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BUSBUSI! SAFSAFRI! (funny song in Sranan Tongo language)

A Tigri e Libi ini a Sranan Busbusi, English title: The Jaguar Lives in the Wilderness of Suriname.

The first part of the video plays a song in Sranan Tongo language. Sranan Tongo is the native language of my parents from Suriname, but I cannot speak this language. That’s why I mispronounce all words in this song. It’s so funny.

In the second part of the video I talk about protecting jaguars in the Amazon rainforest. The documentary part shows real jaguars in a zoo in the Netherlands.

Written and created by Ryan Maurice Roemer in 2014.

BUSBUSI! SAFSAFRI! (lyrics)

Mi frede!

Busbusi! Safsafri!
Busbusi! Safsafri!
Waka nanga koni!
Aha

Mi e luku bun.
Yu e luku bun.
Wi e luku bun.
Opo yu ai luku!
A tigri e libi drape.

Busbusi! Safsafri!
Busbusi! Safsafri!
Waka nanga koni!
Aha

Mi ben frede.
Yu ben frede.
Wi ben frede.
No kon nanga keskes’ sani!
A tigri e libi drape.

Busbusi! Safsafri!
Busbusi! Safsafri!
Waka nanga koni!
Aha

Oho, oho, oeh

Mi o kibri wan presi.
Yu o kibri wan presi.
Wi o kibri wan presi.
No go sribi!
Den tigri e libi drape.

Busbusi! Safsafri!
Busbusi! Safsafri!
Waka nanga koni!
Aha

Mi frede! Mi frede! Mi frede!
Mi wani libi.
Go gwe! Go gwe! Go gwe! Go gwe!
Gwe! Gwe! Gwe! Gwe!
Go gwe!

Lyrics written by Ryan Maurice Roemer on 6 June 2011.