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Description: note: this song contains themes of depression and suicide ideation. My first completed toki pona cover! Or, at least, the first one where the grammar doesn't feel completely bungled. I'm really proud of this one! Hope you enjoy!
Tags: music CW suicide
Sources: www.youtube.com
Notes: reformatted from in-video captions, removed linebreaks in what felt like single verses, put parentheses around words present in either the subtitles or the vocals but not both
MY R
mi tawa e tomo sewi wan la
taso mi lon wan ala
meli seme li wile e sama
tan ni, mi kalama uta
o pali ala!
mi sona ala e seme e ni
seme la mi wile e toki
lon la mi pana ala e pona
ni li pake e pakala!
meli ni li toki e mi e ni:
“olin mi nanpa wan li pini
”mi pilin: ona li jan suwi
taso la ona li jan jaki!”
o pini e toki! tan ijo lili ni
la sina kama e lon ni lon tenpo pini e mi!
pilin suli tawa ijo lili kin
nasa la sina sama e mije ni!
toki ona (li): “pilin pona sin.”
la meli pi linja suli li weka
mi weka e len noka mi la
mi lukin e meli lon sama
meli ni li open tawa la
mi kama jo e luka ona
ona toki e mi, ni li seme:
“ali li lanpan e ijo ona
mi ken ala jo e ijo pi mi taso
mi ken ala jo e tenpo kama”
o pana e telo! tan ijo la mi pini tenpo sin
meli ante la sina nasa mute!
ala li ken lanpan e tomo olin sina
kin la sina tawa e moku seli!
“mi pilin wile e moku”
ona li toki en li weka lon tenpo sin
tenpo ali la jan wan sin li lon poka
mi kute e ona, la ona li tawa weka
mi lukin e ona kama pona la
mi wile e jan pi pali sama…
meli sin ni lon poka mi la
mi lukin e jan sama
kepeken len sinpin jelo la
ni, ona li tawa mi pana:
tomo mi la ali li ike
utala, kalama li sike
nasin taso li ken pini e ni
nasin ni la pini e mi
kute e meli ni kama lili
tenpo ni la mi ken pali seme?
kepeken kon insa mi ali
mi pali kalama tan olin anpa
o pali ala…
pakala a! tenpo ni la mi ken jo ala
pana e pona tawa ona la mi sona ala!
mi wile e taso e ni tan sina
o lukin weka e mi! a ike sinpin sina!
“sona kama kama la tenpo ni ala.”
meli li toki lili li weka e mi
lukin la tenpo ni taso lon
tomo sewi li jo ala
jan ante ala li pake e mi
lon la tenpo ni li ni pini
mi weka e mi len jelo
pana linja weka e oko
meli lili li wile (e) open
toki e ali: “mi anpa.”