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Old 01-18-2006, 02:58 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Default need french to english song lyrics translation - "Voodooman"

I'm from Iceland and this Icelandic band Todmobile has a song called "Voodooman". There are three spoken paragraphs in French which I don't really understand. I believe it relates to voodoo in some way. Anyway, here are the French lines:


"Ayida Queddo, ou couleuvre moins!
Qui lé ou Filer ou cou z'éclai!

Le jour, oú tu seras ma maîtresse,
tu deviendras ma Femme!

Je sais tout.
Je peux tout.
Je comprends tout!"


I did some research and I believe Ayida Queddo is another name for Ayida-Weddo, the partner goddess of the main voodoo god, Damballah. "Couleuvre" I know means serpent, but it's taken from the voodoo term "kulve", which refers to a non-poisonous serpent symbolic for Ayida Queddo and Damballah.
I also know the last three lines mean:
"I know everything.
I can do everything.
I understand everything!"
And the middle verse is something like: "The day you'll become my mistress, you'll become my wife!"

Mostly, though, I'm stumped. Can someone translate these lyrics for me? Thanks a lot!
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