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Description: A goth toki pona song with a bit of self deprecation. Some guitar to complement the usual synth. Lyrics, in toki pona, English and French available as subtitles. Note that the translations are only a quick approximation, close to litteral, but some sentences can have several different meanings. Even the title could be translated as "I'm only lying", "I'm just wrong", so maybe I don't really have such a low self-esteem after all! "powe" is a rare toki pona word, not in the official book, but pre-dating it and surviving in some places (it's in the official dictionary, though). Lyrics written in Le Vostok, my favorite bar in La Chaux-de-Fonds.

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mi powe taso ("I'm just a fake") Dark Wave song in toki pona

jan Sepulon Nov 17, 2023

{"/":{"prev":{"id":"2023/11/kala-lili-li-kama-tan-ma","data":{"title":"kala lili li kama tan ma","description":null,"authors":["tetsusquared"],"proofreaders":null,"date":"2023-11-20T00:00:00.000Z","date-precision":"day","original":{"title":"イワシがつちからはえてくるんだ","authors":["anonymous"]},"tags":["translation","music","vocal synth","vocaloid","japanese"],"license":null,"sources":["https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Gb2ET99M3k"],"archives":null,"preprocessing":null,"accessibility-notes":null,"notes":null},"body":"mi sona e ni: tenpo pini mute la, \\\njan li tu e linja tenpo kepeken ilo kipisi. \\\ntenpo kama la, tenpo kama en tenpo pini li kama linja wan.\n\na, mi sona e ni: tenpo suno kama la, \\\nkala lili li kama tan ma anpa li tawa weka. \\\nlupa li open lon ma pi awen tawa. \\\nsupa anpa lupa li lon ala.\n\na, mi sona ala e tenpo pini, taso \\\nmi sona ala e ni: mi sona ala e ijo. \\\ntan sewi, ijo li pali e ma tomo. \\\nmi ken ala lukin kepeken oko.\n\nkasi li jo e kule. \\\nwaso li lon kasi li lape. \\\nkon tawa li tawa ala li lete. \\\nmun li kama suli ala li tawa sike.\n\na. a. a. a. a. a. a-a-a-a-a.\n\ntenpo pini en tenpo kama li kama wan, li tawa wawa kepeken tenpo lili, li awen ala. \\\nmi ken ala tawa e ale tawa tenpo pini a.\n\na, mi sona e ni: tenpo suno kama la, \\\nkala lili li kama tan ma anpa li tawa weka. \\\nlupa li open lon ma pi awen tawa. \\\nsupa anpa lupa li lon ala.\n\na, mi sona ala e tenpo pini, taso \\\nmi sona ala e ni: mi sona ala e ijo. \\\ntan sewi, ijo li pali e ma tomo. \\\nmi ken ala lukin kepeken oko.\n\n(kala pimeja li kama tan sewi) \\\n(tenpo suno pi tenpo kama la, ona li kama.) \\\n(a, kala li kama tawa mi mute la,) \\\n(ona li moli e mi ale a.)\n\n(kala jelo li kama sama waso) \\\n(ona li pakala e supa sewi pi tomo mi.) \\\n(palisa pi kala ni li jo e telo moli.) \\\n(tawa insa sijelo la, mi moli.)\n\na, mi sona e ni: tenpo suno kama la, \\\nkala lili li kama tan ma anpa li tawa weka. \\\nlupa li open lon ma pi awen tawa. \\\nsupa anpa lupa li lon ala.\n\na, mi sona ala e tenpo pini, taso \\\nmi sona ala e ni: mi sona ala e ijo. \\\ntan sewi, ijo li pali e ma tomo. \\\nmi ken ala lukin kepeken oko.\n\n(kala pimeja li kama tan sewi) \\\n(tenpo suno pi tenpo kama la, ona li kama.) \\\n(a, kala li kama tawa mi mute la,) \\\n(ona li moli e mi ale a.)