Tradition of Singing The Point

There was a young mambo in the Port-au-Prince region, whom i will call Suzanne, who had as her lover the son of another mambo, a woman who had long been her friend. The young man for one reason or another became inattentive to Suzanne and she, feeling that there was no future in the relationship, became involved with another man. The mother of the first young man was highly offended by what she interpreted as Suzane's infidelity and their friendship suffered because of it. Suzanne, wishing to communicate to her friend that she was exaggerating a situation that need not be taken so seriously, took the occasion of a vodou ceremony which they both were attending to sing the following song.

Haba un joven mambo en la regin de Puerto Prncipe , a quien voy a llamar a Suzanne , que tena como amante del hijo de otra mambo , una mujer que haba sido durante mucho tiempo su amiga. El joven , por una razn u otra perdio la attencion por Suzzanne y ella , sintiendo que no haba futuro en la relacin, se involucr con otro hombre. La madre de el primer joven estaba muy ofendido por lo que ella interpreta como la infidelidad de Suzane y su amistad sufri a causa de ella. Suzanne, que deseando en comunicar a su amiga que estaba exagerando una situacin que no necesita ser tomada tan en serio, aprovech la ocasin de una ceremonia vud que ambos asistan a cantar la siguiente cancin.

Ma kriO kam pdi mm mw ma rl!Ma rlO k m pdi mm mw kri!Km pdi yo gasn mw jwn lt O!Km pdi yo gasn mw jwn lt O!Ma rlO k m pdi mm mw ma kri!

I will cryOh when I lose my mother I will shout!I will shoutO when I lose mother I shout!When I lose a young man I find another, Oh!When I lose a young man I find another, Oh!I will shoutOh, when I lose my mother I will cry.