To gbe mmuo (To the land of the Spirit). Chines Zoe





 Today we sing to our beloved.

The song of Paloma

In sweet scent rising from our alfrenda 

To them in the world beyond.


We sing Cucurucucu.

When our spirits goes in search of them

For we know mortals don't die

And we are never disconnected. 


We sit by the river and let the sweet evening breeze

Convey our agonies in sweet melodies. 

Y aunque la vida me cueste amor 

We will never stop loving you. 


We see the pine trees whither in tears

As our anguish crystallizes into fine songs

An embalming of pain

Of memories we cannot have here. 


ii.

Today we set our spirits assail to the world beyond

We are accompanied by our tired chi and some few words

We paddle on the ocean of our grief

Singing fine songs instead. 


We sing of life and its miseries.

Of God. Well, we reserve that.

Of those whom we labored for

Who abandoned us to our own fate.


We sing of lovers who deserted us

And kids who will rather we die than disturb

Our anguish is fine memories as we set the sail.

Por Dios, To God! No Volveré. 


Gbe mmuo sits as a tired mother

Welcome home. Welcome home. 

We'll rather you rest, it's going to be a long one.

Your eternity starts here. 


iii. 

Today, we abandon our bodies to die.

Chosing our loved ones to life

Today the coins was tossed to our side

We broke it. We need no coin in the world beyond.


Today. We sing to the departed

Of whose statistics we will soon join

We join in their ochestra of solemn grief

Our lives to us an avalanche of memories.


When you sit by our grave side ensure not to cry.

For we are far gone before we died.

Rather tell tales of beautiful memories

They say memories are coins over there.


Today, we hold death by its cold hand

Caring not the coldness of our own bodies

It will take us to our beloved departed

To sing Cucurucucu Paloma forever. 


iv.

Today we chose.

We chose our beloved departed to life

We say fuck to the world

To gbe mmuo we set the sail. To gbe mmuo with those who we always lived for.


To gbe mmuo away from here.

To gbe mmuo forever

To gbe mmuo, we do not say we will find rest, rest itself is sarcasm.

We say, To gbe mmuo, because we will atleast see our beloved. 


To whom we cry

And grief

And pursue after

And.... Die! 


TO GBE MMUO ( TO THE LAND OF THE SPIRIT) 


© Chines Zoe!

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