Remembering once again the tragic day January 12, 2010. 15 years ago but still trembling in the societal fallout today in 2025. Perhaps children lost in the rubble searching for parents, family members in that quake, have become the lost bandits of today wreaking havoc, creating quake after quake of devastation that was so engraved in their brains on that fateful day so many years ago-perhaps. Or perhaps its just the continuation of the catastrophe that civilization is wreaking on our planet?
Our show notes include the total translation of the abridged audio of Mona Augustin's original song composed right after the earthquake "Haiti in Mourning" as well as our standard notes. N a Sonje!
Haiti in Mourning
When Ayiti was dancing
All her children were thinking
She was dancing a dance of hope
Their hearts had a folklore joy
Their lips had a galaxy smile
And their eyes contemplated another life
But in a very short time
Ayiti was beaten down on her knees
It was Mr. Catastrophe
Crushing, wiping out, killing
Haiti in mourning
Her children are boiling leaves
So they don’t die
They are so traumatized
Haiti Is sick
Please come and clothe her
She is trembling
She is biting her nails
She can’t any more
She saw too many children die
She’s going crazy
She calls out for help
With her father, the sun
Who always gives the best advice
And who said to her
She’s in trouble
The enemy is making war
With her mother who is the earth
The sun says my child I’ll give you light
To bring your mother out of her sadness
Now call your mother’s other children
To come help you and your children
Haiti did that
And they came in willing to help
They said, you are our aunt
We owe you love
Here, we’re helping you
To help yourselves
Because today it’s your turn
And tomorrow it may be ours
Your problem could be ours too
Haiti is remade
Because it understand Mother earth
Who smiled
Life isn’t over
Now it’s to work
Even the night gave the unemployed work
She did that
Because she’s behind
Haiti is pregnant
It’s the time she needs more strength
For her to give birth
To many children
She called Father Sun
Who always give her good advice
To ask for more energy
To replace those that were lost
On the earth, our dear mother
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The English translation of our theme song "N a Sonje" by Mona Augustin performed by our band "2 Roots or 2 Rasin":
"We will remember, and not forget what happened
Let’s take a look back Into the world gone by and we’ll see
How our ancestors were in Africa before they carried us away to America
Ref: Sing for Africa, Sing for America Honor for Africa, Honor for America
Who lost so many in the years long ago it wasn’t the natives of this land that did that to them
It was another nation who had as their mission to make others slaves, making so many cadavers
Pillaging, killing - Indians and Africans in making them work for nothing
This is how their countries became powerful by spilling so much blood.
Ref: Sing for Africa, Sing for America Honor for Africa, Honor for America
Who lost so many in the years long ago"