toki pona

tenpo o tan e ni: luka pi soweli wawa li ken ala kipisi;

o tan e ni: ma li moku e lili suwi ona

o weka e kiwen uta pi soweli wawa

o moli e waso seli kepeken seli

sina ken pali e tenpo pi pilin pona e tenpo pi pilin ike

tenpo pi tawa mute o ante e ma ale

e ijo suwi ona ale tan wile sina

taso mi wile ala e ni:

sina pakala e sinpin pi jan olin mi kepeken tenpo

anu li sitelen lon ona kepeken ilo sina pi tan tenpo pini.

o pana e ni tawa ona: ona li ken pilin ala e pakala tenpo

li ken pana e pona lukin ona tawa jan pi tenpo kama.

sina ken pali e pakala e ike

taso tenpo kama la, jan olin mi li awen tan toki mi.

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toki Inli

Devouring Time, blunt thou the lion’s paws,

And make the earth devour her own sweet brood;

Pluck the keen teeth from the fierce tiger’s jaws,

And burn the long-liv’d phœnix in her blood;

Make glad and sorry seasons as thou fleets,

And do whate’er thou wilt, swift-footed Time,

To the wide world and all her fading sweets;

But I forbid thee one most heinous crime:

O, carve not with thy hours my love’s fair brow,

Nor draw no lines there with thine antique pen;

Him in thy course untainted do allow

For beauty’s pattern to succeeding men.

Yet do thy worst, old Time: despite thy wrong,

My love shall in my verse ever live young