"Haiti Cherie" is a traditional patriotic song of Haiti

Haiti

Haiti , officially the Republic of Haiti , is a Caribbean country. It occupies the western, smaller portion of the island of Hispaniola, in the Greater Antillean archipelago, which it shares with the Dominican Republic. Ayiti was the indigenous Taíno or Amerindian name for the island...

. Written and composed by Dr. Othello Bayard de Cayes and initially called "Souvenir d'Haiti," it represents the pride Haitian people feel for their country and culture. Within the Haitian community, at home and abroad, it is widely considered as a second national anthem

National anthem

A national anthem is a generally patriotic musical composition that evokes and eulogizes the history, traditions and struggles of its people, recognized either by a nation's government as the official national song, or by convention through use by the people.- History :Anthems rose to prominence...

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Versions

• Harry Belafonte
  Harry Belafonte
  Harold George "Harry" Belafonte, Jr. is an American singer, songwriter, actor and social activist. He was dubbed the "King of Calypso" for popularizing the Caribbean musical style with an international audience in the 1950s...
  
   has recorded several versions of "Haiti Cherie" in English.
• Ti Corn, a Haitian of German descent, recorded "Haiti Cherie" in the 1960s.
• Georges Moustaki
  Georges Moustaki
  Giuseppe Mustacchi, known as Georges Moustaki , is a French singer and songwriter of Italo-Greek Jewish origin, best known for his poetic rhythm, eloquent simplicity and his hundreds of romantic songs...
  
  has long maintained "Haiti Cherie" in his Francophone repertoire
• Audrey Landers

Lyrics

Ayiti cheri pi bon peyi pase ou nanpwen

Fòk mwen te kite w pou mwen te kap konprann valè w

Fòk mwen te manke w pou m te kap apresye w

Pou m santi vreman tout sa ou te ye pou mwen

Gen bon solèy bon rivyè e bon brevaj

Anba pyebwa ou toujou jwenn bon lonbraj

Gen bon ti van ki bannou bon ti frechè

Ayiti Toma se yon peyi ki mè chè

Lè w lan peyi blan ou gen yon vye frèt ki pa janm bon

E tout lajounen ou oblije ap boule chabon

Ou pakab wè klè otan syèl-la andèy

E pandan si mwa tout pyebwa pa genyen fèy

Lan peyi mwen gen solèy pou bay chalè

Diran lane tout pyebwa ap bay lonbraj

Bon briz de mè toujou soufle sou no plaj

Ayiti Toma se yon peyi ki mè chè

Kon w lan peyi blan ou wè tout figi yon sèl koulè

Lanpwen milatrès bèl marabou, bèl grifonn kreyòl

Ki renmen bèl wòb bon poud e bon odè

Ni bèl jenn nègès ki konn di bon ti pawòl

Lan peyi mwen lè tout bèl moun si la yo

Sòti lan mès ou sòti lan sinema

Se pou gade se pou rete dyòl lolo

A la bon peyi se ti Dayiti Toma!

Lè w lan peyi blan ou pa wè mango ni kòk di tou

Lanpwen sapoti ni bèl kayimit vèt ou vyolèt

Lanpwen zanana ni bèl ti pòm kajou

Ki ban nou bon nwa pou nou fè bon ti tablèt

Ou jwenn zoranj ki soti an Itali

Men qui fennen qui toujou mwatye pouri

An Ayiti sa si bon se koupe dwèt

E sou se rapò nou bay tout peyi payèt

Lè w lan peyi mwen kote ou pase tout lon chemen

Se bonjou kompè e makomè e pitit la yo?

Sa'n pa wè konsa manyen rentre ti bren

Pou'n bwa ti kichoy pou nou jwe de ti kout zo.

Fin bay lan men se rentre lan gran pale

Se politik se movèz sitiyasyon

Sa pou nou fè se pou nou pran li kou l ye

Men bon Dye si bon la ban nou benediksyon

Lè w ou lan peyi blan ou pè promennen nwit tankou jou

Tout moun pè mache prese prese wa di se chen fou

Kote yo prale pouki yap kouri konsa?

Yo pè pèdi tan yo pa janm di: kouman sa?

Lan peyi mwen moun pa rete avek lè

Genyen libète ou gen tan pou pran frechè

Kote ou pase se bonjou se bay lan men

Moun pa janm prese yo koze tout lon chemen

Lè w an Ayiti ou pa janm manke tan pou soufle

Sak pa fèt jodi ou kap fè li demen si ou vle

Kan demen rive kel bon ou kel pa bon

Sa pa fè anyen tout moun konn di bon dye bon.

An Ayiti moun pa janm dezespere

Nou gen la fwa lan yon Dye ki pa janm manti

Nap fè jodi kan demen pa asire

A la bon peyi o mon Dye, se Ayiti!