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(Mada Niecha) Mother Nature
(Sep-20-2006)

Mi tan-op pan mi varanda an sumel di indoschri sumuok,

An mi taat fi wanda ef puo Mada Niecha naa chuok

Di wie kaaban manaksaid a go ina di skai

Mi taat fi wanda ef Mada Niecha tempricha naa frai.

Den Mi memba di iit a di son,

Dat a wen Mi nuo se Mada Niecha aat a ton.

Mada Niecha a tek iin wos dan kuok,

An Ja si, Mi a wanda a wen im aha kruok.

Wen i kom tu im, nof piipl no iivn kier

Bot a chuu dem no nuo se a nof tings wid wi im shier

Im uoshan, im sii; im eva swiit an jengkl kuul briiz, we kip konchriman at iiz.

im gi wi fuud,

im gi wi shelta,

im elp konchriman fi gruo-op aatiya

Mi lov wi Mada Niecha,

Mek wi tap chriit im laik wan anwaantid kriicha.

 

Andre Che Sherriah is a linguist and tutor.

 

The system, in which this Jamaican Creole poem is written, is attached for readers' reference.

 

 

 

 

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