Video Information

• Choir: John A. Ferguson High School Falcon Singers
• Piece: Nou Se Limyè
• Composer:  Sydney Guillaume
• Conductor:  Ryan Ellis
• Voices:  SATB
• Sheet Music:   sydneyguillaumemusic.com/...  
• Genres: Folk/Ethnic, , Haiti, Haitian Creole, Haitian Music, Sydney Guillaume
• John A. Ferguson High School Falcon Singers
  Ryan Ellis, conductor // Sydney Guillaume, piano
  World Premiere - Carnegie Hall - March 9, 2014
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  See score at: moreJohn A. Ferguson High School Falcon Singers
  Ryan Ellis, conductor // Sydney Guillaume, piano
  World Premiere - Carnegie Hall - March 9, 2014
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  See score at: http://sydneyguillaumemusic.com/portfolio-items/nou-se-limye/
  
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  Text by: Gabriel T. Guillaume
  
  --Nou Se Limyè-- (We Are The Light)
  
  Children of light, do not stay in the dark;
  Truth and Love are stronger than the law.
  
  From the beginning of time the word was spoken:
  Darkness and evil had invaded the earth;
  Everything was functioning in reverse.
  The Lord decided to put order in disorder.
  
  "The Lord said, let there be light: and there was light"
  Light in the universe, light in the depths of our hearts.
  
  So many good things in the beautiful flame of this light:
  Awareness, development,
  Understanding and compassion,
  Truth and dignity,
  Wisdom and justice,
  Liberty and hope,
  Love and happiness.
  
  Children of light, do not stay in the dark.
  We must shine for all the earth.
  We must shine in all darkness.
  We must shine, we are the light.
  
  We are the light.
  Indeed, it's true!
  We must shine for all the earth.
  
  We are the sun, we are the heat,
  We must shine in all darkness.
  We are the stars, we are the light,
  We must sparkle for all the earth.
  
  Children of light, do no stay in the dark;
  Truth and Love are stronger than the law.
  We are the light, the Light is us.
  Let us shine day after day.
  
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  --Nou Se Limyè--
  
  Pitit limyè, pa rete nan fè nwa;
  Verite ak Lanmou pi fò pase la lwa.
  
  Depi nan kòmasman paròl la te pale:
  Tenèb ak mechanste te anvayi la tè;less