[Intro]
Hmm yeah…
Buka man ye na Sepik meri…
… tru lav i stap…
[Verse 1 – Pidgin]
man bilong Buka ailan, em kam raun long sepik painim lewa bilong em
Peles i niupla tasol tingting blong em pas tru long dispela meri kubalia
Long Wiwek em bungim displa meri kubalia blo ples urigembii na em i tok"
Aiou mangi san kamap,
yu kam long weii tru antap long solwara
Bihainim sepik haiwe O mangi san kamap
[Verse 1 – English]
I’m a man from Buka island, traveling across the sea
Over the sepik highway just to see you
My urigembii girl hmm yeah...
I traveled all the way just to see you
[Chorus – Pidgin + English]
Soluwara i pasim mi ..
tasol rot i longweii tumas
Meri kubalia yu tasol
o meri lewa urigembii
Over the ocean to the highway,
Our hearts are connected
No matter what life chooses
We are found forever
[Verse 2 – Pidgin]
Maski longwei ples, kastom ino wankaiin
Tupla kalsa hmm wanpla kastom
marit bai kamap long buka na sepik
Long ples urigembi bai lukim kastom blo buka sankamap em pawa ye
Lav bai i no inap bruk, em i stap strong tru
[Verse 2 – English]
Though we come from far, with different ways and traditions
We are one together We will make it
Buka and sepik one unique one love
A new life.....a new start of a life time
Our love will never break, it’s forever strong