\n\n(kala jelo li kama sama waso) \\\n(ona li pakala e supa sewi pi tomo mi.) \\\n(palisa pi kala ni li jo e telo moli.) \\\n(tawa insa sijelo la, mi moli.)\n\na. a. a. a. a. a. a-a-a-a-a.","filePath":"poki/plaintext/2023/11/kala-lili-li-kama-tan-ma.md","digest":"42d39f15105bbef0","rendered":{"html":"mi sona e ni: tenpo pini mute la, \njan li tu e linja tenpo kepeken ilo kipisi. \ntenpo kama la, tenpo kama en tenpo pini li kama linja wan.\na, mi sona e ni: tenpo suno kama la, \nkala lili li kama tan ma anpa li tawa weka. \nlupa li open lon ma pi awen tawa. \nsupa anpa lupa li lon ala.\na, mi sona ala e tenpo pini, taso \nmi sona ala e ni: mi sona ala e ijo. \ntan sewi, ijo li pali e ma tomo. \nmi ken ala lukin kepeken oko.\nkasi li jo e kule. \nwaso li lon kasi li lape. \nkon tawa li tawa ala li lete. \nmun li kama suli ala li tawa sike.\na. a. a. a. a. a. a-a-a-a-a.\ntenpo pini en tenpo kama li kama wan, li tawa wawa kepeken tenpo lili, li awen ala. \nmi ken ala tawa e ale tawa tenpo pini a.\na, mi sona e ni: tenpo suno kama la, \nkala lili li kama tan ma anpa li tawa weka. \nlupa li open lon ma pi awen tawa. \nsupa anpa lupa li lon ala.\na, mi sona ala e tenpo pini, taso \nmi sona ala e ni: mi sona ala e ijo. \ntan sewi, ijo li pali e ma tomo. \nmi ken ala lukin kepeken oko.\n(kala pimeja li kama tan sewi) \n(tenpo suno pi tenpo kama la, ona li kama.) \n(a, kala li kama tawa mi mute la,) \n(ona li moli e mi ale a.)\n(kala jelo li kama sama waso) \n(ona li pakala e supa sewi pi tomo mi.) \n(palisa pi kala ni li jo e telo moli.) \n(tawa insa sijelo la, mi moli.)\na, mi sona e ni: tenpo suno kama la, \nkala lili li kama tan ma anpa li tawa weka. \nlupa li open lon ma pi awen tawa. \nsupa anpa lupa li lon ala.\na, mi sona ala e tenpo pini, taso \nmi sona ala e ni: mi sona ala e ijo. \ntan sewi, ijo li pali e ma tomo. \nmi ken ala lukin kepeken oko.\n(kala pimeja li kama tan sewi) \n(tenpo suno pi tenpo kama la, ona li kama.) \n(a, kala li kama tawa mi mute la,) \n(ona li moli e mi ale a.)\n(kala jelo li kama sama waso) \n(ona li pakala e supa sewi pi tomo mi.) \n(palisa pi kala ni li jo e telo moli.) \n(tawa insa sijelo la, mi moli.)\na. a. a. a. a. a. a-a-a-a-a.","metadata":{"headings":[],"localImagePaths":[],"remoteImagePaths":[],"frontmatter":{"title":"kala lili li kama tan ma","description":null,"authors":["tetsusquared"],"proofreaders":null,"date":"2023-11-20T00:00:00.000Z","date-precision":"day","tags":["translation","music","vocal 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tawa kama suno. tenpo pimeja nanpa tu wan la akesi li kama li lape sama. taso, meli li weka tan lape lon tenpo suno kama la, ona li pilin wawa a tan ni: ona li lukin ala e akesi. ona li lukin e mije lawa wawa lon poka pi supa lape ona. mije ni li pona a tawa lukin! mije li lukin e ona kepeken lukin suwi. lukin ona li suwi nanpa wan tawa meli.