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Description: A translation of the song After Hours by The Velvet Underground.

Original: After Hours by The Velvet Underground

Notes: We have attempted to make it fit the original amount of syllables in each line.

pini tenpo

kulupu Weluwe OtakuwaSep 11, 2026

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sina pini li lupa, la mun ken li awen ale

weka li suno li toki “toki” ala

ale jan li tawa li jo musi suli

mi wile ken kama mi

la sina pini li lupa

mi ale wile lukin e suno

sina pini li lupa, la mun ken li awen ale

weka li poki telo li moku o pona e ala

kama mi sona li jan li lukin insa mi oko

e toki “toki, sina wan mute suli”

la sina pini li lupa

mi ale wile lukin e suno

tomo nasa pimeja, suno tawa Katela

en jan lon li anpa tawa

lukin ike lon telo, ona li nasa awen

taso jan li lukin lon pimeja

sina pini li lupa, la mun ken li awen ale

weka li suno li toki “toki” ala

ale jan li tawa li jo musi suli

mi wile ken kama mi

sina pini li lupa

mi ale wile lukin e suno

mi ale wile lukin e suno, tenpo sin

mi ale wile lukin e suno