Song of the Still Water

[I. Poetic (The World Is Beautiful)] [Verse I – Poetic] Pia nu nahmaht kahni yakunu, Tasakukutu nanamuh ahtupukukwe. Maa pitsamai nukwapi. Tavituku hahtuh yava. Muhpu mahpi, tukutuu nahmii. Tukutuu ahtupukwe, tuvunuku kahni. Nu yoomo hakakwe. Nu pitukwe tuvunuku. --- [II. Metaphorical (Something Is Wrong)] [Verse II – Metaphor] Tʉ mahpihkwaht wʉhkai nʉmʉnʉ U nahkahts wʉhkai mee tʉ nakasʉ Kwaharu wʉhkai yoo pʉha yakʉnʉ U tsʉpʉ wʉhkai tʉ patsʉ wʉhkai Ki nahni su katʉ Ki tʉpasi su nakasʉ Nuuni i haa tʉ yoo nʉnʉmʉ Nakʉhtʉhtu haa teesʉ nakʉhtʉhti --- [III. Straight to the Point (This Is the Warning)] [Verse III – Truth] Boggy Creek-nʉ ʉ nʉmʉnʉ Too-ya yakʉ hanʉ tʉ-na-kaʔʉ Tʉ-yakʉ nʉmʉnʉ maʔtʉ pʉʉ-na Pʉʉ tʉ-taʔa-kʉ—tʉ-weʔe-kʉ hʉ too Sʉpʉ yee kootsa Sʉpʉ yee nʉka-ʔaru Sʉpʉ nuʔu tʉ-yakʉ Sʉpʉ nuʔu mʉ-wari --- [Chorus – Simple, Rememberable] Pia nahne kwihni, nʉmʉ tee nʉmʉnare. Hoo yee kwihni, hʉʉ pʉʉ nahne. Mʉʉ tʉbohkwa payarʉh, payarʉ. Mahtʉ nʉʉ nʉmʉ nʉnʉ. --- [IV. Closing (Instruction Passed Down)] [Outro] No'o he tü-mah, no'o he na'ni, Puha teki-ya, hoo ya tü-mah, Maa-na tübo, maa-na he tü-mah, Hua kʷarü-ʔü, Ĩ-ya hoo pomokʷaitu