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Ǹnam biyәyém (Land of my dreams)

Ǹnam biyәyém (Land of my dreams)

Excerpt from Ewondo poetry + zoom on the book that helped me the most in learning to write in Fang-Beti language

Sí-ndón ǹvεŋan ǹkilan
Ǹnam biyәyém biáma !
A sí biyәyém biáma,
Abím minkámáŋ mi mam mí ga kuí ma !

The world upside down
Land of my dreams!
To the world of my dreams
Many things have happened to me!

A ǹnam biyәyém biáma
Mә ga yən ai ekop dzama, ma kád wa !
Mә ga di binyum, ma kád wa !
Mә ga dzém ai bibug, o yə́bə́ fɔ dɔ ?

In the land of my dreams,
I’ve been here and there
I’ve been there without being there
I walked backwards In the steps of my childhood…
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