Oukoumwema from Nocturne by Luka Vi

I came back from the island
Flying all over the sea
On my way to the homeland
I let the tears swallow me
I got low down in my sorrow
I let the heart grow and grow
Facing this bright new beginning
I’m just trying to embrace it all

Over seven years in this land
and a love that’s all I knew
I’m going to the place,
Where everything is cold and new

And I come back to the ocean
In my soul a thousand times
She is telling me: you’re just a babe
But, mama, why do I feel so old?

So I cry in the plane between two worlds,
I see myself as not done, not right

I think of past and future love and let myself sink, burn, and die
So that one day,

I will be born again
I will be born again

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