Paroles et traduction Leyla McCalla - Manman Mwen

Manman Mwen

Lanné ka passé
Ayin pa changé
Nou tout nou ja grandi
Et combien ja tombé
Dot an tè ka pouri
Et certains ka rangé
Yo di vi an nou foutu
Et èvè kè lespri an nou ja manjé
Navigué adan vié lanmè bateau la ka tangué
Yo pa sav sa an ni an kè an mwen é poutan yo la ka palé
Vi la ja tchoué nerf an mwen sé pou sa mè la ka tremblé
An rev ki anéanti
Et kè la vinn pa assombri
Mè di mwen ki tan an key pran sommeil
An pé ka kwè adan l′etre humain
Yo pé pa fè ayin bo mwen
Laissé mwen an pa bisoin moun
Préféré fè a tèt an men sé mwen tou sèl ké péyé tout

Manman di mwen
Pli ou ka grandi
Pli ou ka senm papaw
Pli lanné ka passé pli nou pa ka vwè lanmou an zyé aw
Ou pa pli mové ki on dot timoun
Di mwen ka manman pé fè baw
Pli an essayé gadé pli nou pa sav ké passé an tet aw

2
Lage la ka monté
Sonjé ou pa tou sèl
Jordan savé sa ou ka fè
Sonjé kè ou ni an ti frè dèyè
An sav ou san fouté
Ayin pa ka tchènn vou kè
Mè lè la jistice kè marréw
A pa vou mé mwen ki souffè
Ou toujou an la ri zanmi key fouréw an ba tè
Mwen meme pa lévé an bandi
Démain chèché an bitin pou fè
Moun ja di mwen kè ou vié mess
Man vé pa voyé flè cimitiè
An vé pa ayin apren moun pou linstan toujou démerdé mwen

Pitit an zié aw yin ki nwésè
Lé an ka palé ou pa ka tann ayin
Chimin la ou pren pa ni rétou
Adan zyéaw man vwè ou té ja pèd
Ou sav ti frè aw ka copié tout
Donc lè i la sonjé sa ou ka fè

Manman di mwen
Pli ou ka grandi
Pli ou ka senm papaw
Pli lanné ka passé pli nou pa ka vwè lanmou an zyé' aw
Ou pa pli mové ki on dot timoun
Di mwen ka manman pé fè baw
Pli an essayé gadé pli nou pa sav ké passé an tet aw

Yo pé pa fè ayin ba mwen
Laissé mwen an pa bisoin moun
Préféré fè a tèt′ an mwen sé mwen tou sèl ké péyé tout

Manman Mwen

Years passed by
Nothing changed
We all grew up
And many fell
Rotting in the ground
And some are stored away
They say our life is ruined
And that our spirits have been eaten
Sailing in an old sea, the boat is rocking
They don't know what is in my heart and yet they speak
Life has touched my nerves that's why my mother trembles
In a dream that is destroyed
And the heart becomes darkened
Mother tell me, when will you fall asleep?
I can believe in the human being
They can't do anything to me
Leave me alone, I don't need anyone
I prefer to do it on my own, I alone will pay for everything

Mother told me
The more you grow up
The more you resemble your father
The more years go by, the more we can't see love in your eyes
You are no worse than any other child
Tell me, what can a mother do?
The more we try to watch over you, the more we don't know what goes through your head

2
The tension is rising
Remember you are not alone
Jordan knows what you can do
Remember that you have a little brother behind you
I know you don't care
Nothing can calm your heart
But when justice ties you up
It is not you but me who will suffer
You are always in the street, friends shove you into the ground
I don't even want to raise a bandit
Tomorrow, seek to do some good
People have told me you are a good-for-nothing
I don't want to send flowers to the cemetery
I don't want to teach anyone to always let me down

My child, your eyes are so dark
When I speak to you, you don't hear anything
The path you are taking has no return
In your eyes I see you were already lost
You know your little brother copies everything you do
So when he is here, remember what you do

Mother told me
The more you grow up
The more you resemble your father
The more years go by, the more we can't see love in your eyes
You are no worse than any other child
Tell me, what can a mother do?
The more we try to watch over you, the more we don't know what goes through your head

They can't do anything to me
Leave me alone, I don't need anyone
I prefer to do it on my own, I alone will pay for everything