Текст и перевод песни BélO - Kote moun yo

Kote moun yo

Kote moun yo, oh
M pa wè moun yo, oh

Mwen sonje lontan lè m gen vakans twa mwa
S'on plezi pou mwen desann kay gran Tiya
Pou n al manje mango
Al benyen nan gwo dlo
Mwen sonje sa kòmsi se te jodi a
Mwen menm ak tout ti zanmi sou katye a
Lè n ap fè jwèt lago
Jwe foutbòl ak boyo

Men kounyeya bagay yo chanje
Mwen pa wè timoun jwe mab, ni jwe oslè
Yo pa sote kòd, moute kap
(Nou mele, nou mele)

Kote moun yo? (Oh-oh!)
Mwen pa wè moun yo (oh-oh!)
Kote moun ki konn jwe foutbòl avè m?
Pa wè timoun ki te grandi avè m

Kote moun yo? (Oh-oh!)
Mwen pa wè moun yo (oh-oh)
Kote moun ki te enpòtan nan kè m?
Pa wè timoun ki te grandi avè m

Jan sa konn bèl chak swa
Lè n chita nan lakou a
Tout timoun nan pye gran Pa
K ap rakonte n bèl istwa
Jan sa konn bèl lè nou desann nan jaden
Al manje kachiman sou pye, bwè dlo kokoye ole
Nou fè laviwonn Dede

Men, kounyeya, bagay yo chanje
Timoun pito manje manje kachte
Bagay ki sot aletranje
(Nou mele, nou mele)

Kote moun yo? (Oh-oh!)
Mwen pa wè moun yo (oh-oh!)
Kote moun ki konn jwe foutbòl avè m?
Pa wè timoun ki te grandi avè m

Kote moun yo? (Oh-oh!)
Mwen pa wè moun yo (oh-oh)
Kote moun ki te enpòtan nan kè m?
Pa wè timoun ki te grandi avè m

(M chache, m chache yo)
Gen sa ki egzile (m chache, m pa wè yo)
Gen sa ki depòte (m chache, m chache yo)
Gen sa k al jwenn Bondye (m chache, m pa wè yo)
Jou you potko rive

Gen sa ki toujou la
Ki gen lespwa sa va chanje, y a delivre
(Tout bon vre, tout bon vre) wo-yo, wo-yo

Kote moun yo? (Oh-oh!)
Mwen pa wè moun yo (oh-oh!)
Kote moun ki konn al lekòl avè m?
Valè timoun ki te grandi avè m

Kote moun yo? (Oh-oh!)
Mwen pa wè moun yo (oh-oh)
Moun Petyonvil yo
Ri Ajan Pòl yo

Kote moun yo? (Oh-oh!)
Mwen pa wè moun yo (oh-oh!)
Kote moun ki konn jwe foutbòl avè m?
Pa wè moun ki konn al lekòl avè m

Kote moun yo? (Oh-oh!)
Mwen pa wè moun yo (oh-oh)
La-la-la-la-la, ye!

Where Are the People

Where are the people, oh
I don't see the people, oh

I remember when I had three months of vacation
It was a pleasure for me to go down to my grandmother's house
To eat mango
To go swimming in the big water
I remember that as if it were yesterday
Me and all my little friends in the neighborhood
When we played marbles
Played soccer with a ball

But now things have changed
I don't see children playing marbles or jacks
They don't jump rope, climb high
(We are lost, we are lost)

Where are the people? (Oh-oh!)
I don't see the people (oh-oh!)
Where are the people who played soccer with me?
I don't see the children who grew up with me

Where are the people? (Oh-oh!)
I don't see the people (oh-oh)
Where are the people who were important to my heart?
I don't see the children who grew up with me

How beautiful it was every night
When we sat in the yard
All the children at Pa's feet
Who would tell us beautiful stories
How beautiful it was when we went down to the garden
To eat avocado on the tree, to drink fresh coconut water
We would play around Dede's

But now things have changed
Children prefer to eat junk food
Things that come from abroad
(We are lost, we are lost)

Where are the people? (Oh-oh!)
I don't see the people (oh-oh!)
Where are the people who played soccer with me?
I don't see the children who grew up with me

Where are the people? (Oh-oh!)
I don't see the people (oh-oh)
Where are the people who were important to my heart?
I don't see the children who grew up with me

(I look for them, I look for them)
Some are exiled (I look for them, I don't see them)
Some are deported (I look for them, I look for them)
Some have gone to God (I look for them, I don't see them)
One day it will be your turn

Some are still here
Who have hope that it will change, there will be deliverance
(For real, for real) wo-yo, wo-yo

Where are the people? (Oh-oh!)
I don't see the people (oh-oh!)
Where are the people who went to school with me?
I don't see the children who grew up with me

Where are the people? (Oh-oh!)
I don't see the people (oh-oh)
The people of Pétionville
Rivière Ajan Paul

Where are the people? (Oh-oh!)
I don't see the people (oh-oh!)
Where are the people who played soccer with me?
I don't see the people who went to school with me

Where are the people? (Oh-oh!)
I don't see the people (oh-oh)
La-la-la-la-la, yeah!