"wawa olin": toki pona cover of "Stronger Than You" from Steven Universe

mi olin e sitelen tawa kule ni: jan kiwen Sipenjunipa!
Lyrics:
mi kiwen Kane
mi wan e sijelo
tenpo ala la, mi tawa anpa
kiwen sama sina tan ni: mi sewi mute
luka tu mi li kama lipu e nena
mi noka ala e linja sina
o weka e ilo pi suno pakala
utala o kama a
utala pi mi tu wan
sina ken la, tenpo utala la, o lukin
e supa pona mi pi tawa musi awen
sina toki ike lon nasin kulupu
li wile jo e wawa pi kiwen tu
pali pi mi tu li ken ala moli
mi awen sama ni lon tenpo ali
kipisi la, mi sin e kule
tan tu lili la, mi kama suli
pali mi li olin... olin... olin
olin... olin... olin
nn-nn-nn-nn...
mi lon kiwen tu pi pilin insa wan
sina wile e pini mi la
sin la, o toki insa
mi sijelo e pilin li utala tan ni:
ike tawa ma sike Tewa
li ike lon jan pona mi
sina ken la, tenpo utala la, o lukin
e supa pona mi pi tawa musi awen
wawa mi li monsuta ala e sina la
sina o kama ante e lawa
ale la, mi lon sewi nimi tu
mi jasima e suno ona sama mun
loje en laso, seli en lete
mi poki e kon mute
pali mi li olin... olin... olin
mi pilin wawa mute
olin... olin... olin
sina jo ala e ni
olin... olin... olin
li pilin wawa mute
olin... olin... olin...
astrodonunt has another excellent Stronger Than You cover called "wawa kin" that you can find here: • Stronger Than You cove...
Late in my editing process, I watched that video to make sure I wasn't retreading their ground... only to discover that I'd viewed it once before in January 2020, about a month after discovering jan Misali's channel and well over 2 years before I made any serious attempt to learn toki pona. Huh. Well, I can say with certainty that their translation didn't influence mine, because I clearly had no idea what I was seeing or hearing back then.

[@astrodonunt]

Love this! You have a really clear voice, and there's some lines here that are like, damn why didn't I think of that XD

[@nimpseudo]

Oh hey, it’s you! Thank you so much for checking this out!
As you might have already read in the video description, I likely took subconscious inspiration from your cover-I listened to it long before learning toki pona, and then forgot about it for years until I was midway through my own recording process. But I think the differences in our translations speak to the inherent versatility and creative charm of the language :)
I just went back and listened to your cover again; you have an incredible singing voice, and I love that you hew quite closely to the original lyrics while still finding unique turns of phrase throughout the song. pali pona mute!