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Part 3 - The Poem “E ‘papiá’ di Papiamentu” and itsTranslations E Poema “E ‘papiá’ di Papiamentu” i suTradukshonnan

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 September 2022

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Summary

Papiamentu/o (Papiamento) / Papiamentu

E “papiá” di Papiamentu

Si no tabatin gruponan riba nos isla

ku tabatin hopi di bisa

den komersio, religion i ekonomia,

manera Iglesia Katoliko

ku pa konverti mas lihé

pa eduká miho

a tradusi na papiamentu

Biblia i bukinan di skol…

Manera e Hudiu i e Protestantnan blanku,

ku no solamente tabata usa Papiamentu

komo lenga di komunikashon ku otro so,

pero ku tabata papi’e tambe ku otro na kas

dunando asina e lenga un status mas elevá…

Manera e tribunan afrikano

ku a resulta akinan,

por ta mas terko, rebelde

i mas stabil den lenga,

e ora ei meskos ku e surafrikano

nos tambe lo tabatin un papiá

ku mas tabata parse e papiá di e hulandes

Manera hopi biaha

osean ta determina

e kurso i koriente di un riu,

asina tambe faktornan mayo

den historia ta determiná

kon un idioma ta desaroyá,

o asta pa gran parti ta transformaá

Translation into Papiamento: Hildade Windt Ayoubi.

Nederlands (Dutch) / Hulandes

Het Papiamentse “gespreek”

Waren er op ons eiland geen groepen geweest

die een belangrijke vinger hadden in de pap

van handel, economie en religie,

zoals de Katholieke kerk die om sneller te bekeren,

om beter te onderrichten

de Bijbel en schoolboek- geschriften

in het Papiaments schreef …

Zoals de Joden en blanke protestanten

die het Papiaments als communicatietaal

niet alleen onderling maar ook thuis met elkaarspraken,

zodoende de taal een hogere status gaven…

Zoals de stammen van de Afrikanen die hierterechtkwamen,

wellicht halsstarriger, weerbarstiger, standvastiger inde taal?,

dan hadden wij hier zoals de Zuid-Afrikaan

een variant “gespreek” dat meer op het Nederlandsgeleek

Zoals de oceaan vaak

de loop en de stroom

van een rivier bepaalt,

zo ook bepalen grote factoren

in de geschiedenis

hoe een taal zich ontwikkelt

of zelfs voor een groot deel

transformeert…

Hilda de Windt Ayoubi,

Curaçao, 27 September 2014

Original in Dutch, publishedfor the first time onwww.stemmenvanafrika.nl.

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Translingualism, Translation and Caribbean Poetry
Mother Tongue Has Crossed the Ocean
, pp. 239 - 246
Publisher: Amsterdam University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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