Away in a Manger (in Creole)

Away in a Manger (#117 Chants D'Esperance - Creole side)

Gade ti Jezi ki kouche nan krèch la,
Otèl la refize'L malgre Li te Wa;
Bèje yo te vini pou adore Li.
Bèl ti Senyè Jezi ki t'ape dòmi.

Bèf yo t'ape begle, ti bebe leve
Li ouvri bèl zye Li, men Li pa't kriye
Zetwal nan syèl la te klere figi Li
Vi'n wè Sovè ou ki te fèt pou mouri

Mèsi, Senyè Jezi, pou kado lavi
Jou fèt ou, Nowèl la, fè kè mwen rejwi;
Mwen renmen ou, Jezi, pi plis ke Janmè,
Mwen ba ou tout kè mwen pou letènite.
Haitian Creole ↔ English Reference (a work in progress at this time)

WHAT is Creole for verb 'rule out'?

rule out → retranche, elimine, depeyize, retire
Haitian Creole ↔ English Reference (a work in progress at this time)

How do you say sexual surrender

sexual surrender (sounds more like an expression for 'total surrender' which, to me, is a type of a 'spiritual surrender')
to surrender → abandone tèt ou, lage tèt ou
to totally surrender → abandone tèt ou, kò e nanm (abandon self, body and soul)


Haitian Creole ↔ English Reference (a work in progress at this time)

How do you say: Is it October yet?

Is it October yet?
Eske li fè oktòb deja?


Are we in October yet?
Eske nou nan oktòb deja?


Are we in the month of October yet?
Eske nou nan mwa oktòb deja?
Haitian Creole ↔ English Reference (a work in progress at this time)

with the power none can tame

... with the power no one can tame...
... avèk pouvwa pyès moun pa ka donte...
Haitian Creole ↔ English Reference (a work in progress at this time)

how to say the children are our future

The children are our future.
Timoun yo se fiti nou.
Timoun yo se lavni nou.
Haitian Creole ↔ English Reference (a work in progress at this time)

how do you say customs (like at the airport)?

customs → ladwann, ladwàn


You must go through customs first.
Ou dwe pase ladwann anvan.
Haitian Creole ↔ English Reference (a work in progress at this time)

What is "gwosomodo"?

Gwosomodo → unpolished, unrefined, botched, clumsy
Haitian Creole ↔ English Reference (a work in progress at this time)

Is there a synonym for vyèfi in Haitian creole? I'm thinking of another word that is sometimes used more as an insult for older childless woman?

vyèy fi, vyèy fanm, vyay fanm, (in the truest sense) is an older woman who's childless, and also hasn't known any man.
Haitian Creole ↔ English Reference (a work in progress at this time)

Sometimes my dad says "ke nenpot" when guests ask him what kind of drink he'd like to have. What does "ke nenpot" mean?

It means 'whichever', or 'whatever'
Haitian Creole ↔ English Reference (a work in progress at this time)

Would you be willing to translate a letter for me? I am writing a short letter to my friend in Haiti and I'd like to translate it from English to krèyol for him. If there's an email I could send it to that would be so cool. Let me know! Thanks :)

email me: Limanecasimi@aol.com

Haitian Creole ↔ English Reference (a work in progress at this time)

you are a funny man (creole)

funny man (as in person who likes to tell joke, joke around?)

You're a funny man.
Ou se yon lodyansè.
Ou se yon blagè.
Ou se yon nonm komik.
Ala ou komik
Haitian Creole ↔ English Reference (a work in progress at this time)

safe travels (in Creole)

traveling safely
vwayaje sen e sof
vwayaje an byen
vwayaje an sekirite


Have a safe trip.
Fè bon vwayaj.
Vwayaje an byen


Safe travels
vwayaje an sekirite
vwayaj san tèt chaje
vwayaj san kè twouble
vwayaj san kè sote
vwayaj san tètfèmal
Haitian Creole ↔ English Reference (a work in progress at this time)

Sevre (in English?)

Tricky Creole word :)

Is it Se vre (two words) or Sevre (one word)?


Se vre. (two words)
It's true.


Sevre (one word)
To wean , to taper down, to sever


Li lè pou sevre bebe a.
It's time to wean the baby. 
Haitian Creole ↔ English Reference (a work in progress at this time)

I want you to look after your brothers for me

I want you to look after your brothers for me.
Mwen vle pou'w voye je sou frè'w yo pou mwen.


Haitian Creole ↔ English Reference (a work in progress at this time)