Hello AnawegaSalo Rose-MarieSalo AyéPeace be with you Rose-MarieThat this day brings you peaceWhat is this notebookThe notebook on which are noted the words Kawaïsthat I learn And their translationBut it is also a lesson in philosophyOn who does it carry?On the snakeL'Ourobouros? Rose-Marieasked What is ourobouros? Asked AnawegaThe snake that bites its tail and surrounds the WorldWater and earth form the snakeThe snake and the watercycle Water runs on the earth, and it evaporates, forms clouds, then rains back fertilize the earthThat's why the snake bites its tailAnata had not commented to me remark AnawegaIn Haiti the snake represents death …
Anawega – Sheet twenty-three
The rain fell fine and lightAnawega's gaze was lost in the grays of the skyShe took back her notebook and readKaba sino kaboThe raven is the memoryThat he had already sensed it in the pen of the ravenAya akame mateyoudThe snake has accomplished its youthThe presence of the raven was strange during the molting of the snakeThus the snake metamorphosesWithout forgetting anything of what it wasThe snake changes envelope under the gaze of the ravenThe raven is guardian of memoryAnd the transmutesnake It was the sign of his own transformationBut this presence of the raven called him not to forgetanything …
Anawega – Sheet twenty-two
And she went to milk the cowsThen made herself a butter spread with gooseberryjam She loved this acidity of the fruit and the sweetness of the butterShe liked to take strengthThen she went back to wrap herself in her shawl on the rocking-chair and smokedThe mists were tearing themselves from the earth, hedges, trees, from the riverAnd went up to the clouds that covered the skyPierced by the rainThe two peasants who were in the woods passed on the wayThey spit, and she spat on the side of the porchThen she saw a man advance from afar towards his houseShe …
Anawega – Sheet twenty-one
It was an arrow in the heartHe came to sit next to her and saidBati, AnawegaKero missas i foliasPor lieges, AyaShe did notunderstand He went to the forestShe ateHe came back with moss and leavesand laid them out on the ground at the foot of the springThen he took her hand and made her extendAnd lay down next to herHe clenched his hips, palpated the inside of her thighs, her breastsKissingher She relaxedShe could not resist anymoreSo he undid her Indiandress Continuing to caressher Deftly challenged the knots of linen by deftly lifting her waistThen he laid bare her sex …
Anawega – Folio twenty
And Anawega was left alone in the kitchenShe made a coffeeAnd rolled a cigaretteIt was in these moments that the weather was the most lenient for herConcentrated in the sensation of the burning of the coffeeAnd the hot smoke of the cigaretteIt was already in itself a meditationIt is as if time stopped running and getting lostAnd she observed the place of each object around herAnd she felt the quality of this momentIn the midst of the flight of timeAnd she had the feeling that she herself was no longerfleeing That she was facingAnd that in this face to face …
Anawega – Sheet nineteen
Bati AnawegaPemo anko sintego mako akame makiDeso anko sintego maki akame makoPemo is the firstDeso is the secondAnko is the ageMako is deathMaki is lifes in front of a verb marks the reflectiveform Akame is the passive form of akamaThe first age wonders about the death that accomplishes by lifeThe second age wonders about the life that accomplishes by deathBati AnawegaThis is bites the tailAya smacho kitoMacha it's bitingKito is the tailThe snake bites the tailBati AnawegaAya beso maki beso makoAya smakio ganaAya smakao ganaMakia is giving lifeMakao is giving deathGana is humanityThe snake gives life for humanityThe snake kills …
Anawega – Sheet Eighteen
Christians say that the snake is evilMagani anoyaMagani is the minkAnoya means troubleAya noyo bati noyo mélimeans badNoyo means neitherMisa noyo fali noyo veliMisa means likewiseFali is the maleVeli is the femaleAya beso bati beso méliAya beso fali beyo véliBeso means at the same time, as well asAya beso feto beso sokoFeto means the top and soko the bottomAya beso Sako Beno beso Sako DitoSako is the sacredBeno is the left and dito the rightLigago Kawaï sino SakoLigago is the languageYou go too fastI can'tlook at your notesThe Kawai language is sacredBati batiBeso Ligago Kawaï akamoThe Kawaï language accomplishesI don't …
Anawega – Folio Seventeen
