SANS A PAWOL ADAN MIZIK NOU ENME (LYRICS MEANING)

Amazing Grace

John Newton (1725-1807)

Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound,
That saved a wretch like me.
I once was lost but now am found,
Was blind, but now I see.

T'was Grace that taught my heart to fear.
And Grace, my fears relieved.
How precious did that Grace appear
The hour I first believed.

Through many dangers, toils and snares
I have already come;
'Tis Grace that brought me safe thus far
and Grace will lead me home.

The Lord has promised good to me.
His word my hope secures.
He will my shield and portion be,
As long as life endures.

Yea, when this flesh and heart shall fail,
And mortal life shall cease,
I shall possess within the veil,
A life of joy and peace.

When we've been here ten thousand years
Bright shining as the sun.
We've no less days to sing God's praise
Than when we've first begun.

Gwadloupéyen:

Chanté-lasa, sé on moun, non a'y sé John Newton, ki fèt an 1725, é ki mò an 1807, ki maké'y. Sé on chanté krétyen pwotèstan. Yonn adan chanté moun konnèt plis. Sa moun savé mwens, sé davwa, misyé-lasa, sété on kapitèn, obò on batiman-lèstravay. Lèstravay vlé di konsa èsklavaj. Sa ki rivé John Newton, menné on chanjman bò-pou-bò, adan vi a'y. On jou lanné 1748 - kivédi 100 lanné, avan lèstravay LaFwans té kréyé fini, adan LéZanti Fwansé (Gwadloup èvè Mawtinik), é LaGiyàn é LaRényon - John Newton rété pri, anmitan on gro manman siklòn, an plen grandlo.

Kifè, i té ja ka vwè mò a'y. I mété priyè atè. I rivé a pa mò. Bondyé té sové'y. Alòkifè, konwvwè, i sòti vivan adan bariboutèykrazé-lasa, i di Bondyé mèsi, èvè chanté-lasa. I maké chanté-lasa pou di Bondyé mèsi pou Gras a'Y. Sé on di-mèsi.

Tout chanté-la, ka di Bondyé granmèsi, pou biten fò-lasa (amazing), I fè ba'y, ki sé on Gras (Grace). "Amazing Grace" vlé di konsa  "Gran Gras Fò Toubòlman"!

Apré i sòti vivan adan kalpata-lasa, John Newton désidé arèsté konmès a achté é vann moun kon bèt. Moun. Nèg. Moun. I jou rivé a vin on gran goumè kont lèstravay. On goumè pou krim-lasa té vin aboli.

Anglé:

This song was written by John Newton (1725-1807). It is one of the most famous protestant and Christian songs. The special thing about it, is that John Newton, in addition to being a Christian, was also the captain of a Slave ship. He indulged in selling human beings. Black people then called Negroes. One day in 1748 – which is 100 years before France abolished its trade of selling Black people or abolished its own Slavery itself in Guadeloupe, Martinique, French Guyana and Réunion – John Newton was caught in a storm at large and believed his life was coming to an end. He then began to pray and implore God to save his life and that of his crew. As he finally survived, he then got down to writing this song as a way to thank God. A sort of thanksgiving. This ordeal was such a milestone in his life that he became utterly transformed and could not go on selling his fellow human beings. Be they Black or White. "Amazing Grace" meaning "Endless, striking Grace" even got him standing up for the rights of his Black Christian brothers. He then set to fight against Slavery. He had become an Abolitionist.  

Fwansé: Cette chanson a été écrite par John Newton (1725-1807). Il s'agit de l'un des chants chrétiens protestants les plus connus. Ce que l'on sait moins, cependant, c'est que cet homme, ce chrétien, était commerçant négrier. Il vendait donc des humains comme esclaves. Des gens. Des Noirs. Il était même capitaine de vaisseau négrier. Un jour de 1748, - c'est-à-dire 100 ans avant l'abolition française de l'esclavage négrier pratiqué par la France aux Antilles françaises (Guadeloupe et Martinique) ainsi qu'en Guyane française et à la Réunion – John Newton fut victime d'une tempête où il crut bien qu'il allait perdre la vie. Il se mit à prier de toute son âme. Il survécut à cette tempête. Mais cet événement bouleversa complètement son existence. Il en fut si bouleversé qu'il cessa le commerce d'humains et se transforma en fervent abolitionniste. "Amazing Grace" signifie "Immense Grâce". Cette péripétie, cette épreuve l'amena à puiser dans son humanité et lui fit prendre conscience qu'un humain ne pouvait raisonnablement s'adonner au commerce d'autres humains.