Video Information

• Choir: Blue Valley Northwest High School Chamber Singers
• Piece: Ranpono
• Composer:  Sydney Guillaume
• Conductor:  Kevin Coker
• Voices:  SATB
• Sheet Music:   sydneyguillaumemusic.com/...  
• Genres: Folk/Ethnic, Haiti, Haitian, Blogodop, Twa Tanbou, Kalinda
• Recording:
  Blue Valley Northwest High School Chamber Singers
  Kevin Coker, director...World premiere performance... Southwestern ACDA Conference - March 2016...
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  (TRADUCCIÓN AL ESPAÑOL ABAJO)
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  [ Yele m...  moreRecording:
  Blue Valley Northwest High School Chamber Singers
  Kevin Coker, director...World premiere performance... Southwestern ACDA Conference - March 2016...
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  (TRADUCCIÓN AL ESPAÑOL ABAJO)
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  [ Yele maoulo! ]
  The conch shells are sounding,
  The roosters haven’t crowed yet,
  The sun hasn’t risen yet,
  The workers are on their feet!
  
  Ranpono has begun!
  Laborers, let’s put our hands together,
  Let’s join together,
  The work has begun!
  
  Little by little, the bird makes its nest.
  My brothers, my sisters,
  Join together, let’s move forward!
  
  Heads together, in harmony,
  We will come to see the navel of an ant.
  With perseverance, we will see the navel of an ant.
  The load that you bear on your head falls on your shoulders.
  
  Little by little, the bird makes its nets.
  
  [ Yele maoulo! ]
  Wasting time is not part of the game.
  We must work today to harvest tomorrow.
  
  Work is over!
  
  The sun is setting,
  The workers are dismissed,
  A job well done.
  Ranpono brings life.
  
  Truly indeed, Ranpono brings life!
  With many hands the load is light.
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  {Yele maoulo!]
  Las caracolas suenan
  Los gallos aún no cantan,
  El sol aún no salió,
  Los trabajadores están de pie!
  
  Ranpono ha empezado!
  Trabajadores, unamos nuestras manos,
  Vamos todos juntos,
  El trabajo ha empezado!
  
  Poco a poco, el pájaro hace su nido.*
  Hermanos y hermanas,
  Unámonos, vamos hacia adelante!
  
  Cabeza a cabeza, en armonía,
  Llegaremos a ver el ombligo de una hormiga.
  Con perseverancia, veremos el ombligo de una hormiga.*
  La carga que llevas en tu cabeza recae sobre tus hombros.*
  
  Poco a poco, el pájaro hace su nido.
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