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"Bafon" is about Haïti.
My country of origin grips me, and what happens there does not leave me without a cry. The song is a metaphor, it evokes the burial and the end of Haiti, as if it is a person. But Arrived at the cemetery nobody wants this death, until the dead themselves. The guardian of the cemetery, the chief of the dead master Baron, declares that he does not have the green light from master Kafou, who opposes him and afirms that no, Haiti is not dead that she still carries life in her !
It is a message of hope about my country !
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"Bafon" parle d'Haïti.
Mon pays d’origine me saisit, et ce qui s'y passe ne me laisse pas sans cri. La chanson est une métaphore, elle évoque l’enterrement et la fin d’Haïti, comme si l'île était une personne. Mais Arrivés au cimetière personne ne veut de ce mort, jusqu'à aux morts eux-même.
Le gardien du cimetière, le chef des morts maître Baron, déclare qu'il n'a pas le feu vert de maître Kafou, qui lui s'oppose et afirme que non, Haïti n'est pas morte qu'elle porte encore la vie en elle !
C’est un message d’espoir pour mon pays !
lyrics
yon bri pete
yo sonnen le gla
an plen midi
lòbèy leve
men je kreve
pa yon sèl kri
mape rele o
men nou nan de ran
si kafou pa bay o
simityè pa pran
ayi ayi ayi aye aaa
oyi oyi oyi aye aaa
skonbrit leve
tandon koze
kafou di li pa mele
men mèt bawon
menm deklare
mwen menm
mwen pap mouye
tout zonbi kanpe o
di mò sa pap pase
si kafou pa bay o
simityè pa pran
ayi ayi ayi aye aaa
oyi oyi oyi aye aaa
ayi ayi ayi aye aaa
oyi oyi oyi aye aaa
credits
released January 20, 2023
lyrics : Moonlight Benjamin
music : Matthis Pascaud, Raphael Chassin, Moonlight Benjamin
publishing : Absilone Technologies
Moonlight Benjamin : vocal
Matthis Pascaud : guitars, bass
Raphael Chassin : drums
Nathalie Loriot : back vocals
Fabienne Medinat : back vocals
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