ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Ibeyi - Musical duo
Naomi and Lisa-Kaindé Díaz have created a minimalist sound that merges elements of their heritage with their love of modern music.

Why you should listen

The twin sisters of the French-Cuban electronic-soul duo Ibeyi, Naomi and Lisa-Kaindé Díaz, were born in Paris but lived in Havana for the first two years of their lives before moving back to Paris. Their father was the famed Cuban percussionist Anga Díaz, a member of the Buena Vista Social Club. The sisters' music is a bewitching conflation of influences and storylines.
 
While firmly rooted in their Afro-Cuban culture and history, their second album, Ash, features samples of a speech given by former First Lady Michelle Obama and of a song by the Bulgarian choir Les Mystères des Voix Bulgares, the vocal stylings of the Spanish hip-hop artist Mala Rodriguez, a contribution on bass by Meshell Ndegeo-cello and an excerpt from The Diary of Frida Kahlo, among much more. This capacity to absorb the complexity and diversity of the world and transmute it into a vast array of emotions is the musical signature of the twins -- "Ibeyi" means twins in Yoruba, one of the three languages in which they sing (the others being English and French).

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Ibeyi: "Valé" / "River"

Ibeji (Ibeyi): "Vale" / "Reka"

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Stapajući tradicionalnu Joruba kulturu sa britkim modernim kantautorstvom, elektro-soul duo (i bliznakinje) Ibeji izvode opčinjavajući niz od dve pesme: "Vale" i "Reka".
- Musical duo
Naomi and Lisa-Kaindé Díaz have created a minimalist sound that merges elements of their heritage with their love of modern music. Full bio

