WORLD MUSIC Papa Damballah ; Haiti UP DATE

[Jean Pierre]

  UP DATE WITH VIDEO

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOl88dFL6ZI

I dedicate this song to all my Haitian friends who are going through very difficult times in Haiti.
Haiti has gone from forty years of political instability to the threat of civil war. The Caribbean island, which has been moving towards democracy since the establishment of its Constitution in 1987, now finds itself in a political stalemate, with no elected representatives and gang leaders in power.

Damballa or Damballah Wedo is the voodoo spirit of fertility, goodness1 and knowledge, symbolised by the snake or boa.
He is married to Ayida Wedo, the mistress of the sky. He brings and communicates occult knowledge and wisdom; he is a great spirit of fertility and wisdom who will also help you avoid the wrong steps and take the right directions.
He represents the principle of good, and lives near rivers and springs. His colour is white, and he asks for offerings of this colour (eggs, flour). Devotees possessed by Damballa hiss and crawl like snakes.
He is associated with the Christian Saint Patrick, who drove the snakes out of Ireland2.
Papa damballah is a song by Raoul Guillaume
Je l'ai connu performed by Haitian artist Toto Bissainthe

Jou poco levé
Naptravay
Soley fi-n kouché
Naptravay
Min tout moun sé moun
Sé minm mét-la ki kreyé-n
Min poukisa nou pa ka gin libèté
Libèté
Roy, Papadanmbalah (bis)
Papadanmbalah, Danmbalah
Ou konnin n'sé piti-ou Papa
Papadanmbalah, Danmbalah
Louvri Jé-ou pou gadé-n (bis)
Danmbalah éy
Mapé mandé ou
Koté ouap kité pitit ou-yo
Danmbalah roy
Fo ou vini ouè
Nan ki mizè pitit ou yé.

en voici la traduction

Early before sunrise, we work
After sunset
We're still working
All men are equal
The same master created us all
Why can't we know freedom?
Freedom... freedom
Oy Papa Damballah... (bis)
Papa Damballah, Damballah
You know that we are your children
Papa Damballah, Damballah
Open your eyes and look at us... (bis)
Damballah hey, I'm asking you
To look where you abandoned your children
Damballah oy, you must come and see
In what misery your children are.

Translated with DeepL.com (free version)

[Jean Pierre]

UP DATE with video on first message

(I couldn't find icone for World Music  )