She had the dream of a snake nestled in the straw of the stableThat got rid of its old skin by curling up on itselfTwisting and unwindingAnawega milked the cows looking at it from time to timeThen once his moult was accomplishedHe walked through the alley outsideAnd all along he was advancingHe seemed to look at Anawega and thank her for letting her lifeAnawega having finished milkingShe took the bucket full of milkand picked up with the other hand the deadskin She put the bucket in the kitchenAnd went to throw into the fire the old skinThat burned with green …
Anawega – Folio sixteen
The girls came back all redClothes and hair full of strawAnd that drum you have there John I could playit If you take your violinAnd they invented afro-countrytunes The kids danced Rose-Marie lookedat them with bright eyes It feels good a little color in this house she laughs John was delighted with this improvisationAnd the children clapped their hands while moving in all the sensesAnawega sometimes sang in an improvisedlanguage That sometimes resembled an Africanlanguage An Indianlanguage A Europeanlanguage Her slept in a corner of theliving roomJohn was a violin virtuoso Anawega's drum marked like a heartbeatAndrew didn't know how …
Anawega – Folio fifteen
Hello Anawega you take me fishingHow did you call me say she like coming out of a dreamAnawega such is your name say you take me fishingI don't think it's the day BettyAh well you don't think Yet I tell you It's the dayThe big day to go fishing with AnawegaYour parents know you came hereThey wouldforbid me but it doesn't matter since I decided to come meAnd if theylearn it I don't careComeThen she went to get her caneAnd they leftOn the way they talkedSo everyone knows but how did they learnIt was the Reverend father who announcedit HowHe …
Anawega – Folio fourteen
She woke up at dawnFit a coffeeAlla milk the cowsAnd arrived JohnHello AnawegaHello John it's nice to seeyou The weather is beautifulIt's a beautiful day for hayYes but before come and drink a coffeeI had a strange dream tonight know you AnawegaThe people of the village had capturedyou And wanted to make you burn like a witchBut a storm broke out and prevented you from putting fire at the stakeI hope a star watches over me JohnLet's goI'll prepare the cart and the oxenYou will eat with meThere is a remnant of yesterday'smeal WillinglyThey made three trips until ten o'clockThen …
Anawega – Folio Thirteen
I was so well in the school of the whitesthat I ended up thinking like themAnd even more bench than them says AnawegaBecause I received Sunday the Reverend Father GeorgeAnd told him my storyThat he understood better than meI will call you Tom says AndrewDo not start again AndrewLeave him, he is either too small or too big to understandHe is thirteen years old and thinks he knows better than meIt does not me hurt not JohnStay dinner with me and I will tell you the storyAnawega grilled a rib of oxen And potatoeswith garlic and parsleyAnd they sharedTom saidLast …
Anawega – Folio Twelve
Anawega returned to her home in the solitude of the nightShe walked slowlyShe realized with every step what this stage of her lifemeant And wondered who could understandWho could acceptit But she knew she had to standProud strong and humbleBack in her home she made herself a bowl of warmmilk and ate buttered bread with flower jam from ElderberryShe was completely relaxedAnd stretched out to fall asleep immediatelyFrom a leaden and dreamlesssleep Except this vision of her mother who came to her And who announcedto herThat's why I brought you into the worldTo blow the storm on all preconceivedideas That …
Anawega – Folio eleven
The vapors roseI evoked the social roles of men and womenThis is the common pattern of existenceAs well as the seeds unite to welcome a soul in the womb of the motherBut I wish to deepenIn we have two partsAll of us, men and women, are made up of a masculine pole and a femininepole So it is not so much for Anawega to become a womanBecause she does not have Woman'sbody But it is about her femininityWhich must from today become dominant in itAnd also I wish to tell you about the times when the woman was in domination …
Anawega – Sheet Ten
Anawega and Yuloi went behind the campShe plunged into the riverThe water was cold and invigoratingShe lay on the pebbles and let it flow from her head to her feetA little blood escaped from her urethraShe felt that great anguish was leaving with the watersAnd that her body was becoming fluid and flexible like a reedAnd she thanked the goddess of the waters of the earth for having purifiedher Ulinoï helped her. to put back her undersideThen she put on the robeThen they went to join the tribe towards the fireAnata rubbed her with fragrantherbs At the same time as …
