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Akiyo Lyrics

jilo jilo ay ay ay
Chanting out in desperation and frustration

léssé mwen alé jilo
Let me go away from here

kité mwen alé jilo
Allow me to depart

kité mwen pati jilo
Let me leave from here

an ka pati an ka voyagé
I am leaving and going on a journey

pétèt an jou an ké rètouné
Maybe one day I'll return

alé kriyé lé répondè
Go call the responders

répondè lévé lavwé
Responders raise your voice

alé kriyé lé tambouyé
Go call the drummers

lé tambouyé méné mwen alé
The drummers lead me away

an vakans 74
In the summer of '74

té kontré an demoisel
I met a young lady

nou bien bwè nou bien mangé
We drank and ate well

nou soté nou amisé nou
We danced, had fun, and made friends

lè i rivé pou i pé alé
When it was time for her to leave

ka di mwen i ka voyagé
She told me she was going to travel

tou jan mwen di-y pa léssé mwen
Just like I told her not to leave me

sonia di mwen i ké rètouné
Sonia told me she'll return

philosophie a lanmou la
The philosophy of love

c lè dé moun two enmé yo
When two people love each other excessively

lanmou ka sôti la i sôti
Love emerges and exists

ka gadé yo é ka di yo merde
People look at them and curse them

an trouvé jouné la vinn pli kout
I found the day was becoming shorter

lè la galopé ka galopé
As time gallops on

sizè di swa ja ka rivé
Six or seven already arrived

moun ka rentré an transit
People are entering transit

an mèté on jounou an pié a sonia
I put a letter at Sonia's doorstep

mwen fèy konpwann pa léssé mwen
I made it known not to leave me

kè an mwen pa an sal datan
I have a pure heart

siw vwè pati an ké fè bétiz
If you see me go, I'll make mistakes

an monté si passerel la
I climbed up on the walkway

747 la ka pran balan
The 747 is gaining momentum

pou i lévé adan ciel la
To lift off into the sky

ka pati é bonè an mwen
It's departing and leaving me behind

an santi an ka toufé
I feel like I'm suffocating

janm an mwen ka tremblé
I'm never trembling

kô an mwen paralysé
My body is paralyzed

bonè an mwen ka voyagé
Now I'm traveling

manman mwen pa la jilo
My mother isn't here

papa babié pou jilo
Dad is absent for jilo

jodila an ka voyagé
Today I'm traveling

gadé malè ka rivé mwen
Watch the misfortunes that happen to me

bien souvan assi latè
Very often, sitting on the ground

lè ou vwè ou vwè on avion passé
When you see an airplane fly by

pa savé kay ka léssé
You never know what causes it to leave

toute moun la yo ka soufè
Everyone there is sighing

mwen mèt mwen ka pansé sa
I myself am thinking about that

lè ou vwè mwen mèm konstaté
When you see me, you'll realize

i ni lontan i adan syel la
It's been a long time in the sky

bonè an mwen an désaventaj
Now I'm at a disadvantage