„I had a date in the bush
With all the gods,
So I went.”
– Song of Dagara People
„I am back”, 2020 ©Dawid Planeta
„I had a date in the bush
With all the gods,
So I went.
I had a date in the bush
With all the trees,
So I went.
I had a date in the mountain
with the Kontomble.
I went because I had to go.
I had to go away to learn
How to know.
I had to go away to learn
How to grow.
I had to go away to learn
How to stay here.
So I went and knocked at doors
Locked in front of me.
I craved to enter.
Oh, little did I know
The doors did not lead outside.
It was all in me.
I was the room and the door.
It was all in me.
I just had to remember.
And I learned that I lived
Always and everywhere.
I learned that I knew everything,
Only I had overlooked things.
I learned that I grew
Only I had overlooked things.
Now I am back, remembering.
I want to be what I know I am,
And take the road we always
Forget to take.
Because I heard the smell
Of the things forgotten
And my belly was touched.
That’s why I had a date with the bush.
That’s why I had a date with the hill.
That’s why I had a date with the world under.
Now, Father, I’ll take you home.
I am back."
– song of Dagara people
With all the gods,
So I went.”
– Song of Dagara People
„I am back”, 2020 ©Dawid Planeta
„I had a date in the bush
With all the gods,
So I went.
I had a date in the bush
With all the trees,
So I went.
I had a date in the mountain
with the Kontomble.
I went because I had to go.
I had to go away to learn
How to know.
I had to go away to learn
How to grow.
I had to go away to learn
How to stay here.
So I went and knocked at doors
Locked in front of me.
I craved to enter.
Oh, little did I know
The doors did not lead outside.
It was all in me.
I was the room and the door.
It was all in me.
I just had to remember.
And I learned that I lived
Always and everywhere.
I learned that I knew everything,
Only I had overlooked things.
I learned that I grew
Only I had overlooked things.
Now I am back, remembering.
I want to be what I know I am,
And take the road we always
Forget to take.
Because I heard the smell
Of the things forgotten
And my belly was touched.
That’s why I had a date with the bush.
That’s why I had a date with the hill.
That’s why I had a date with the world under.
Now, Father, I’ll take you home.
I am back."
– song of Dagara people
