What does fyah bun mean?

Question

What does fyah bun mean?

Answer 1

Simply, in plain English, Fire Burn... A simple way to say I don't like what you're doing or how you're living

While it is very common to hear Rasta men say this, it is also used by artists

Answer 2

Fire Burn

Answer 3

Fyah bun is a defiant NO to all immoralities, ungodliness, unclean and oppressive actions, thoughts and perceptions. It is the purification of all these negative energies so that everyone can be at peace with the Creator, nature and the universe.

So fyah bun fi all who ah gih thumbs down, lift up yuh finga an let yuh voice be heard, so we can agree fi disagree.

One Love.

Answer 4

It expresses some sort of disgust and condemnation. Rasta men usualy say fyah bun stuff that they think are immoral. Like fyah bun 'pork' and all.

The words are translated to mean "fire burn" which does imply destruction of the thing to be burnt.

Answer 5

It simply means to disagree with something, to object to something or if something is totally wrong and unjustifiable said u say "fyah bun". English transalation Fire Burn.

When a fire burn something it destroys it which in a sense if something is immoral u would want to get rid of it hense fyah bun.

Answer 6

fire burn.

It is a symbolic statement of objection or purification, not to be taken literally. Artiste 'bun fyah' on political corruption, persecution, immorality, exploitation as well as other things that just do not seem right in the world.

Edit:

As Capleton would say, in the same way that fire cleanses water (boiling), the rasta man 'bun fyah' on the wrongs of society. It is not usually a fire of destruction, since you should "leave all judgement to the almighty". When you speak out against a thing, you are said to be 'burning a fyah'...speaking out with the goal of seeing an earthly purification.