\n\nmije li toki a e ni: ona li kama akesi jan tan lili pi wawa nasa. jan lili li pilin ike a tawa mije. ni la ona o awen akesi lon tenpo suli. ona li ken kama jan tan ni taso: meli lawa li kama jo e ona tan telo la akesi o ken moku e moku ona, o ken lape lon supa lape ona lon tenpo pimeja tu wan. mije lawa li toki a e ni: \"sina pini e wawa nasa pi jan lili. ni la mi kama wile e ni taso: sina kama lon poka mi tawa ma pi mama mi. sina kama la mi tu li wan lon olin. mi awen olin e sina lon tenpo ale sina.\"\n\n---\n\nmeli lawa li open e tomo ona la, akes li kama lon tomo ona li kama lape lon len lape ona! ona li lape sama tenpo pini li awen lape tawa ni: suno li kama. akesi li lape sama lon tenpo pimeja nanpa tu wan. taso, meli li kama tan lape lon open pi tenpo suno kama la, ona li kama lukin e ni: mije lawa li kama lon tomo ona, lon poka pi supa lape ona! lukin ona li suwi sewi tawa meli.\n\nmije lawa li toki e ni: \"jan nasa li akesi e mi. ona li ni la mi o awen tawa tenpo ni: meli lawa li kama jo e mi tan telo tawa, li pana e moku tawa mi tan moku ona, li ken e ni: mi lape lon supa lape ona lon tenpo pimeja tu wan.\" \"sina weka e nasa ona. sin la mi jan. ni la mi wile e ni taso: sina kama lon poka mi tawa ma pi mama mi. sina ni la, mi en sina li ken wan lon olin. sina ni la, mi olin e sina lon tenpo ale sina.\"","filePath":"poki/plaintext/2023/11/meli-en-akesi.md","digest":"3e27d4f8b64c1496","rendered":{"html":"meli li open e tomo la, akesi li tawa insa tomo li lape lon len lape meli sama tenpo pimeja pini. ona li lape lon tenpo pimeja ale tawa kama suno. tenpo pimeja nanpa tu wan la akesi li kama li lape sama. taso, meli li weka tan lape lon tenpo suno kama la, ona li pilin wawa a tan ni: ona li lukin ala e akesi. ona li lukin e mije lawa wawa lon poka pi supa lape ona. mije ni li pona a tawa lukin! mije li lukin e ona kepeken lukin suwi. lukin ona li suwi nanpa wan tawa meli.\nmije li toki a e ni: ona li kama akesi jan tan lili pi wawa nasa. jan lili li pilin ike a tawa mije. ni la ona o awen akesi lon tenpo suli. ona li ken kama jan tan ni taso: meli lawa li kama jo e ona tan telo la akesi o ken moku e moku ona, o ken lape lon supa lape ona lon tenpo pimeja tu wan. mije lawa li toki a e ni: “sina pini e wawa nasa pi jan lili. ni la mi kama wile e ni taso: sina kama lon poka mi tawa ma pi mama mi. sina kama la mi tu li wan lon olin. mi awen olin e sina lon tenpo ale sina.”\n<hr>\nmeli lawa li open e tomo ona la, akes li kama lon tomo ona li kama lape lon len lape ona! ona li lape sama tenpo pini li awen lape tawa ni: suno li kama. akesi li lape sama lon tenpo pimeja nanpa tu wan. taso, meli li kama tan lape lon open pi tenpo suno kama la, ona li kama lukin e ni: mije lawa li kama lon tomo ona, lon poka pi supa lape ona! lukin ona li suwi sewi tawa meli.\nmije lawa li toki e ni: “jan nasa li akesi e mi. ona li ni la mi o awen tawa tenpo ni: meli lawa li kama jo e mi tan telo tawa, li pana e moku tawa mi tan moku ona, li ken e ni: mi lape lon supa lape ona lon tenpo pimeja tu wan.” “sina weka e nasa ona. sin la mi jan. ni la mi wile e ni taso: sina kama lon poka mi tawa ma pi mama mi. sina ni la, mi en sina li ken wan lon olin. sina ni la, mi olin e sina lon tenpo ale sina.”","metadata":{"headings":[],"localImagePaths":[],"remoteImagePaths":[],"frontmatter":{"title":"meli en akesi","description":"mi sitelen e ni tawa jan Sonja. lipu ni li pona tawa ona la [mi kama lon lipu pi toki pona](https://tokipona.org/)!","authors":["jan Kekan 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(Is it synthwave? Coldwave? Who knows? 