Muhé balansá


Muhé, mare mi ta tin
maske ta un kuart
di bo kurashi,
un porshento so di bo grandesa,
djis un tiki di bo spiritu bibu.
Balansa di mi bida
lo tabata mas positivo.

Muhé, mare mi ta tin
maske ta un depchi
di bo outo estima,
un simia minúskulo
di bo sabiduria,
djis un punta di bo diplomasia.
Mi lenga lo ta sa
ki ora keda ketu.

Muhé, mare mi ta tin
maske ta un sneif
di bo disiplina,
un aire leve di bo sinseridat,
djis un suspiro di bo fe inmenso.
E trahe di sumpiña,
pèrtá na mi kurpa,
lo tabata di felpa
i presis na midí.

Mi Valentino

Mi Valentino mi stimabo,
mi n' por keda sin bisabo,
ku mi ke bo asina tantu
ku hasta e ta dunami spantu.

Mi kurason ta bati duru,
ku un amor asina puru,
k'e ta yanami ku alegria
henter anochi i henter dia.

Esta dushi ta pa stima
i sinti kon e amor ta kima
den nos dos su kurason.
Un amor asina grandi
méster ta un bendishon.

Tardesitu

Laman gigante ku ola brutu,
b’a impreshonámi ku bo forsa.
Kargami riba bo lomba hanchu
lagami drumi atmirá
e dia, halando su último rosea,
preparando pa yega
poko poko na su fin.

Laman gigante ku ola brutu,
stòp awor di burdugá.
Bo n’ ta mira ku ya solo
a pinta shelu kompletamente na man?

Tur koló di arko íris
ta tòrna den e nubianan.
Wak nan bon, pasobra djis
skuridat ta guli tur.

Laman awor porfin b’a kalma.
Lagami sigui gosa
ku alma i kurpa
dje arte maestro, kreá pa solo:
un regalo tierno na humanidat,
promé ku e tambe bai sosegá.

Felis dia di San Valentino

Amor pa mama,
amor pa yu.
Amor pa tata,
amor pa bo ruman.

Riba dia di San Valentino,
nos tur ta ekspresá nos mes
ku un flor, un regalo,
un brasa i un sunchi,
pa demostrá nos sintimentu
di amor, rèspèt i amistat.

Stima ku henter bo kurason,
i ku henter bo ser.
Laga kada dia ta un muestra
di kariño, dedikashon i atenshon.

Kòrda semper ku amor ta poderoso.
Amor ta kibra barera.
Amor ta trese pas.
Amor ta trese union.

Candlelight op Curacao!!

Candlelight op Curacao voor Valentijnsdag en later elke dinsdagavond op radio Paradise!

Biography of Ilse Schoobaar-Anthony

I was born in Bonaire on July 29th 1949 in a regular family of father, mother, three sisters and one brother. I was the youngest of all and was named: Ilse Beatrix Anthony.
After finishing high school in Bonaire I moved to Curacao for three years, where I attended the school for Kindergarten teachers.
I worked at the Orchid Kindergarten in Bonaire from 1970 till 1971 and then I married Richard Schoobaar on December 23rd of 1971 and together we lived for 15 years in Curacao, where our children Daphne and Jurgen were born.
I worked at the Holy Joseph Kindergarten from August 1972 till February 2002.
After a thyroid operation I was unable to work as a teacher. That’s when I began writing: poems and short stories for children and adults.
On September 17th 2007 my first book (For children) was published; it was named: Run Miki, run!
On September 15 of 2008 another book was published: Bisami mi n’ por! (Tell me I can’t do it!)
In this book, for adults, I tell the love story of my husband and me, from the day we met till the day he died on October 5th 1987.

Get up!

Get up people,
don’t let others scare you.
You deserve a better life,
get up and live.

Listen to the birds
singing in the trees.
Come on
open your eyes
and enjoy life.

You are decent people
who deserve
to be treated properly.
Get up now
and start living.