Cana Conta (Preaching)

hesú	Oh!
cu mi ta despreciá	how I despise
esun nan cu ta cana conta	those who go around saying
cu bida ta un encargo di dios	that life is our duty to God
cu amor ta solamente un wega	that love is no more than a game
cu hende ta un angel despreciá	that people are forsaken angels
i despues, despues ku nos a muri	and that later, later when we die
yen di firmeza nos lo contemplá pa	we will firmly contemplate
eternidad	the face of God for eternity
cara di dios i felicidad lo ta un globo di	while happiness shines like a golden globe
oro den nos man	in our hands
Esun nan cu ta cana conta	those who spread the word
cu bida ta complicá na un manera complicá	that life is complicated in a complicated way
cu amor ta un solucion miserabel di mundo	that love is this world’s miserable solution
hesú	Oh!
cu mi ta despreciá	how I despise
esun nan cu ta cana conta	those who go around preaching
te cu nan lip ta lebe lebe di bichi	until their lips are infested with worms
te cu nan garganta ta hoga den lodo	until their throats are filled with mud
esun nan cu ta cana conta	that heaven is our destiny
cu nos destino ta den shelo	but what do they know of heaven
pero kiko nan sa di esey	no more than I do of this earth.
mes hopi cu mi sa di tera.
[Papiamentu]