sina wile musi, la o kama tawa ma ni!
o lukin tawa supa! sina ken kama jo e mani.
jan luka li poka supa li pana e mani
li wile kama jo e mani mute. ona li wile taso.
tan ni la mi kama jo. mi wile e namako.
sijelo li telo, la mi pali e mani walo.
jan ala li toki li mu taso.
ona li jo e len oko e mani musi [lili] jelo.
soweli li lon ma ante. ona mute li lape.
mi awen e kama suno, la mun li pana e
suno walo (anu laso). jan wan li jo e linja suli.
ona li ken musi pona e ni, la mi wile awen lili
tawa lipu pona. mi jo e ni, la
mi pana e mani ale kepeken sinpin lete tawa
ma mani lon supa. ona li lukin suli.
ona li sona ala e ni: mi jo e lipu seme?
musi ni li pona kepeken mani mute.
musi ni li jo e nimi. ona li Poke.
jan li ken pana e mani mute tawa jan.
jan pona li ken kama jo e mani mute a!
mi jo e mute, la mi toki e "pona" tawa jan sewi
li toki e "mi tawa" tawa jan ante. ona li
wile utala. taso mi wile ala.
mi ken pali e seme? mi tawa weka a!
mi lukin e mani mi. mi lukin e jan utala.
ona li wile moli e mi. taso mi wile moli ala.
mi ken pali e seme? lukin tawa tomo tawa li
toki e ijo nasa taso.
jan wan li kama jo e kiwen suli.
ona li lukin suli e mi.
"sina wile e seme?" -- mi toki e ni tawa ona
li awen tawa ma wan. ale li nasa lon ma
ni. mi kama jo e mani. ona li ala.
mi ken esun e tomo. taso ona li ken pu ala.
mi kama lukin e tomo open, la mi tawa tomo ni.
mi lon awen. taso ona li seme? soweli?
musi ni li pona kepeken mani mute.
musi ni li jo e nimi. ona li Poke.
jan li ken pana e mani mute tawa jan.
jan pona li ken kama jo e mani mute a!
musi ni li pona kepeken mani mute.
musi ni li jo e nimi. ona li Poke.
jan li ken pana e mani mute tawa jan.
ike la sina [wile] tawa sama jan Montoja!
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You shall hear lyrics previously unrecorded, possibly unpublished,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
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.
A random thought about being a writer (handwriting sample included)
Being a writer is like...