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Story/Song Lyrics #1:
Makerek
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| 1 | Moris iha rai, rai hau nia rai, lafahek nia rai |
| Live
in land
land my POS land
crocodile POS land |
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| 'Live in a land, land of mine, land of
crocodile' |
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| 2 | Rai
nebe'e lulik,
lulik aikulit,
aikulit to'o
abut |
| Land
that sacred, sacred
bark,
bark
until roots |
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| 'Land that is sacred, sacred bark, bark until
leaves' |
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| 3 | Husi
rai ulun,
mosu
rai
ikun klamar la hanesan |
| from
land head
appear
land tail
soul not same |
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| 'From the land's head to the tail souls are
not the same' |
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