written
by Ioanis Santos
illustrated
by Starla Stone
Loahng emen soun doadoahk me kin uhong atail
roson.
Kitail mehn Pohnpei tohto solahr wiahki
me loahng ah kin pipihr seli limwahtail de nan imwataihl,
E kin wia ire ieu me katapan.
Loahng wialahr soahng ehu me udahn kisehn atail
moaur. Kahrehda ni ansou me loahng kin sok ni kisin mwenge
kan, pilen nimpil, delen mwenge kan, dipwsou en nimpil kan, pohn
kilitail, kitaihl kin karawante ahpw sohte pil katapaniki.
Duen me sansal, aramas tohto wiahkilahr loahng
koampokepataihl de emen tohn imwarail me re pahn kin iang kitail
mwenge-mwenge ansou koaros.
Dahkot loahng oh da me re nohn keperki? Loahng
e mwomwen sohte keper, ah ma kitail pahn sikuhlki mwahu duen moaur
en mahn menet, kitail pahn diarada keperpe.
Kisin mahn tikitik menet neh kan me inenen
winauhn mehlel, iei me kin waseli mwahs me kin kak en kahrehda
seumwahu laud mehlel me pil kak kahrehda mehla.
Loahng e kin sansal me e inenen samin. E kin
mwahuki kaparapar nan kihd kan de wasa samin kan, oh ahpw kin
kolahng nan ihmw kan.
Sang ni winauhn en nehn loahng, loahng kak
kadauhr soangen samin en kainen kan de, pil soangen samin teikan
ong ni kisin mwenge, dipwsou en mwenge, de soangen dipwisou
en nan ihmw teikan.
Loahng kan kin tikida nan kainen en mahn kan
oh aramas, oh re pil kin kaparapar wasa me samin kan. E
pahn reireiki week (2), ni ansou loang pahn kutohrdi, keirda,
oh pihrseli.
Ni anwou en kekeirda, kisin loahng kan kin ale
arail mour sang rehn loahng samin pwukat. Oh ni ansou me loahng
kan pahn pihr, re pil wadahr soangen samin kan ni nehrail kan.
Loahng men kin kak momourki erein rahn silihsek (30). Loahng lih
kan kak kaparapar pak rieisek (20) nan arail mour.
Re pahn wiahda kutohr epwiki silihsek (130)
ni ehu neitik, Duen kapat pene met kasalehiong kitail me emen
loahng lih kak en wiahda kutohr daulih riekid (2,000) nan ah moaurki
kisin ansou mwotomwot. Met e pahn wehwehki me emente loahng. Eri
loahng kasaleiong kitail ansou wet me re kak mwomwen sohte keper,
ahpw mehlel re inenen keper.
Re kin kadaur soangen seumwahu tohto me inenen
keper ong atail roson. Nin duen ah sansal nan poadoapoad akan,
ma kitail pahn kesempwaliki atail mour, kitail pahn kak iang sewese
atail wasahkan oh kauwehla wasa me loahng kin kaparapar ie kan.
Met wehwehki kitail en wiahda wasahn kainen mwahu
oh perehlahsang loahng kan pwe ren dehr lel ohng nan wasa samin.
Wiahda wasahn kesehla kihd wasa me loahng sohte pahn mengei ong
en sair.
Kitail nantihong kemehla loahng kan mwohn arail
pahn kemeikitaila.