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ona li toki e ni: Notes about wording: "nanpa mi li kama suli" literally means "my number (my age) gets big", but could also mean "my score increases", a positive counterpoint to the negativity in the verses. "nanpa mi" is the toki pona title, and "It's my birthday" is the English title, not a full translation. I might record an English version in the future, maybe with slightly reworded lyrics... "mi tawa ma" could be "I'm going towards the ground", it evokes death nearing. "mi wan ike" is "I'm badly single".
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o sona e ni: corrected "me wan ike" to "mi wan ike"
nanpa mi ("It's my birthday", a toki pona song)
tenpo nasa.
nanpa suli.
pilin nasa.
nanpa mi
li kama suli.
tenpo ike.
mi tawa ma.
mi majuna.
nanpa mi
li kama suli.
tenpo anpa.
wawa weka.
mi wan ike.
nanpa mi
li kama suli.
nanpa mi
li kama suli.