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(SingingPeva) NaomiNaomi DiazDiaz:
You were bornрођен underиспод a starЗвезда.
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(Pevanje) Naomi Dijaz:
Rođena si pod zvezdom.
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In the skyнебо, she livesживи now.
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Na nebesima ona sad živi.
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ProtectingZaštita you,
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Štiti te,
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night after night.
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svake noći.
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(SingingPeva) Lisa-KaindLisa-Kaindé DíazAz:
Listen to the lullabyUspavanka
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(Pevanje) Lisa-Kainde Dijaz:
Poslušaj uspavanku
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everyсваки time life seemsИзгледа to hurtболи.
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svaki put kad život postane bolan.
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So closeБлизу your eyesочи,
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Stoga, sklopi oči,
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just closeБлизу your eyesочи.
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samo sklopi oči.
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Our voicesгласови will hugzagrljaj you,
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Naši glasovi će da te grle,
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musicмузика be our armsруке.
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muzika nek bude naše ruke.
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The starЗвезда will shineсјај
and enlightenProsvetlite your night.
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Zvezda će da sija i obasjava tvoje noći.
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You are lovedвољен,
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Voljena si,
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little girlдевојка, you are.
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devojčice, jesi.
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I betопклада you'llти ћеш be strongerјачи
when the day is back.
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Kladim se da bićeš jača kad dan vrati se.
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(SingingPeva) IbeyiIbeyi: WayeMaљi wayeMaљi loло miomio,
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(Pevanje) Ibeji: Waye waye lo mio,
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wayeMaљi kalamefakalamefa.
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waye kalamefa.
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WayeMaљi wayeMaљi loло miomio,
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Waye waye lo mio,
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wayeMaљi kalamefakalamefa.
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waye kalamefa.
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WayaWaya kalamefakalamefa,
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Waya kalamefa,
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aremuaremu,
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aremu,
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wayaWaya kalamefaokalamefao.
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waya kalamefao.
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(SingingPeva) NDND: If one day you want to cryплач,
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(Pevanje) ND: Ako jednog dana
poželiš da zaplačeš,
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look at the starЗвезда,
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pogledaj u zvezdu,
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I know she's proudпоносан
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znam da je ponosna
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of who you've been
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na to ko si bila
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and who you are.
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i ko jesi.
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(SingingPeva) LKDLKD: Then runтрцати
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(Pevanje) LKD: Onda potrči
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into laughingсмејати се armsруке
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u nasmešen zagrljaj
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and shineсјај
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i sijaj
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as brightсветао as you can.
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najblistavije što možeš.
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You've been lovedвољен --
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Voljena si -
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(SingingPeva) NDND: You still are.
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(Pevanje) ND: Još uvek si.
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(SingingPeva) LKDLKD: Our voicesгласови will hugzagrljaj you,
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(Pevanje) LKD: Naši glasovi će da te grle,
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musicмузика be our armsруке.
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muzika nek bude naše ruke.
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The starЗвезда will shineсјај
and enlightenProsvetlite your night.
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Zvezda će da sija i obasjava tvoje noći.
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You are lovedвољен,
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Voljena si,
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little girlдевојка, you are.
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devojčice, jesi.
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I betопклада you'llти ћеш be strongerјачи
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Kladim se da bićeš jača
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when the day is back.
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kad dan vrati se.
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(SingingPeva) IbeyiIbeyi: WayeMaљi wayeMaљi loло miomio,
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(Pevanje) Ibeji: Waye waye lo mio,
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wayeMaљi kalamefakalamefa.
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waye kalamefa.
02:57
WayeMaљi wayeMaљi loло miomio,
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Waye waye lo mio,
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wayeMaљi kalamefakalamefa.
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waye kalamefa.
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WayeMaљi kalamefakalamefa,
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Waye kalamefa,
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aremuaremu,
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aremu,
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wayeMaљi kalamefaokalamefao.
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waye kalamefao.
03:10
WayeMaљi wayeMaљi loло miomio,
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Waye waye lo mio,
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wayeMaљi kalamefakalamefa.
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waye kalamefa.
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(A cappellaa kapela) WayeMaљi wayeMaљi loло miomio,
