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Description: I was an avid Penny Parker fan long before the Eggman Announcement heard 'round the world ("mi awen tawa" in the chorus is definitely intended to mean "I await," as an approximation of "waiting in line." No idea why that flew out of my brain when I was adding the on-screen lyrics.)
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Original: Umami by Go! Child
Notes: Why “kotawa” for Go! Child? Well, you see: a) I more or less pronounce “child” with two syllables; b) While “go” easily morphs into “ko,” “child” does not play nicely with toki pona phonology; c) My first instinct was to translate the whole phrase literally as “jan lili o tawa a”, but that’s… not a band name; d) So I extracted the “o tawa” from that failed attempt and mashed it together with the transliterated “ko”—which, incidentally, means “child” in Japanese—and bish-bash-bosh, you’ve got... something only vaguely recognizable.
kon uta Umami
kiwen supa li pakala lili
lukin wan la, tan sin pi wile pali
kalama alasa pi jan kala
ma pi sama tomo la
mi awen lon poka jasima
o toki tawa mi
lon tan pi pilin selo nasa ni
kipisi pi lukin mi
taso la, mi wile pali suli
mi o pona e lupa lon insa
pi wile mute ike
o pana e ali
pi kon uta Umami
nimi ala la, mi awen tawa
ijo suwi kin
lon monsi poka la
mi ken ala luka
e sona pi len ala:
moku ni li suli ala tawa mi
tawa mi
ala, tawa mi
mi monsi tenpo e ante nanpa
li tawa soweli tawa pilin anpa
ike sin lon nasin pona
ma pi seli sinpin ike la
pilin pakala li sike
o toki sona tawa mi e tan
pi wile kama ni
tawa ma ale la, oko
mi lukin tawa pali suno
o weka e pimeja tan insa lawa
o pona e mi
o pana e ali
pi kon uta Umami
nimi ala la, mi awen tawa
ijo suwi kin
lon monsi poka la
mi ken ala luka
e sona pi len ala:
moku ni li suli ala tawa mi
ala a
suli ala tawa mi
ala a
pini pi tenpo sike o
mi awen luka wawa e linja lon
mi pana e
mani insa sewi tawa ma musi
seme li esun pona pi ike pini
mi wan ala wan e sijelo e lawa
anu mi moku sama akesi linja
ma pi sama tomo la
mi awen lon poka jasima
o toki sona tawa mi e tan ni:
suwi ala suwi la
kon uta Umami
ken ala awen la, mi kama jo
e namako sin ni
mi toki mute la
mi pini kute
e sona pi len ala:
moku ni li suli ala tawa mi
(ala a)
(suli ala tawa mi, ala a)
ma pi sama tomo la
mi awen lon poka jasima
o toki tawa mi
lon tan pi pilin selo nasa ni
kipisi pi lukin mi
taso la, mi wile pali suli
mi o pona e lupa lon insa
suli ala tawa mi!