The River Sings

Mmer-hymm a rhee-a ka-n

(Our words go beyond the moon.)

Mmer-hymm a vl-a lu-ua

(Our words go into the shadows.)

E-a hymm llay hey

(The river sings the endlessness.)

A rhee o mmay

(We write of our journey through night.)

hOr-oom-may o nay rhay

(We write in our aloneness.)

hOr-oom-may he eer-hee-mo

(We want to know the shape of eternity.)

h'er-ra-Kan sy ay a rhee a mmay

h'un-nin in la go dee rhee?

(Who knows the way it is?

h'un-nin in la go chwk a too?

(Who knows what time will not tell us?)

h'un-nin in la go dee rhee?

(Who knows the way it is?)

h'un-nin in la go chwk a too?

(Who knows what time will not tell us?)

h'airr rin a kan a-he-ra,

(Mountains, solitude and the moon)

h'airr rin a kan o-rhay-na?

(until the journey's end?)

E-a nno llow rro;

(The river holds the lost road of the sky;)

A rhee a mmay?

(the shape of eternity?)

h'un-nin in la go dee rhee?

(Who knows the way it is?)

h'un-nin in la go chwk a too?

(Who knows what time will not tell us?)

h'un-nin in la go dee rhee?

(Who knows the way it is?)

h'un-nin in la go chwk a too?

(Who knows what time will not tell us?)

Ta-na mmo-ree va rhay?

(Where is the beginning?)

Ta-na mmor rro nna oom a?

(Where is the end?)

(yl) Le-a tor-ee-ay

(Why did we fall into days?)

A rhee a kan

(Why did we fall into days?)

Kor-rhee-ay ko-da nay a

(Why are we calling out into the endlessness?)

Kor-rhee-ay a-ru hil-la

Vee a kyi a hey

A rhee a mmay.

Ah hey,

Ah hey,

Ah hey,

Ah hey,

Ah hey,

Ah hey,

Ah hey,

Ah hey.

Yll yy-ka pirr o bay ru

Yl-y-ka kal-la kwyay la

O-na han-ee ay

A rhee o mmay?

h'un-nin in la go dee rhee?

h'un-nin in la go chwk a too?

h'un-nin in la go dee rhee?

h'un-nin in la go chwk a too?

Mmer-hymm a rhee-a kan

Mmer-hymm a vl-a lu-ua

E-a hymm lly hey

A rhee o mmay

hOr-oom-may o nay rhay

hOr-oom-may he er-rhee-mo h'er-ra -

Kan sy ay a rhee a mmay.

Ah hey,

Ah hey,

Ah hey,

Ah hey,

Ah hey,

Ah hey,

Ah hey,

Ah hey.

Yll yy-ka pirr o bay ru

Yl-y-ka kal-la kwyay la

O-na han-ee ay

A rhee o mmay?

h'un-nin in la go dee rhee?

h'un-nin in la go chwk a too?

h'un-nin in la go dee rhee?

h'un-nin in la go chwk a too?

Mmer-hymm a rhee-a kan

Mmer-hymm a vl-a lu-ua

E-a hymm lly hey

A rhee o mmay

hOr-oom-may o nay rhay

hOr-oom-may he er-rhee-mo h'er-ra -

Kan sy ay a rhee a mmay.

Yll yy-ka pirr o bay ru

Yl-y-ka kal-la kwyay la

O-na han-ee ay

A rhee o mmay?