meli en mije kin en
palisa moli mute
en unpa en pali li
pona mute tawa mi.
mi sona e sona kin
pi lawa pimeja pi
ma anpa, lon anpa pi
ma pi mi mute suli.
mi sona e ijo kin.
jan pi mute lili li
sona e nimi mute
pi musi lili ike.
tenpo pini mute la
mi olin. mi pakala
e ale. "telo nasa
o, pona e lawa mi!"
la mi moku mi moku
e telo nasa e kon.
telo nasa taso li
pake e nasa pilin.
jan sewi li lon ala
lon? jan mute li kama
lon, la jan li unpa e
luka ona e ante.
lawa jan li pakala
li kama tawa weka,
la ona li ijo lili
mute. ona li moli.
tan ni la lawa jan
li moli li lon ala.
tan ni la jan li sama
sijelo moli tawa.
mi kin. mi moli lon kon.
mi jan Sotan li lon
ma Mosijo. taso ken
la mi kama anpa len.
Hi, I'm uhm... well, me.
jan Sotan, Ae. Dschorsaanjo, jan ala, or just Zoli
and this is the mostly spoken word renditions of pieces written in toki pona, released or otherwise.
As the title says, it is not going to be my usual stuff.
You shall hear lyrics previously unrecorded, possibly unpublished,
along with some that you might have heard before,
long and long agone in a galaxy we occupy.
After these last few sentences though, nigh everything shall be in toki pona, so...
original script of performance for suno pi toki pona
just a silly little comic I drew
Shadowy meadows
Surround the valley
Skinny wee fellows
Pushing a trolley
The grasses are green
The sky is melancholic...
tenpo mute la tawa sina la mi wile toki e ijo.
mi ken ala awen e kalama ni, la mi wile awen tawa kon.
toki mi li lon. sitelen sina li jaki.
o tawa mama sina li nimi e ona sama "Mami!"
sitelen mi li sitelen sama ala sitelen pi jan ante.
sitelen mi li sitelen sama pu. ona li ken ala ike ante.
tenpo mun pini mute la mi toki e ni: "I'm back!"
tenpo ni la mi sitelen li toki ala awen...
tenpo li kama tawa pini tenpo.
jan li alasa e jan olin ike. sina ken jo
e jan olin pona e jan pona olin.
tan seme la sina wile e jan nasa sama mi?
tenpo mute la mi sitelen e ijo pimeja.
mi sitelen e toki pi pu ala, la jan mute li kalama
li wile utala e mi. mi sona ala e tan ona.
mi kepeken toki pona. ni li ike anu pona?..
This is a lyrics I've been struggling to record, so I finally publish it here.