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Description: An adaptation of a few different versions of the folk ballad with the Canticle counterpoint (in brackets), an anti-war song that was attached to the ballad by the duo.

Tags: music folk translation adaptation

Sources: www.youtube.com

Original: Scarborough Fair/Canticle by Northern English folk song, Simon & Garfunkel

Notes: not recorded as of writing this

ma Sapolo

pan Temili
Jul 15, 2025

ma Sapolo la esun suli li lon kasi moku mute li kon o lukin toki tawa jan mi olin pi mi tu li ken ala

ona o alasa suli e ma (laso la kasi li lon) kasi o ken kili ona (kon n li lete e pipi e waso) kasi ni o pan mute len (suli en lili li alasa lape) la olin mi li kama sin ken (li lape li ken ala kute e mu)

ona o jo e pan kepeken mun (kalama ala li lon) kasi pan o alasa mu (moli la waso li mu ala mu) o kulupu pimeja e len pan (jan utala li weka e jaki ko) la mi ken sin kama olin e jan (li lape li ken ala kute e mu)

ona o pali e len pimeja (utala kulupu suli a) kasi pan o ale ona (o kute e lawa la moli li mute) o kepeken palisa ala a la (tan li lon ala lon) olin pi mi tu li ken kama