ISTWA DWOL cover BelO, haitian singer

[Jean Pierre]

UP DATE----RELOADING VIDEO in my new YT chain-----------------------------



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

I had the opportunity to go 4 times in Haiti, in Port-au-Prince, to humanitarian mission with Doctors without Borders France (my speciality is physiotherapy for severe burns)

There is in Haiti great musicians (including american like  "RAM" which plays every  Thursday in  Hotel Ollofson (mythical hotel where Jacqueline Kenedy, Mick Jagger, Jean Claude Vandame, Graeme Greene etc among others had their particular room in the 60ies)..

This song is a cover of a young Haitian singer " Bel0", in haitian Creole which tells the misfortunes of every Boat people which avoid the poverty esperant to find a country of asylum in Florida, or in Quebeck...

I play guitar and sing and as usual it s Band in aBox group for others instruments

good day for all friends in songcrafters planet

[Groundy]

You are so talented Jean Pierre,
This is another hit for me...
Well done....

Alex

[Hilary]

This is lovely JP and I agree with alex, you are very talented!

[Jean Pierre]

BUMP,


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

Haiti suffered a new earthquake yesterday...
After the earthquake of 2010 of magnitude 7.0 that killed more than 230 000 people, yesterday August 14th, a new earthquake of magnitude 7.2 hit Haiti
This Caribbean island, which is the poorest country in the northern continent is really afflicted by an incredible series of evils: with the recent assassination of its President, the epidemic of covid, the total anarchy in a country where caho, corruption, dictatorship of mafia gangs reign...
I have been 5 times on a humanitarian mission in Haiti with Doctors without
and I have many friends there.
Here is a song that I brought up from the Haitian singer Belô
that I sing in Haitian Creole and here is the translation in English

Istwa 5 jenn gason ki pren lanmè
This is the story of 5 young men who took to the sea
Kalé cheché kibo lavi fé kwen
To seek a better life
Nèg sa yo te gentan bouké ak misè
These men were tired of misery
Yo obligé pati kité fanmly lwen
They were obliged to leave their families far away
Yo pat menm gen yon destinasyon
They didn't even have a destination
You sou dlo, sou kont vag, sou kont van
They were on the water with the waves and the wind
Nèg sa yo te gen yon sèl visyon
These guys had only one idea in mind
Kité Ayiti fè kap yo pran van pou yale
Leave Haiti, inflate their sail and leave
Yo finn ale
They are already gone

jou a pasé neg yo sou dlo
The days are going by, the men are on the water
Desespwa te envayi yo
Despair takes hold of them
Pa gen manjé pa mem gen dlo
Without food and not even water
Ké soté te empare yo
They are eaten up by anguish
Gen yon ki di pasé poul ta tounen
One of them says that instead of returning,
Li ta pi to lagé ko'l bay reken
 he would rather throw himself to the sharks
 jenn li nan peyi'l li jenn de men
He is young in his country with his two hands
chak jou solèy la leve li jwenn li p'ap fay anyen
Every day he finds nothing to do
madamn k'ap plenyen
His wife is complaining,
timoun k'ap plenyen
 Nèg sa yo menm jan avè'm yo te renmen Ayiti toma ampil
These men are like me, they loved Haiti a lot
Yo te toujou nan lapèn
They were always in pain
La vi po nèg sa yopat fasil
Life was not easy for them
Yo te obligé alé
They were obliged to leave,
La misè la vi chè pousé do yo alé
The misery and the cost of living pushed them to leave

peyisan ale atizan ale étidyan ale
The peasants left, the artisans left, the students left
Krem peyi a kinn ale
all the cream of the country is gone
Nèg géto ale neg anwo ale
The ghetto men are gone. The rich men are gone
Machn dlo ale ata ti zwazo ale
The water sellers are gone, even the birds are gone
Pwoletè ale pwofesè ale
The proletarians are gone, the teachers are gone
Sitaden ale mizisien yo finn ale vre
The city dwellers are gone, the musicians are gone
Yo finn ale
They are gone
Nwi a pase

The nights pass


Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)

[Jean Pierre]

BUMP for the relaoding video

This is one of my favorite covers because it is very emotionally linked with the 5 humanitarian missions I did in Haiti
This song is from the Haitian singer BelO that I knew in Haiti (his Belgian wife was a humanitarian nurse when she met him...)
This song, in Haitian Creole, tells the sad story of the boat people who have no other alternative than to leave their island and try to reach Cuba or Florida where the Haitian diaspora is numerous

I have put here the translation of the lyrics in English


This is the story of 5 young men who took to the sea
To seek a better life
these men were tired of misery
They were obliged to leave their families far away
They didn't even have a destination
They were on the water with the waves and the wind
These guys had only one idea in mind
Leave Haiti, inflate their sail and leave
They are already gone
The days are going by, the men are on the water
Despair takes hold of them
Without food and not even water
They are eaten up by anguish
One of them says that instead of returning,
 he would rather throw himself to the sharks
He is young in his country with his two hands
Every day he finds nothing to do
His wife is complaining,
These men are like me, they loved Haiti a lot
They were always in pain
Life was not easy for them
They were obliged to leave,
The misery and the cost of living pushed them to leave
the peasants left, the artisans left, the students left
all the cream of the country is gone
The ghetto men are gone. The rich men are gone
The water sellers are gone, even the birds are gone
The proletarians are gone, the teachers are gone
The city dwellers are gone, the musicians are gone
They are gone
The nights pass

[Rene Asologuitar]

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Hi Jean,
Another gem, from Haiti, lovely cover!!!
You are well appreciated.
Nice singing.
Rene

[Jean Pierre]

Merci René, très apprécié

[Ray Brookes]

A beautiful yet sad song performed very nicely, Jean-Pierre. Great vocals and you have captured the ambiance of the song perfectly.

[Jean Pierre]

Thanks Ray
...this is the sad situation of this poor "republic of Haiti, in this island of absolute misery (half of the population lives under the threshold of extreme poverty: less than one euro per day, the shanty towns are under the influence of armed gangs who wage ruthless wars for the monopoly of drugs and prostitution, often supported in the ompre by corrupt politicians
 corrupt politicians, the young (and not so young) of all social classes have no other solution than to leave their island, at the risk of their lives, as the song says
[The misery and the cost of living have pushed them to leave
the peasants left, the craftsmen left, the students left
all the cream of the country left
The ghetto men left. The rich left
The water dealer * are gone, even the birds are gone
The proletarians are gone, the teachers are gone
The townspeople are gone, the musicians are gone
They are gone[/quote]

 * Water dealer: it is a small means of subsistence to sell water in small plastic bags in the streets