Kae [Remember]: A Twi Poem (With Translation)-gctid33102

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Kae [Remember]



Kae
[Remember]

Yaanom,

My people

Monim berε a yεwɔ mu yi?

Do you know what time WE are in now?

Ɛyε kaeberε

It is time to remember

Kae

To remember

Kae Nkwa

To remember life
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Yaanom

My people

Yεada akyε

WE've rested so long in sleep

Berε tenteenten ara

Far too long

Ma yεnsɔre

Let US arise

Yεnsɔre nkae

Let US arise and remember

Kae Nkwa

Remember life

Banyansafoɔ ne Nkwaseafoɔ

Wise people and Fools

Nsoromma afεfε ne Ahoɔden mu Awia-Awia

Beautyful Stars and Powerful Suns

Abibiman Mpanimfoɔ ne mmɔfra

Children and Elders of Kmt

Monkae

Remember
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Yεtumi kae mmerε ansa na

Can WE remember the time before

aborɔfoɔ duruu Abibiman mu?

The arrival of albinos/eureurasiaans to Kmt?

Ansa na yεasensam wiase nyinaa soɔ

The time before WE were dispersed all over this earth

Ansa na sonkahyirebɔ ne nkoasom

Before slavery

Ansa na nhyεsoɔ mu atubra

Before colonialism

Ansa na apoobɔ

Before exploitation

Ansa na Abibiman korona fitii mogyahwieguo aseε

Before the heart of Kmt began bleeding
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Hwan na ɔfaa ayayadeε yi nyinaa baeε?

Who caused all of this suffering?

Yεnim

WE know

Yεnim

WE know

Na yεkae

And remember

Yεn werε amfiri

WE did not forget

Onua...kae, na da wo ho soɔ

Remember and be prepared
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Hwan na ɔmfa nokorε mmu adwe?

Who ignores the truth?

Hwan na ɔmfa abakɔsεm mmu adwe?

Who ignores the history?

Hwan na ne werε bεtumi afiri yεn ya(w)

Who can forget Our suffering?

Wɔ nkoasom mu

In slavery

Wɔ nhyεsoɔ mu, wɔ apoobɔ mu

In exploitation of colonialism

Eyi nkamfua(w)

Nevertheless

Yεkyee adeε

WE survived

Yεkyee adeε

WE survived
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Kae

Remember

Yεde yεn tamfoɔ bεba atεmmufoɔ bi anim

Our enemy will be brought before justice

Ɔntumi nhinta ne ho afiri yεn Nananom ani

He cannot hide from the eyes of the Ancestors

Kae

Remember

Kae na gyina

Remember and stand
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Anomaa wɔ ntakra, n'anomaa na ɔde gyaa no no

Birds have feathers because they were passed down to them by other birds

Kae

Remember

Kae

Remember

Sankɔkwan no wɔ he nie?

Where is the returning path (to Our Way)?

Bu wo nkɔmpɔ hwε w'akyi agya, na te nkaeε ho tumi a ani gyangyan ntumi nhunu

Look back and feel the unseen power of remembrance

Ɛfiri sε, yεn Nananom ne yεn gyina

Because Our Ancestors are with US

Wɔɔnom yε yεn ahoɔden

They are Our strength

Yεn Nananom si nketekrakye yε adwuma denneennen ma yεn

Our Ancestors work very hard on Our behalf

Yεn nso, εwɔ sε yεmia yεn ani de nsi ne anem yε adwuma

WE also, WE must work very hard

Aboa yεn mma na asakra asaase so asetena

To help Our children and change life on earth
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Nkwa yε apɔ(w)bɔ ne apɔ(w)saneε

Life is tying and untying

Mmom, monkae

But you must remember

Fa ahopakyi hwε akyiri

Look back

Na kae

And remember
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Yεwɔ nkwantanan bi so

WE are at a crossroads

Wɔ Nkwa ne owuo ntam(u)

Between life and death

Hwan na ɔbεkyerε yεn kwan no

Who will show US the way?

Hwan na ɔbεbue kwan no

Who will open the path?
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Yεn ara

It is

Bεyεn w'adwene

Train your mind

Bεyεn wo tumi

Train your mind

Nkaeε ne ayaresa ntira

To remember and to heal

Nkaeε ne aweretɔ ntira

To remember and to destroy
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Kae

Remember

Wɔ "so deε εso wo mu no mu" so

To hold onto that which holds you up

Mfa mma obi adɔesatorɔ mu

Do not give it away
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Kentene wo ho

Rise up (spiritually)

To dwom foforɔ bi

Sing a new song
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Kae yεn amammerε

Remember Our traditions

Yεnsankɔ

Let's Return

Yεn amanneε hɔ

To Our institutions

Yεn nhyehyεe ne ayεsu hɔ

To Our systems/nature/order
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Kae

Remember

Nsakrae ntira

For Change

Kae

Remember

Treneesεm ntira

For Justice

Kae

Remember

Adεnnεn ntira

For Balance

Kae

Remember

Nkwa ntira

For Life

Kae

Remember

Nkabom mu

Collectively

Kae

Remember

by Kwadwo Nkita-Mayala as translated into Twi by Obadele Kwame Kambon

[EmpresKeneilwe]

Blessed brother.
 
Re a leboga (give thanks)

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EmpresKeneilwe;33106 wrote: Blessed brother.
 
Re a leboga (give thanks)

What language is this? It looks similar to Sesotho: Ke a leboha.

Obadele

[nisaat]

fEfEEfE.
 
woayE adeE!

[EmpresKeneilwe]

Greetings
It is indeed. But this is Setswana.
 
Re - it's plural i.e. - we give thanks.
Ke - singular i.e    - i give thanks.
 
How do you say it in Twi, Swahili and/or Igo?
 
Please share.

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EmpresKeneilwe;33133 wrote: Greetings
It is indeed. But this is Setswana.
 
Re - it's plural i.e. - we give thanks.
Ke - singular i.e    - i give thanks.
 
How do you say it in Twi, Swahili and/or Igo?
 
Please share.

BlackTiful! How well do you know Setswana?

We give thanks

Twi
YEma aseda

Swahili
Tunapa shukrani

I don't speak any Igbo, but I do speak Yoruba

Yoruba
A dupe

Obadele

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nisaat;33132 wrote: fEfEEfE.
 
woayE adeE!

Meda ase. fEfEEfE is an adverb so you'll need a verb to precede it.

Kwame

[Oluwole]

This is truly POWERFUL! My grandmother's last name was Kay. I can not help but reflect and wonder if, through time, the "e" was substituted with the "y". Whether this was the case or not, it is AMAZING to think that "KAY" could have been "KAE". Just the idea of our Ancestors igniting an intergenerational call to always "REMEMBER" is a feeling that words can not describe (at least words in the English language)... I am humbled and thankful! Meda ase papapapapa!!!!!

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Wow, I forgot all about this. I translated it to Twi a long time ago. Thanks for the reminder...no pun intended...:Kmt::soldiert::sankofa:

[Csalaam]

Emu yɛ duru

"Abosom na ɛkyerɛ kɔmfoɔ ntwaho"