Video Information

• Choir: Brigham Young University-Idaho Collegiate Singers
• Composer:  Sydney Guillaume
• Conductor:  Randall Kempton
• Conductor:  Director
• Voices:  SATB
• Sheet Music:   sydneyguillaume.com/produ...  
• Genres: Folk/Ethnic, Contemporary
• Brigham Young University-Idaho Collegiate Singers
  Randall Kempton, Director
  Winter Choir Broadcast - March 26, 2021
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  Haitian Creole and French text by: Gabriel T. Guillaume
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  For the score, go to: moreBrigham Young University-Idaho Collegiate Singers
  Randall Kempton, Director
  Winter Choir Broadcast - March 26, 2021
  - - -
  Haitian Creole and French text by: Gabriel T. Guillaume
  - - -
  For the score, go to: https://sydneyguillaume.com/product/yon-monn-nouvo/
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  * * * English Poetic Translation * * *
  
  Yon Monn Nouvo (A World Anew)
  Open your ears and listen,
  Hear and listen, my friends.
  Open your hearts and hear,
  Hear and listen, my brothers:
  
  Both you and I are full of dreams;
  You help me and I help you.
  That is how we will come to build a world anew.
  
  “With many hands, the load is light."
  “One finger alone cannot eat okra.”
  Knowledge and wealth are goods of humanity
  That we must share in true fellowship.
  
  These are statements that bring happiness;
  Words of wisdom that make life harvest.
  
  We are, each one of us, seeds of eternity
  That sprout and bloom in our humanity.
  Let us all work together for a world anew,
  A world more humane, a universe of love.
  
  Open your ears and listen,
  Open your hearts and hear:
  Hand in hand, without fighting,
  Let us build this world anew.
  
  A world anew... (Ayimagabo!) Let’s do it!
  
  Hand in hand, without fighting,
  We will build this world anew!
  (Ayimagabo!) Let’s do this!
  
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  Haitian Creole (and French) text:
  
  * * * Yon Monn Nouvo * * *
  
  Louvri zòrèy koute,
  Koute, koute zanmi mwen.
  Louvri kè nou tande
  Tande, tande frè mwen yo:
  
  Ni ou ni mwen chaje ak rèv;
  W ap ede m, m ap ede ou.
  Wi se konsa n a va rive bati yon monn nouvo.
  
  “Men anpil, chay pa lou.”
  “Yon sèl dwèt pa manj...    less