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(A kapela) Waye waye lo mio,
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wayeMaљi kalamefakalamefa.
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waye kalamefa.
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WayeMaљi kalamefakalamefa,
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Waye kalamefa,
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aremuaremu,
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aremu,
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wayeMaљi kalamefaokalamefao.
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waye kalamefao.
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(ApplauseAplauz)
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(Aplauz)
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LKDLKD: OK, so for the nextследећи songпесма,
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LKD: U redu, dakle, za sledeću pesmu
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we need you.
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ste nam potrebni.
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Do you want to singпевати?
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Da li želite da pevate?
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(AudiencePubliku cheersu zdravlje)
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(Publika kliče)
LKD: Samo napred. Da li želitte da pevate?
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LKDLKD: Oh, come on. Do you want to singпевати?
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(AudiencePubliku cheersu zdravlje)
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(Publika kliče)
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(DrumbeatDrumbeat)
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(Ritam bubnja)
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LKDLKD: It's really simpleједноставно.
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LKD: Uistinu je prosto.
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It's just --
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Samo -
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if we say, "Come to your riverрека,"
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ako kažemo: „Došla sam ti na reku",
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you say, "washпрање my soulдушу."
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vi recite: „speri mi dušu."
(Pevanje) Ibeji: Došla sam ti na reku,
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(SingingPeva) IbeyiIbeyi: Come to your riverрека,
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04:12
washпрање my soulдушу.
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speri mi dušu.
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Come to your riverрека. SingPevaju: "washпрање my soulдушу."
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Došla sam ti na reku.
Pevajte: „speri mi dušu."
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Come to your riverрека --
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Došla sam ti na reku -
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(AudiencePubliku) WashOperi my soulдушу.
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(Publika) Speri mi dušu.
Ibeji: Kad kažemo:
„došla sam ti na reku", šta kažete?
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IbeyiIbeyi: When we say,
"come to your riverрека," you say?
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04:21
(AudiencePubliku) WashOperi my --
IbeyiIbeyi: No, louderгласније.
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(Publika) Speri mi -
Ibeji: Ne, glasnije.
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Come to your riverрека --
(AudiencePubliku) WashOperi my soulдушу.
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Došla sam ti na reku -
(Publika) Speri mi dušu.
04:26
IbeyiIbeyi: Come to your riverрека --
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Ibeji: Došla sam ti na reku -
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(AudiencePubliku) WashOperi my soulдушу.
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(Publika) Speri mi dušu.
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IbeyiIbeyi: SingPevaju it! Come to your riverрека --
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Ibeji: Pevajte! Došla sam ti na reku -
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(AudiencePubliku) WashOperi my soulдушу.
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(Publika) Speri mi dušu.
04:31
(MusicMuzika)
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(Muzika)
04:42
IbeyiIbeyi: Go, go, go, go --
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Ibeji: Sad, sad, sad, sad -
04:44
Come to your riverрека --
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Došla sam ti na reku -
04:45
(AudiencePubliku) WashOperi my soulдушу.
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(Publika) Speri mi dušu.
04:46
IbeyiIbeyi: I will come to your riverрека --
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Ibeji: Doći ću ti na reku -
04:48
(AudiencePubliku) WashOperi my soulдушу.
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(Publika) Speri mi dušu.
04:49
IbeyiIbeyi: I will come to your riverрека,
washпрање my soulдушу again.
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Ibeji: Doći ću ti na reku,
da spereš mi dušu opet.
04:55
Come to your riverрека --
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Došla sam ti na reku -
04:57
(AudiencePubliku) WashOperi my soulдушу.
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(Publika) Speri mi dušu.
04:58
IbeyiIbeyi: I will come to your riverрека --
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Ibeji: Doći ću ti na reku -
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(AudiencePubliku) WashOperi my soulдушу.
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(Publika) Speri mi dušu.
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IbeyiIbeyi: I will come to your riverрека,
washпрање my soulдушу again.
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Ibeji: Doći ću ti na reku
da mi spereš dušu opet.
05:07
CarryNose away my deadмртав leavesоставља.
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Odnesi moje lišće svelo.
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Let me baptizekrstiti my soulдушу
with the help of your watersводе.
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Želim da krstim svoju dušu
pomoću tvoje vode.
05:14
SinkSudopera my painsболи and complainsжалио се,
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Potopi moj bol i žalopojke,
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let the riverрека take them,
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neka ih reka odnese,
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riverрека drownutopiti them.
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neka ih reka potopi.
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My egoего and my blameкривицу --
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Moj ego i moju krivicu -
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let me baptizekrstiti my soulдушу
with the help of your watersводе.
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želim da krstim svoju dušu
pomoću tvoje vode.
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Those oldстари me'smene je, so ashamedсрам,
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Sva ta sramežljiva ja,
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let the riverрека take them,