🤔) I'll talk about the meaning of the lyrics later since there's a bit of an ongoing contest among friends. Feel free to join in and share your interpretation in the comments—what do you think this song is about?\n\nBig thanks to my friend Ganda for inspiring these lyrics. Recording and experimenting with them was an absolute pleasure!\n\njan li jo ala jo e kon pi toki ni?\nijo li awen len tan ni: jan pona mi li wile lukin e ona tan wawa ona.\nni la, mi toki ala e ale pi toki mi.\ntenpo kama la mi pana e kon ale.\n","authors":["jan Sepulon"],"proofreaders":null,"date":"2025-03-21T00:00:00.000Z","date-precision":"day","original":null,"tags":["music"],"license":"CC-BY-3.0","sources":["https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtJwzZmLFiY","https://open.spotify.com/track/0kItwwiospaUavWW5eDANZ","https://soundcloud.com/serotonergeek/ijo-weka-8"],"archives":null,"preprocessing":null,"accessibility-notes":null,"notes":null},"body":"kalama ike li lon \nli pakala e kute. \nmi weka e ona la \nale li pona mute.\n\no kute e weka\n\nmi pilin pona tan ni: \nnimi mute li awen. \nmi ken ala ken toki \ne ale pi wile mi?\n\no kute e weka\n\nmi ala e kalama. \nijo ike li weka. \npali mi li wawa la, \npilin mi li lete a\n\no kute e weka\n\n(mije en meli li lukin e mi. \npimeja en loje li lon len mi. \nlinja lawa li kama walo lili. \nmi tawa kepeken noka mi \nlon ma tomo moli. \nmi moku e pan. \nmi wile olin. \nmi wile lape kin.)\n\nkalama ni li pini. \njan ale o pona a. \nweka ni li pana mi \ntawa mi pi ken lili.","filePath":"poki/plaintext/2025/03/ijo-weka.md","digest":"efe6936dd91a244d","rendered":{"html":"kalama ike li lon \nli pakala e kute. \nmi weka e ona la \nale li pona mute.\no kute e weka\nmi pilin pona tan ni: \nnimi mute li awen. \nmi ken ala ken toki \ne ale pi wile mi?\no kute e weka\nmi ala e kalama. \nijo ike li weka. \npali mi li wawa la, \npilin mi li lete a\no kute e weka\n(mije en meli li lukin e mi. \npimeja en loje li lon len mi. \nlinja lawa li kama walo lili. \nmi tawa kepeken noka mi \nlon ma tomo moli. \nmi moku e pan. \nmi wile olin. \nmi wile lape kin.)\nkalama ni li pini. \njan ale o pona a. \nweka ni li pana mi \ntawa mi pi ken lili.","metadata":{"headings":[],"localImagePaths":[],"remoteImagePaths":[],"frontmatter":{"title":"ijo weka (\"A Thing Removed\", toki pona synthpop song)","description":"Enjoy this chill Toki Pona synthpop tune! (Is it synthwave? Coldwave? Who knows? 🤔) I'll talk about the meaning of the lyrics later since there's a bit of an ongoing contest among friends. Feel free to join in and share your interpretation in the comments—what do you think this song is about?\n\nBig thanks to my friend Ganda for inspiring these lyrics. Recording and experimenting with them was an absolute pleasure!\n\njan li jo ala jo e kon pi toki ni?\nijo li awen len tan ni: jan pona mi li wile lukin e ona tan wawa ona.\nni la, mi toki ala e ale pi toki mi.