Manian...M'Bifo

Ahir vaig tornar a visitar Farafina (Àfrica en la llengua de l'oest, dels pobles saharians). És una botiga situada a Barcelona al costat d'Argenteria, on s'hi troba música, coses per la casa i ornaments africans, principalment de Mali i Senegal. Ja us en vaig parlar en un post anterior, en que en aquesta botiga vaig tindre una interessant conversa sobre música i deeses africanes.

Ahir estava el marit de la botiguera que em va regalar la pulsera. Ell és senegalés i parla poc espanyol. Gràcies a la intervenció de la meva acompanyant, vàrem començar a parlar amb francés, discutint sobre música africana. Jo volia canviar un collar que em vaig comprar i no em quedava gens bé per un cd. Però no volia caure en els clàssics Salif Keita, ali Farka Toure, Toumani diabaté o Youssou N'Dour...més que res perquè ja tinc quasibé tota la seva discografia. D'aquesta manera, gràcies a les seves recomanacions, he descobert a Cheik Lo, un cantant senegalés molt en la línea traçada per Youssou N'Dour i a Rokia Traoré, una cantant malinesa.

Us vull felicitar l'any amb la traducció a l'anglés de dues de les cançons de Rokia Traoré, incloses a l'àlbum Bowmboï

Manian

What have I done to deserve such a life?

Who have I offended in heaven?

Those children of wealthy parents

What have they given as an offering?

Their hands were rinsed in clear water,

Mine in oil.

Those who had their hands dried by the sun

Were the most privileged?

They were housed

They were fed

They were cared for

They were sent to school

Those who had their hands dried

Got all the changes

As for me, I wander the streets,

Waiting for mine to dry themselves.

...

M'Bifo

It is true that strength is in unity

Thank you my love

For being at my side no matter what.

Only a distant memory remains

Of my solitude and my fears

Now I am strong in your support

Your presence makes me radiant

I still remember my sadness

When I observed couples

Crushed by the weight of their bond

Men and women for whom

Union becomes a yoke

"Solitude would be a guarantee of a more agreable life"

I told myself

I would not have to deal with the sweet bitterness

Which pervades couples with the passage of time

This way I would only enjoy love affairs

Never bitter unions

These sad thoughts are far behind me

At your side, I have trascended all that

When things go badly

We leave each other

And we should tell each other

When we are happy

Thank you my love, thank you my dearest

I brought you an empty receptacle from the period of my solitude

You filled it with love, you have filled me with happiness

...

Agafeu un, el que volgueu, o els dos...o cap.

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No pensava arribar tan lluny tan aviat. Us dono les gracies a tots els que em llegiu i em comenteu, ja que la il·lusió de rebre les vostres opinions m'ha motivat a escriure...més

Us desitjo un feliç 2007