Hakalang the route to Juffureh Dusty gravel paved your way But that was then Now I hear you have gold dotting your sides Whilst diamonds smile as garlands Round your slim waist Gone are those dark days That saw Kunta leave your shores For a distant land never to return
Happy folks now walk the sandy beach Waiting for the fisherman's return To share the catch and make fries for dinner Toubabs with burned skins grace the shows That are for them made a treat Sitting not around burning log fires But under electric lamp posts Showing a move on from darkness to proper light No more smoke from the burning embers To drive away the stubborn gnat and mosquito too Which stuff themselves with blood of the locals And of the sweeter Toubabs too Making them suffer malaria as party presents The mighty gnat and mosquito have to survive It being unfair to deny them a meal
Hakalang dusty road to Juffureh How I miss your beautiful twisted form Zigzag bends and curves on the calm river bank Beckoning visitors to that forlorn island beyond Where captive slaves got sent to disappear Now haven to pleasure seekers Who stay for a while to feed the mosquitoes Or eat the fresh fish cooked on the river bank Would I recognize your old beauty Perhaps not but happy am I for your new face What cannot change for me Is the peaceful nature of the locals Who deserve to be happy for ever
I like this, very pictorial and calm of days gone by , and days now, and of course "And of the sweeter Toubabs too" OK.. OK... I know its out of context and it relates to the biting of the mosquitoes but couldn't resist a quote. Yes another one for the book,yep..... you are busy now
"Simple is good" & I strongly dislike politics. You cannot defend the indefensible.
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Posted - 08 Jul 2009 : 16:55:14
, and days now,
and of course "And of the sweeter Toubabs too" OK.. OK... I know its out of context and it relates to the biting of the mosquitoes but couldn't resist a quote
. Yes another one for the book,yep..... you are busy now
