Susana Baca
Merci bon Dieu lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 2006
- Length
- 4:24
Mèci bon Dié,
Thank you, Lord,
Gadé tout ça la natu poté pou nous.
Look at all that nature can do for us.
Mèci bon Dié,
Thank you, Lord,
Gadé couman la mizè fini pou nous.
Look how our misery is finally ending for us.
La pli tombé,
The fall has come,
Mai poussé,
But we’ll press on,
Toute ti moune qui grand gout pralé mangé.
Every little child who grows up will end up eating.
An nous dansé Congo,
Let us dance Congo,
An nous dansé Pétro,
Let us dance Petro,
Papa bon Dié di nan ciel la mizè fini pou nous.
Father, good Lord, said from heaven that our misery is finished for us.
English Translation:
Thank you, God,
Look at all that nature has brought us.
Thank you, God,
Look how misery has ended for us.
The rain has fallen,
The corn has grown,
All the children that were hungry are going to eat.
Let's dance the Congo,
Let's dance the Petro,
God said in Heaven
God said from Heaven
That misery has ended for us.
That our misery is over
Key vocabulary
- mèci
- thank you
- bon
- good
- dié
- God
- gadé
- look
- tout
- all
- natu
- nature
- poté
- carry
- pou
- for
- nous
- we
- couman
- how
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About this song
Susana Baca is Peruvian vocalist associated with Afro-Peruvian musical traditions. She is known for her interpretation of Afro-Peruvian repertoire, including the widely heard recording of “Maria Lando” featured on David Byrne’s The Soul of Black Peru.