Twa Fey Tonbe Nan Basèn Mwen

“Twa fey, twa rasin, o” is a Haitian folklore refrain that evokes ritual memory and spiritual cleansing through nature. The singer names three leaves and three roots—a shorthand for herbal wisdom and ancestral medicine—then repeats the instruction: “Jete bliye, ranmase sonje” (“throw away forgetting, gather remembering”). With the image of a basin where the leaves fall, the song suggests a bath or washing that releases burdens, restores clarity, and calls the body back to what must be remembered