Wp/chn/kʰapa pulakʰli iləp kʰlisməs
kopa polakli ilip iksmas, konawi ka kikwilie kopa haws,
wik tilikum chako pi klatawa, hulhul wiht
stoken, klaska miklayt kow klosh kopa chimni,
kakwa spos klunas saynt nik chako yawa tenas lili alki.
tenas tillikums miklayt wam kopa klaska bed
klaska nanich suka plums kikwili kopa klaska latet.
mama miklayt hikcham kopa latet pi nayka miklayt musum chapo,
nesaika chi mamuk yukl musum.
klahani kopa ilahi, nayka kumtuks kopa kwolan iktas.
nayka sopena klak bed, nayka tiki nanich yaka.
nayka kuli hayak kopa windo pi mamuk halakl yaka.
mun kopa chi sno, yaka mamuk kakwa sun twa kopa kanawi iktas.
nayka komtaks kopa ay, ikt tenas sley pi stotekin tenas mawich
pi ikt hyak tenas ol man.
nayka komtaks hyak, yaka seynt nik, nawitka.
hyak kakwa chak-chak kawak ukuk stotekin mawich.
pi ukuk tenas ol man, yaka wisl pi skukum wawa klaska yahul.
"alta dasha, alta dansa, alta pransa, alta viksen
klatawa kamet, klatawa kyupid, klatawa danda pi blitsen.
sahali kopa porch, sahali kopa kalahan,
alta klatawa hyak, alta klatawa hyak, alta klatawa hyak kanawi masayka!
alta klatawa sahali kopa kusah,
so sahali kopa haws ukuk mawich kawak,
klaska sley pakl kopa toys pi seynt nik wiht.
alta hyak nayka komtaks kopa kwolan,
kanawi mawich klaska koko le pi, sahali kopa haws.
kansi nayka chako kilapai klak windo, nayka nanich seynt nik.
yaka chako whim kopa chimni.
seynt nik kapo yaka tikop animal tipso
kechi kapo miklayt hiyu ashes kopa yaka.
ikt hyas la sak pakl kopa toys seynt nik lolo kopa ukuk.
yaka kakwa klahowyam makuk man kansi yaka mamuk halakl la sac
seynt nik mokst ay, klaska kakwa mokst tenas twa.
yaka kapala klaska kakwa mokst pil le bal.
yaka imits kakwa hyas pil amota.
yaka tenas la push, yaka kakwa kow pil la loba.
siyahos tipso, yaka tikop kakwa sno.
yutskat la pip, yaka miklayt kopa la tah,
smok, yaka miklayt kakwa tikop kweokweo lowullo sahali latet
seynt nik miklayt hyas pil siyahos pi hyas kwatin.
ukuk kwatin, yaka hullel kakwa jelly kansi seynt nik mamuk hi-hi.
seynt nik, yaka yukl tenas ol man.
nayka halo kwas pi nayka mamuk hi-hi kansi nanich yaka
seynt nik mamuk pi yaka halo wawa.
kansi yaka kopet mamuk pahd kanawi stoken, yaka nanich kilapai
st nik le-du tenas koko yaka imits.
yaka klatawa sahali pi klak inati chimni.
yaka sopena kopa sley pi mamuk wisl.
mawich, klaska kawak hyak, nawidka.
kechi, nayka komtaks kopa kwolan, kansi klaska klatawa saya,
st nik skukum wawa "kwan iksmas pi klosh polakli kopa kanawi tillikum." [1]
References
[edit | edit source]- ↑ Night Before Christmas, translated in the 1890s by Duane Pasco