TOKSAVE OLSEM PLES SINGSING BAI PAS NA SANAP NATING LONG MUN MAS DEI NAMBA 1 IGO INAP 12 LONG MAKIM DAI BILONG SANA, BIKMAN NA LIDA BILONG OLGETA PAPUA NIUGINI LONG FEBRUARI 26 2021
Ples Singsing mourns the passing of this Founding Father of Papua Niugini.
Sana, Bikman, Lida
O Sana, bai mi tok wanem, Bikman Anutu tasol save gut long yu Kamap bilo yu na taim bilo go daun Em iet i makim pinis laip bilong yu Papa blo mi iet luksave long yu Tasol mi bikhet olsem ol wel pik Na kros pait long laik bilong Anutu Mi sot long pasin blong yu na wokmak Ating narapela bai inapim Pasin na wokmak bilong yu, Sana Nau mi wari long bai yumi lukim Dispela wanbel pasin blong Lida Sapos bel tingting istap wantaim yu Papua Niugini bai kamap strong tru Sonet 27, created February 27, 2021 English translation Sana, Bigman, Leader O Sana, what can I say, Bigman God alone knows you through and through The time of your rise and of your fall He alone had marked the span of your life My own father gave recognition to you But I was big headed like a wild pig I was angry against the will of God I cannot match your ways or your works Perhaps someone else may match Your ways and your works, Sana Now I am worried if we will ever see This unifying way of a Leader If our feeling and thought is one with yours Papua New Guinea will become a strong country
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