand même  On m'a dit d'aimer et j'obéis Mom Dieu protège mon Pays.  Dear god protect  my country  Ho beautiful country that I love The one I will always adore My country always my beloved   They said to love, I obey  Dear God protect my country 

Twa fèy, twa rasin o                   Jété bliyé, ranmasé sonjé  Twa fèy, twa rasin o                   Jété bliyé, ranmasé sonjé          Mwen genyen basen       Twa fèy tonbé ladann,          Jété bliyé, ranmasé sonjé         Three leaves, three roots  Throw away to forget, grab on  to remember Three leaves, three roots  Throw  away to forget,  grab on to remember I have a basin Three leaves fell in it Throw away to forget, grab on to remember

Papa Gédé bel gason Gedé Nibo bel gason Le'l abiyé tou an blan poul al moute o pale le'l aboyé tout an blan li samble you senate le'l abiyé tou de nwa li potre yon député Woy! papa Gede  Adye! Gede Nibo Papa Ghede  is drop dead gorgeous  Ghede Nibo is really good looking  He always dressed in white to go to the white house. Dressed all in white he looks like a deputy Dressed all in black he resembles a senator Hello, Gede Darling Goodbye! Gede Nibo

Passez par la fenêtre (3 times) Comment tu peux deja. Debout debout chers enfants (3 times) Comment tu peux deja. Allons Allons, on va danser (3 times) Comment tu peux deja. Bayo bayo palaso! (3 times) Comment tu peux deja

Au bors de l'eau un bal fut annoncé (bis) Helene demande a sa mere pour y aller (bis) Non, non ma fille au bal tu n'iras pas (bis) C'est tu dansé le ballet sur le talon...clap clap Le premier rond le plancher fut secoué   (bis) Le deuxième rond le plancher c'est effondré (bis) Helene tomba dan l'eau (bis) English Translation Down by the lake a ball was announced (repeat) Helene requested her mother permission to go (Repeat) No, my daughter to the ball you shall not go (repeat) Have ever seen a ballet dancer pirouetted upon her heels?   (Repeat) ... clap clap During Helene first dance the floor quavered, (repeat) Through her second dance the floor completely caved in (repeat) Helene fell into the water (repeat)  

Mwen soti la ville Jacmel mwen prale Lavale an arivan lavil Aux Cayes panama mwen tonbe refrain panama mwen tonbe  panama mwen tonbe  panama mwen tonbe sa-ki-deye, ranmase li pou mwen Mwen soti la vil Aux Cape mwen prale Potoprins an arivan   nan TiGinen panama mwen tonbe mwen soti la vil Ocap map antre Potoprins an ariva Croix Des Missions panama mwen tonbe English translation: I left Jacmel And went to LaValay When I arrived at the crossroads of Aux-cayes My hat fell off! Chorus My hat fell off! My hat fell off! My hat fell off! Whoever is in behind me Please pick it up for me.  I left the Cape Haitian and went to Port Au Prince When I arrived at TiGinen My hat fell off! I left the Cape Haitian to go to Port Au Prince When I arrived to Croix Des Missions My hat fell off!    background 

"Panama mwen tonbe " is  an Haitian  folk song which talked about the death of  ex-Haitian President Florvil Hyppolite on March 24, 1896.  Florvil Hyppolite whom at the time was president of the Haiti republic, mounted his horse leaving Les Cayes, and was heading to Lavallee, experienced intense fear when his hat flew off his head hit  the ground with a soft plump on a perfectly still day. He knew then the he was doomed to die. As every Haitian know when one's hat flew off one's head and hit the ground on a perfectly still day is sign of bad omen. As in death is near, circling above, preying on a soul.  Well, Hypolite should have picked up his hat put back it on, dismounted the hose, and stayed home. Nope! The President sighed,  blatantly ignored the bad omen. He mounted his horse and left   Jacmel . Jacmel, as history told us was the only region in Haiti that was not under Hypolite direct supervision and was ho...

Mamma m gen yon ti chat,   Li marel’l nan pye tab la,   Pandan lap de marell  Pti chat la grafouyen’l... Anmy-um kale ti chat.   Ti chat kale mwen kale Li tou!!  English My mom has a little kitty She tied it to a table leg While she was untying her The little kitty cat scratched my mom. My friend, my mom struck the little cat The cat struck back My mom retaliated!!