SANS A PAWOL ADAN MIZIK NOU ENME (LYRICS MEANING)

EBONY AND IVORY

(Paul Mc Cartney and Stevie Wonder)

Ebony and Ivory
Live together in perfect harmony
Side by side on my piano keyboard,

Oh Lord, Why don't we?

We all know that people are the same where ever we go
There is good and bad in everyone,
Stevie

WonderWe learn to live, we learn to give
Each other what we need to survive together alive

Stevie Wonder :

Ebony and Ivory
Live together in perfect harmony
Side by side on my piano
Keyboard, Oh Lord, Why don't we?

Guitar

Ebony, Ivory living in perfect harmony
Ebony, Ivory, Ooh

We all know that people are the same where ever we go
There is good and bad in ev'ryone,
Paul Mc Cartney :

We learn to live, we learn to give
Each other what we need to survive together alive

Ebony and Ivory
Live together in perfect harmony
Side by side on my piano
Keyboard, Oh Lord, Why don't we?

Side by side on my piano
Keyboard, Oh Lord, Why don't we?

Guitar

Ebony, Ivory living in perfect harmony (repeat and fade)

Ivory, Ebony, Ooh

Ebony, Ivory, Ooh Ivory

Gwadloupéyen:

On tinon, yo ba touch nwè é blan, a klavyé a on piyano, sé "Ébenn" èvè "Ivwa". Sé chantè-lasa, ki nwè (Stevie Wonder), é blan (Paul Mc Cartney, a Beatles) ka di konsa, sé touch a piyano-la, ka rivé viv byen ansanm, adan on awmoni. Awmoni mizikal? Yo ka fè akò. Yo ka fè akò pawfé? (Fondamantal-tyès-kent, do-mi-sòl). Yo ka jouwé ansanm-ansanm.  Yo sé fanmi ka viv adan on lawmoni. On awmoni mélodyèz! Alòkifè yo ka mandé "pouki pa nou?" (Why don't we?). "Nou", ki vlé di'w nou – Nèg (Ebony) èvè Blan (Ivory) –. Davwa nou sé menm ras imen-la. Nou sé on menm èspès ki ka rivé tini timoun ansanm. Zozyo pé pa rivé fè pitit èvè chat. Chat èvè rat, onsèl ra koté, yo ka rivé a ankonplosité, sé anba kouch a Wobè Loyson. Ay "kouté chat èvè rat an konplosité akaz an-mwen". Chat ka tété rat. Rat ka tété chat anba kouch an-mwen." Wobè Loyson sé on chantè-Moul an Gwadloup ki ja désédé. Sé on papa-référans adan Gwoka, mizik tradisyonèl Gwadloupéyen.

Fwansé:

On a coûtume d'appeler "Ebène" et "Ivoire" les touches d'un clavier de piano. Ces chanteurs qui sont noir (Stevie Wonder), et blanc (Paul Mc Cartney des Beatles) nous disent donc que ces touches de piano parviennent à vivre ensemble de façon harmonieuse. Dans une harmonie musicale? Elles forment un "accord parfait"? (fondamentale-tierce-quinte, do-mi-sol). Elles jouent ensemble. Elles forment une famille vivant en parfaite harmonie. Une harmonie mélodieuse ! Et les chanteurs nous interpellent en nous demandant "et pourquoi pas nous?" (Why don't we?). "Nous" signifiant ici – les noirs (Ebony), et les blancs (Ivory) – car nous sommes de la même race humaine. Nous formons une seule et même espèce, capable de se reproduire. Les oiseaux ne font pas de petits avec les chats. Et les chats et les rats ne s'entendent que sous le lit de Robert Loyson, aujourd'hui décédé. Nous vous conseillons d'écouter la chanson de ce chanteur, figure de proue du Gwoka, musique traditionnelle guadeloupéenne. Cette chanson s'intitule "Chat tété rat".

Anglé:

The black and white keys of a piano keyboard are commonly called "Ebony" and "Ivory". The singers here, one of which is black (Stevie wonder), the other being white (paul mc cartney, from the beatles) are telling us how these keys do live in harmony. In perfect harmony. They form colourful and harmonious chords. They play and are played together. They live side by side in the same place. The keys get on well together. Then, the singers proceed to ask us why we humans of different shades cannot do the same. "Why don't we?" "We" means black, white, yellow and all of us who belong to the same human race. The same species. We human can mate and give life together. We can breed contrary to cats that can't possibly do that with birds for instance. And also this theme here easily relates to the lyrics and themes broached upon by now departed Guadelupian songwriter, Robert Loyson who cannot absolutely be overlooked when we get down to speaking about Gwoka, a traditional Guadelupian   music style mainly based on drums. One of his songs called "chat tété rat" meaning "Cats suckling rats" is a deep and lyrical call for peace and harmony among Guadelupian people who are of very diverse origins.