Tribute to Mama Aisa, Mother Earth
Mama Sranan, Suriname our mother
Performed by NAKS Makeda and Natasia Stork as Mama Aisa
Poetry written by Elfriede Baarn Dijksteel aka Jenge from her book of poetry "son ten na mi"
Songtext by: Armando Baag
Production by Fawaka Creations
SONG WAN MA AISA
Mother Earth, Mama Aisa
We are praying for rain
For our farmland should flourish
The fish swimming in the rivers
Our cattle in the field
For our farmland should flourish
We are falling on our knees in prayer Mama Aisa
For our farmlands should flourish
Wanaisa hear our plea
Spirit of the earth hear our plea
You are our nurturer, our mother, we are your children
Wanaisa hear our pleas
POEM MAMA SRANAN BY ELFRIEDE BAARN DIJKSTEEL AKA JENGE
at times I wonder
if only I could be a Kankan tree
scattering my might into the farthest corners
or could I be the breadth of the river mouth
that swallows all the struggles
that would otherwise smother us
Ooh Mama Sranan
share a sense of the wisdom
of your darkest forest with me
and just a sheer bit of the strength of your rapid flows
that grinds the rivers, grin grin
at times
sometimes
I wish for another wind to blow
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