paroles de chanson Waloyo Yamoni ("We Overcome the Wind") - The Chamber Orchestra At St. Matthew's, The Soweto Gospel Choir of South Africa, Victor Makhathini, Refiloe Msebenzi & Thomas Neenan

Waloyo Yamoni
"We Overcome the Wind"
(Inspired by rain)

Sung in Lango
From a rainmaking litany

Performed by Soweto Gospel Choir, the Angel City
Chorale & Schola Cantorum with Anonymous 4,
Dulce Pontes, Nominjin, Roopa Mahadevan,
Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares, Kardeş Türküler,
Shoji Kameda & the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Waloyo yamoni. (Waloyo.)
Wan wamito kot ochwe, oony akirok chutok

Oami! In, kot, alami ichwe. Ka i chwe, beber.

Ka monwa olelo (ber)
Ka atino oleo (ber)
Ka awobi owero (ber)
Ka adwong olelo (ber)

Eryamita ka jigi jigi.
Eryam, alech alelech.
Ka kot adok Burutok
Ka yamo adok Burutok

Ilech i dula.
Kalwa opong dero.

•••

We overcome this wind. (We overcome.)
We desire the rain to fall, that it be poured in showers
Quickly.

Ah! Thou rain, I adjure thee fall. If thou rainest, it
Is well.

If our women rejoice (it is well)
If the children rejoice (it is well)
If the young men sing (it is well)
If the aged rejoice (it is well)

A drizzling confusion.
Confusion, a torrent in flow.
If the rain veers to the south
If the wind veers to the south

An overflowing in the granary.
May our grain fill the granaries.

[Translation by J. H.

[Commissioned by St. Matthew's Music Guild with support by the
Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors through the Los Angeles
Arts Commission. First performed June 1, 2012 at The Parish of
St. Matthew, Los Angeles, CA by Rose Beattie, Rayvon Moore,
And The Chamber Orchestra at St. Matthew's, conducted by Tom
Neenan. Original instrumentation: mezzo-soprano, tenor, chorus,
Percussion and string orchestra. Original title: "Beber".]