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?