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Drops of Sunrise

from SUBA by Omar Sosa

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“In this song I’m evoking, generally or particularly, a hope sunrise,” Seckou says, “because SUBA is a hope album. The album started like that, imagining a sunrise. I’m a morning person. You wake up and whatever you have dreamt, you see the sunrise and hope that the day is going to carry a bright future. Suba also means tomorrow, what it’s going to give us after this strange 18-month period of pandemic life is over.” The song is sung in both Wolof and Mandinka, the key phrase, fajar jatna, meaning ‘the sun has risen’ in Wolof. It’s a hymn to a new day, a beautiful day, a happy day, a hopeful day. Seckou wrote the song in lockdown and Omar added harmonic layers that lend the piece more depth. “In the moment it was cooking,” says Omar, “we both threw some spices into the dish. And then we said ok, now we got the spices right, we got the plate right, let’s eat!”

lyrics

(Fajar diotna
Indi ngélawou diamm
Yééwou tchi mbégté
Khéwalou fajar ) X2

The sun has risen
Bringing blessings and peace
Wake up with happiness
The blessings of the sunrise x 2

(Mandinka)
Fano Kéta Suba lou salitalé n’contani-ta
tilo bota aa nialu finti-ta banta n’contani-ta aha
aah sima woo ncontani-ta
suba félé suba fano-ñima

I am happy, another day has come, the sunrise prayers and blessings are upon us.
I am happy, the sun has come out, the eyes are clear
I am grateful to be alive
Here you are sunrise, you beautiful sunrise.

(Wolof)
Khol yi nékh, féés mbeuguél lool,
fi niou dieum fou geune la.
Khol yi féés ak yeurmandé,
tchi leundeum fajar wane niou yoon wi
bamou léér, wakhtou dem diotna.

The hearts are full of inner peace and full of love
As we are heading to a better place
The hearts are full of empathy in the darkness
Sunrise, show us the clear path through the day and beyond.
It’s time to move towards the positivity of the day.

(Mandinka)
(djaa dja sima-lé tamu ñing duniya ti ) X 3
Oh yes, live your life now, don’t wait. X 3

djaa suba fano-ñima
Oh yes, you beautiful sunrise

credits

from SUBA, released October 22, 2021
Omar Sosa - piano, percussion

Seckou Keita - kora, lead vocal, djembe

Gustavo Ovalles - calabash, bongo

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Omar Sosa Oakland, California

Composer, pianist, and bandleader Omar Sosa’s musical trajectory traces the Diaspora from Africa to Cuba and Brazil; from Central America to Ecuador’s African-descent communities; from San Francisco and New York to his current home base in Barcelona. True to his Afro-Cuban origins, Sosa fashions a spirited vision of uncompromising artistic generosity that embraces humanity at large. ... more

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