LOUGAWOU
English/Haitian Creole
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Such a wretched Old Woman,
Weeping in the sunshine,
And singing dweto with the dark.
Lougawou chita sou pikan mizè slepp.
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Wild haired Lougawou
Grandmother of time,
Ou gen chante chante
Sekrè tan lontan ou an souvan.
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You are cooking
In rhythm cycles while
You beat ti tanbou plat ou, tou
Salting the soup avèk dlo nan je. .
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Bear … 04.09.2014
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WRETCHED PERSON
English
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Such a wretched Old Woman,
Weeping in the sunshine,
And singing duets with the dark.
Lougawou sits on thorns to misery sleep.
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Wild haired Wretch
Grandmother of time,
You have sung your
Ancient secrets repeatedly.
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You are cooking
In rhythm cycles while
You beat your flat drum, also
Salting the soup with tears.
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Bear — 04.09.2014
ⓒ Bearspawprint
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I first encountered the word lougawou, in the short story ODETTE by Patrick Sylvain in the book HAITI NOIR edited by Edwidge Danticat.
Bear … 04.09.2014
Fey Lougawou or Wonder of the Would Plant — Kalanchoe pinnata
http://naikainbalance.blogspot.com/2012/07/haitian-treasure-fey-lougawou-miracle.html
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