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Description: mi olin e sitelen tawa kule ni: jan kiwen Sipenjunipa! astrodonunt has another excellent Stronger Than You cover called "wawa kin". Late in my editing process, I watched that video to make sure I wasn't retreading their ground... only to discover that I'd viewed it once before in January 2020, about a month after discovering jan Misali's channel and well over 2 years before I made any serious attempt to learn toki pona. Huh. Well, I can say with certainty that their translation didn't influence mine, because I clearly had no idea what I was seeing or hearing back then.

Tags: music lyrics translation

Sources: www.youtube.com

Original: Stronger Than You

wawa olin

Nim Pseudo
May 21, 2023

mi kiwen Kane
mi wan e sijelo
tenpo ala la, mi tawa anpa
kiwen sama sina tan ni: mi sewi mute
luka tu mi li kama lipu e nena

mi noka ala e linja sina
o weka e ilo pi suno pakala
utala o kama a
utala pi mi tu wan

sina ken la, tenpo utala la, o lukin
e supa pona mi pi tawa musi awen
sina toki ike lon nasin kulupu
li wile jo e wawa pi kiwen tu

pali pi mi tu li ken ala moli
mi awen sama ni lon tenpo ali
kipisi la, mi sin e kule
tan tu lili la, mi kama suli

pali mi li olin… olin… olin
olin… olin… olin
nn-nn-nn-nn…

mi lon kiwen tu pi pilin insa wan
sina wile e pini mi la
sin la, o toki insa
mi sijelo e pilin li utala tan ni:
ike tawa ma sike Tewa
li ike lon jan pona mi

sina ken la, tenpo utala la, o lukin
e supa pona mi pi tawa musi awen
wawa mi li monsuta ala e sina la
sina o kama ante e lawa

ale la, mi lon sewi nimi tu
mi jasima e suno ona sama mun
loje en laso, seli en lete
mi poki e kon mute

pali mi li olin… olin… olin
mi pilin wawa mute
olin… olin… olin
sina jo ala e ni
olin… olin… olin
li pilin wawa mute
olin… olin… olin…