\ntenpo kama la mi pana e kon ale.\n","authors":["jan Sepulon"],"proofreaders":null,"date":"2025-03-21T00:00:00.000Z","date-precision":"day","tags":["music"],"original":null,"license":"CC-BY-3.0","sources":["https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtJwzZmLFiY","https://open.spotify.com/track/0kItwwiospaUavWW5eDANZ","https://soundcloud.com/serotonergeek/ijo-weka-8"],"archives":null,"preprocessing":null,"accessibility-notes":null,"notes":null},"imagePaths":[]}},"collection":"blog"},"next":{"id":"2024/05/sijelo-ike","data":{"title":"sijelo ike (Toki Pona song)","description":null,"authors":["jan 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pakala \ne lukin mi lon jasima.\nnasin mi li pimeja. \nmi monsuta. mi wile wawa. \nmama mi li pakala \ne lukin mi lon jasima.","metadata":{"headings":[],"localImagePaths":[],"remoteImagePaths":[],"frontmatter":{"title":"sijelo ike (Toki Pona song)","description":null,"authors":["jan Sepulon"],"proofreaders":null,"date":"2024-05-03T00:00:00.000Z","date-precision":"day","tags":["music"],"original":null,"license":"CC-BY-3.0","sources":["https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lX-fnK_JB2I","https://open.spotify.com/track/1H18Gb1ZPnr0JPoIaJ8Odz","o ike"],"archives":null,"preprocessing":null,"accessibility-notes":null,"notes":null},"imagePaths":[]}},"collection":"blog"}},"t/music":{"prev":{"id":"2023/11/kala-lili-li-kama-tan-ma","data":{"title":"kala lili li kama tan ma","description":null,"authors":["tetsusquared"],"proofreaders":null,"date":"2023-11-20T00:00:00.000Z","date-precision":"day","original":{"title":"イワシがつちからはえてくるんだ","authors":["anonymous"]},"tags":["translation","music","vocal 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anpa li tawa weka. \\\nlupa li open lon ma pi awen tawa. \\\nsupa anpa lupa li lon ala.\n\na, mi sona ala e tenpo pini, taso \\\nmi sona ala e ni: mi sona ala e ijo. \\\ntan sewi, ijo li pali e ma tomo. \\\nmi ken ala lukin kepeken oko.\n\n(kala pimeja li kama tan sewi) \\\n(tenpo suno pi tenpo kama la, ona li kama.) \\\n(a, kala li kama tawa mi mute la,) \\\n(ona li moli e mi ale a.)\n\n(kala jelo li kama sama waso) \\\n(ona li pakala e supa sewi pi tomo mi.) \\\n(palisa pi kala ni li jo e telo moli.) \\\n(tawa insa sijelo la, mi moli.)\n\na, mi sona e ni: tenpo suno kama la, \\\nkala lili li kama tan ma anpa li tawa weka. \\\nlupa li open lon ma pi awen tawa. \\\nsupa anpa lupa li lon ala.\n\na, mi sona ala e tenpo pini, taso \\\nmi sona ala e ni: mi sona ala e ijo. \\\ntan sewi, ijo li pali e ma tomo. \\\nmi ken ala lukin kepeken oko.\n\n(kala pimeja li kama tan sewi) \\\n(tenpo suno pi tenpo kama la, ona li kama.) \\\n(a, kala li kama tawa mi mute la,) \\\n(ona li moli e mi ale a.)\n\n(kala jelo li kama sama waso) \\\n(ona li pakala e supa sewi pi tomo mi.) \\\n(palisa pi kala ni li jo e telo moli.) \\\n(tawa insa sijelo la, mi moli.)\n\na. a. a. a. a. a. a-a-a-a-a.","filePath":"poki/plaintext/2023/11/kala-lili-li-kama-tan-ma.md","digest":"42d39f15105bbef0","rendered":{"html":"mi sona e ni: tenpo pini mute la, \njan li tu e linja tenpo kepeken ilo kipisi. \ntenpo kama la, tenpo kama en tenpo pini li kama linja wan.