Ayiti

For so long I pretended like I didn't know you,

Turned a deaf ear when you tried to embrace me.

The lies that I tried to define myself with fit together like a Mosaic

But when I looked in the mirror I could not deny you.

I wish I would have got to know you ,

As I paint a vivid picture of who I am

Your valleys and streams that are still unknown to me;

have caused myself to become a mystery.

Dear Haiti, Forgive me.

Pou lontan mwen pran pòz tankou mwen pa t 'konnen ou,

Vire yon zòrèy soud lè ou te eseye anbrase m '.

Manti a ke mwen te eseye defini tèt mwen ak anfòm ansanm tankou yon mozayik

Men, lè mwen gade nan glas la mwen pa t 'kapab refize ba ou.

Mwen swete mwen ta gen te rive nan konnen ou,

Kòm mwen penti yon foto rete vivan nan kiyès mwen ye

Fon nou ak rivyè yo ki toujou poko konnen m ';

ki te lakòz tèt mwen ou kapab vin yon mistè.

Chè Ayiti, Padonnen m '.