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POETES DU SENEGAL ET
D’AILLEURS
La
Releve Poetique Senegalaise |
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Tell
Us
Lire Ce Poeme En: Francais Wolof
But tell
us Who saw them
those night ghosts ? The forest
spirits The night
ghosts Who in broad
daylight Like bats sucking
the human blood Dwell caught on
the smooth walls of great caves Tell us who saw
them (pygmy) Rice-grower Cotton
grower The Mask wept
I May Ama give to
you the New Mask a long life ! May Earth give
ever to you the New Mask a long life ! Man eats and
sleeps. He dies. And it's the
bitter cold. {Pygmy) May the Good give
to you a long life ! You're a loud
Voice Your eyes are the
sun Ndekk
Daaru Give us
peace Give us long
lives To have wandered
constantly As a slave
through the world Exiled by
trial Sold according to
the law I've becorne
again liberty I'm
Gorée. Gorée Is A
Prayer Under the forest
that weeps, under the evening wind The very black
night retired merry Neferkare !
You’re luminous ! All that’s yours
on the earth shines Lord, here's
coming Ever. And you deceased
from beyond this world ! know this ! I'm Yesterday and
l know Tomorrow (Fari) I'm the White
thunderbolt Rurnbling after
rains on Basuto You who comrnand
waters Spirit of
Waters AIl of you who
obey me It's I
who CalI you in Fang Ô you
Tsuigoa You Father of
Fathers You're our
Father Make clouds bring
Rain Make me
eat The fruits of the
Earth Are you not our
Father The Father of
Fathers ? And now there
they are times Stick fond of
water To plant and to
grow Rich
bush Millet
grower Ballet and the
historic figuration. Professeur P. DiagneExtrait
du narratif poetique “Goree
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