\na, mi sona e ni: tenpo suno kama la, \nkala lili li kama tan ma anpa li tawa weka. \nlupa li open lon ma pi awen tawa. \nsupa anpa lupa li lon ala.\na, mi sona ala e tenpo pini, taso \nmi sona ala e ni: mi sona ala e ijo. \ntan sewi, ijo li pali e ma tomo. \nmi ken ala lukin kepeken oko.\nkasi li jo e kule. \nwaso li lon kasi li lape. \nkon tawa li tawa ala li lete. \nmun li kama suli ala li tawa sike.\na. a. a. a. a. a. a-a-a-a-a.\ntenpo pini en tenpo kama li kama wan, li tawa wawa kepeken tenpo lili, li awen ala. \nmi ken ala tawa e ale tawa tenpo pini a.\na, mi sona e ni: tenpo suno kama la, \nkala lili li kama tan ma anpa li tawa weka. \nlupa li open lon ma pi awen tawa. \nsupa anpa lupa li lon ala.\na, mi sona ala e tenpo pini, taso \nmi sona ala e ni: mi sona ala e ijo. \ntan sewi, ijo li pali e ma tomo. \nmi ken ala lukin kepeken oko.\n(kala pimeja li kama tan sewi) \n(tenpo suno pi tenpo kama la, ona li kama.) \n(a, kala li kama tawa mi mute la,) \n(ona li moli e mi ale a.)\n(kala jelo li kama sama waso) \n(ona li pakala e supa sewi pi tomo mi.) \n(palisa pi kala ni li jo e telo moli.) \n(tawa insa sijelo la, mi moli.)\na, mi sona e ni: tenpo suno kama la, \nkala lili li kama tan ma anpa li tawa weka. \nlupa li open lon ma pi awen tawa. \nsupa anpa lupa li lon ala.\na, mi sona ala e tenpo pini, taso \nmi sona ala e ni: mi sona ala e ijo. \ntan sewi, ijo li pali e ma tomo. \nmi ken ala lukin kepeken oko.\n(kala pimeja li kama tan sewi) \n(tenpo suno pi tenpo kama la, ona li kama.) \n(a, kala li kama tawa mi mute la,) \n(ona li moli e mi ale a.)\n(kala jelo li kama sama waso) \n(ona li pakala e supa sewi pi tomo mi.) \n(palisa pi kala ni li jo e telo moli.) \n(tawa insa sijelo la, mi moli.)\na. a. a. a. a. a. a-a-a-a-a.","metadata":{"headings":[],"localImagePaths":[],"remoteImagePaths":[],"frontmatter":{"title":"kala lili li kama tan ma","description":null,"authors":["tetsusquared"],"proofreaders":null,"date":"2023-11-20T00:00:00.000Z","date-precision":"day","tags":["translation","music","vocal synth","vocaloid","japanese"],"original":{"title":"イワシがつちからはえてくるんだ","authors":["anonymous"]},"license":null,"sources":["https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Gb2ET99M3k"],"archives":null,"preprocessing":null,"accessibility-notes":null,"notes":null},"imagePaths":[]}},"collection":"blog"},"next":{"id":"2023/10/jan-moli-tawa","data":{"title":"jan moli tawa (\"A Walking Corpse\", dark toki pona song)","description":"New toki pona music, just in time for Halloween!\n\nMaybe I'll provide an official translation as 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tawa mi la mi jan musi.
mi pali e kalama sin.
jan ante li pali pona.
mi pali e jaki taso.

mi powe taso.
lon mi li lili.
mi powe taso.
lon mi li lon ni.

musi pi jan ante li kon.
musi mi li ike li ko.
mi pana e tenpo mute
lon pali pi wawa ala.

mi powe taso.
lon mi li lili.
mi powe taso.
lon mi li lon ni.

sina kute e nimi la
sina lon kulupu lili.
ken la sina wile ala
e pakala pi pilin mi.

mi powe taso.
lon mi li lili.
mi powe taso.
lon mi li lon ni.

mi powe taso.