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neka ih reka odnese,
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riverрека drownutopiti them.
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neka ih reka potopi.
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Hey --
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Hej -
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(MusicMuzika)
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(Muzika)
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IbeyiIbeyi: Go, go, go, go --
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Ibeji: Sad, sad, sad, sad -
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Come to your riverрека --
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Došla sam ti na reku -
05:45
(AudiencePubliku) WashOperi my soulдушу.
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(Publika) Speri mi dušu.
05:46
IbeyiIbeyi: I will come to your riverрека --
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Ibeji: Doći ću ti na reku -
05:48
(AudiencePubliku) WashOperi my soulдушу.
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(Publika) Speri mi dušu.
05:49
IbeyiIbeyi: I will come to your riverрека,
washпрање my soulдушу again.
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Doći ću ti na reku da mi spereš dušu opet.
05:55
Come to your riverрека --
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Došla sam ti na reku -
05:57
(AudiencePubliku) WashOperi my soulдушу.
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(Publika) Speri mi dušu.
05:58
IbeyiIbeyi: I will come to your riverрека --
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Ibeji: Doći ću ti na reku -
06:00
(AudiencePubliku) WashOperi my soulдушу.
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(Publika) Speri mi dušu.
06:01
IbeyiIbeyi: I will come to your riverрека,
washпрање my soulдушу again.
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Ibeji: Doći ću ti na reku
da mi spereš dušu opet.
06:06
Go, go, go, go --
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Sad, sad, sad, sad -
06:08
CarryNose away my deadмртав leavesоставља.
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Odnesi moje lišće svelo.
06:10
Let me baptizekrstiti my soulдушу
with the help of your watersводе.
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Želim da krstim svoju dušu
pomoću tvoje vode.
06:14
SinkSudopera my painsболи and complainsжалио се,
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Utopi moj bol i žalopojke,
06:17
let the riverрека take them, riverрека drownutopiti them.
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neka ih reka odnese, neka ih reka potopi.
06:20
My egoего and my blameкривицу,
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Moj ego i moju krivicu.
06:22
let me baptizekrstiti my soulдушу
with the help of your watersводе.
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Želim da krstim svoju dušu
pomoću tvoje vode.
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Those oldстари me'smene je,
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Sve te stare ja,
06:28
so ashamedсрам,
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toliko posramljene,
06:29
let the riverрека take them,
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neka ih reka odnese,
06:30
riverрека drownutopiti them.
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neka ih reka potopi.
06:31
Come to your riverрека --
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Došla sam ti na reku -
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NDND: Hey, louderгласније.
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ND: Hej, glasnije.
Ibeji: Došla sam ti na reku -
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IbeyiIbeyi: Come to your riverрека --
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LKD: Pevajte.
(Publika) Speri mi dušu.
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LKDLKD: SingPevaju out.
(AudiencePubliku) WashOperi my soulдушу.
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06:38
IbeyiIbeyi: I will come to your riverрека,
washпрање my soulдушу again.
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Ibeji: Doći ću ti na reku
da mi spereš dušu opet.
06:42
Go, go, go, go --
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Sad, sad, sad, sad -
06:43
IbeyiIbeyi: Come to your riverрека --
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Ibeji: Došla sam ti na reku -
06:45
(AudiencePubliku) WashOperi my soulдушу.
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(Publika) Speri mi dušu.
06:46
IbeyiIbeyi: I will come to your riverрека --
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Ibeji: Doći ću ti na reku -
06:48
(AudiencePubliku) WashOperi my soulдушу.
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(Publika) Speri mi dušu.
06:49
IbeyiIbeyi: I will come to your riverрека,
washпрање my soulдушу again.
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Ibeji: Doći ću ti na reku
da mi spereš dušu opet.
06:54
Go, go, go, go --
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Sad, sad, sad, sad -
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(A cappellaa kapela) WemileWemile OshunOshun,
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(A kapela) Wemile Oshun,
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OshunOshun dededede. alawedealawede.
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Oshun dede alawede.
07:02
WemileWemile OshunOshun,
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Wemile Oshun,
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moolowomoolowo beleruBeleru yalodeyalode moyewedemoyewede.
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moolowo beleru yalode moyewede.
07:09
WemileWemile OshunOshun,
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Wemile Oshun,
07:11
OshunOshun dededede. alawedealawede.
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Oshun dede alawede.
07:15
WemileWemile OshunOshun,
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Wemile Oshun,
07:18
moolowomoolowo beleruBeleru yalodeyalode moyewedemoyewede.
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moolowo beleru yalode moyewede.
07:26
(ApplauseAplauz)
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(Aplauz)
Translated by Milenka Okuka
Reviewed by Mile Živković

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Ibeyi - Musical duo
Naomi and Lisa-Kaindé Díaz have created a minimalist sound that merges elements of their heritage with their love of modern music.

Why you should listen

The twin sisters of the French-Cuban electronic-soul duo Ibeyi, Naomi and Lisa-Kaindé Díaz, were born in Paris but lived in Havana for the first two years of their lives before moving back to Paris. Their father was the famed Cuban percussionist Anga Díaz, a member of the Buena Vista Social Club. The sisters' music is a bewitching conflation of influences and storylines.
 
While firmly rooted in their Afro-Cuban culture and history, their second album, Ash, features samples of a speech given by former First Lady Michelle Obama and of a song by the Bulgarian choir Les Mystères des Voix Bulgares, the vocal stylings of the Spanish hip-hop artist Mala Rodriguez, a contribution on bass by Meshell Ndegeo-cello and an excerpt from The Diary of Frida Kahlo, among much more. This capacity to absorb the complexity and diversity of the world and transmute it into a vast array of emotions is the musical signature of the twins -- "Ibeyi" means twins in Yoruba, one of the three languages in which they sing (the others being English and French).

More profile about the speaker
Ibeyi | Speaker | TED.com

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