Complètement Rébanav – Bilingual Lyrics Haitian/English

• By: Chily
• Album: En attendant…

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

We've haven't seen each other for a little while

I haven't tried to

Contact her again

I let her talk

She complained that I didn't say enough

About what was going on

I'm getting my health back

Joint from Cali without sugar

Who else went through there

She likes hanging out in Paris

In a mini skirt and tank top

Completely dumped

Oh, maybe you had dumped me

Completely dumped

Completely dumped

Completely dumped

I'm in the hood, smoking a joint

My reload is set, I deal

My reload is set, I deal

I'm in the hood, smoking a joint

My reload is set, I deal

Completely dumped

Completely dumped

Completely dumped

We've haven't seen each other for a little while

I haven't tried to

Contact her again

I let her talk

She complained that I didn't say enough

About what was going on

I'm getting my health back

Joint from Cali without sugar

Who else went through there

She likes hanging out in Paris

In a mini skirt and tank top

Completely dumped

Completely dumped

[Haitian]

On se voit plus ça fait un petit temps que

Je n'ai plus tenter de

La recontacter

Je l'ai laissé jazzer

Elle se plaignait que je n'en dis pas assez

Sur ce qu'il se passait

Je me refais p'tite santé

Joint de Cali sans fée

Qui d'autre est passé par là

Elle aime fréquenter Paname

En mini en débardeur

Complètement rébanav X3

Oh p'tête tu m'avais rébanav

Complètement rébanav X3

Complètement rébanav X2

Complètement rébanav

Je suis dans la cité, je fume un pilon

Ma recharge est calé je deal (x2)

Ma recharge est calé je deal (x2)

Je suis dans la cité, je fume un pilon

Ma recharge est calé je deal

Complètement rébanav X3

Complètement rébanav X3

Complètement rébanav X3

On se voit plus ça fait un petit temps que

Je n'ai plus tenter de

La recontacter

Je l'ai laissé jazzer

Elle se plaignait que je n'en dis pas assez

Sur ce qu'il se passait

Je me refais p'tite santé

Joint de Cali sans fée

Qui d'autre est passé par là

Elle aime fréquenter Paname

En mini en débardeur

Complètement rébanav X3

Complètement rébanav X3

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
voir /vwaʁ/ A2	verb - to see
temps /tɑ̃/ A2	noun - time
recontacter /ʁ(ə)kɔ̃takte/ B2
lui /lɥi/ A2	pronoun - him/her (depending on context)
plaignait /plɛ̃ˈɛ/ B1
santé /sɑ̃.te/ A2	noun - health
fumé /fy.me/ B1
pilon /pi.lɔ̃/ B2	noun - pistol or small amount of drugs (slang)
deal /dil/ B2	verb - to distribute or sell drugs
cité /site/ B1
fumer /fy.me/ B1

Key Grammar Structures

• On se voit plus ça fait un petit temps que

  ➔ Use of 'ça fait...que' for duration of time

  ➔ "Ça fait" followed by a time expression introduces the duration since something started, here "ça fait un petit temps que" meaning 'it's been a little time since'.

• Je n'ai plus tenté de

  ➔ Passé composé with negation

  ➔ "Ai" is the auxiliary for "tenté", forming the passé composé to denote a completed action in the past, with "ne...plus" meaning 'no longer'.

• La recontacter

  ➔ Infinitive form after verb

  ➔ "Recontacter" is the infinitive used after "tenté de", forming the semi-auxiliary construction for attempting an action.

• Je l'ai laissé jazzer

  ➔ Causative with 'laisser + infinitive'

  ➔ "Laissé" causes an action; "jazzer" is the infinitive, in slang meaning 'to let it go' or 'to drift away', with "l'" as direct object.

• Elle se plaignait que je n'en dis pas assez

  ➔ Imperfect tense in subordinate clause

  ➔ "Plagnait" (note: likely 'plaignait') uses imperfect for ongoing past action, with "que" introducing subjunctive; "en" is pronoun for impersonal or previous mention.

• Sur ce qu'il se passait

  ➔ Imperfect for ongoing past action

  ➔ "Passait" (imperfect) describes an ongoing situation 'that was happening', with "sur" meaning 'about' and "ce qu'il se" referring to the event.

• Je me refais p'tite santé

  ➔ Reflexive verb with pronominal construction

  ➔ "Me refais" is reflexive (me = myself), "refais" meaning to regain health, in slang 'to recover', with "'tite" colloquial abbreviation.

• Qui d'autre est passé par là

  ➔ Interrogative pronoun with passé composé

  ➔ "Qui d'autre" is the interrogative pronoun for 'who else', with "est passé" (passé composé) denoting a completed visit, "par là" meaning 'through here'.

• Elle aime fréquenter Paname

  ➔ Present tense for habitual action

  ➔ "Aime" uses present tense to express current habitual preference, "fréquenter" as infinitive meaning 'to hang out in', "Paname" slang for Paris.

• Complètement rébanav

  ➔ Adverbial phrase

  ➔ "Complètement" is the adverb 'completely', modifying "rébanav", which is slang for 'banock' or 'lost'; in context, 'completely lost' or eaten.