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Lans-a-Làn |
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Marijozé, Sébastiàn épi kanmarad-li ka rivé Lans-a-Làn, an bel ti koté. |
Marie-José, Sebastian and his friends arrive at the Donkey Bay, a nice little place. |
| MJ |
Mi nou rivé, sé boug-la ! Lans-a-Làn, yonn adan sé bel plaj Twa-Zilé. Gadé manniè rad-la bel ! |
Here we are, guys! The Donkey Bay, one of the beautiful beaches of Trois-Îlets. Look how beautiful the bay is! |
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Sé jennjan-an ka désann adan bato-a épi yo ka alé bò plaj-la. |
The young people leave the ferry and go to the beach. |
| D |
Woy, woy, woy ! Fout sa bel ! Ou sé di lé Grenadin. |
Wow! How beautiful that is! You would say the Grenadines. |
| MJ |
Epi tousa tou pré Fodfrans abò bato ! Kisa zot ka di ? |
And all this very close to Fort-de-France by ferry. What do you say (about this)? |
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Charlot ka vansé bò dlo-a. |
Charlotte approaches the water line. |
| Ch |
Movééé ! Vini wè ! Dlo-a klè klè klè ! Ni anlo ti pwason ! |
Unbelievable! Come and see! The water is absolutely clear! There are plenty of small fishes! |
| D |
An ti kwen paradi ! |
A little corner of paradise! |
| F |
Ou pé di sa ! Paris Plage sé an plaj djendjen a koté sa ! |
That’s absolutely true! (Lit.: You can say that!) In comparison, Paris Plage is not a big deal. |
| Ch |
Mwen, man pa anvi viré Amsterdam. Isi-a ni anlo limiè, laba-a tout bagay gri. |
I don’t want to go back to Amsterdam. Here there is a lot of light, (down) there everything’s grey. |
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Es ou ka vini souvan isi-a, Marijozé ? |
Do you often come here, Marie-José? |
| MJ |
Tanzantan. Sa méyè si ou ka vini bonnè bonnè, avan uitè. Pres pa ni pèsonn an dlo-a. Ou ka pran dé-o-twa ben lanmè, ou ka li tibren épi ou pa ka wè jounen-an pasé. |
From time to time. You best come very early, before 8 o’clock. There is almost nobody in the water. You take two or three swims in the sea, you read for a while, and you don’t see the day pass. |
| Ch |
Ou ka rété la lontan ? |
Do you stay here a long time? |
| MJ |
Sa ka dépann. Pandan wikèn-la, délè nou ka rété tout jounen-an. |
It depends. During the weekend, sometimes we stay the entire day. |
| Ch |
Mésié ! Fout zot ni chans ! |
God! How lucky you are! |
