Speaking:
Guiq lanqgq huiq le mir-a; Ar dov Grisak Chunnahavan, Ar dov Todd Tongdee, Ar dov Tedd, Ar dov Eddy; Saq ma kom Aq kaq-angr gar mr zaq deuq hawr-eu Aq kaq zaq lehr dehvq le-eu deuq yawq hgaq nav luvq nar haq-awr de-eq:-

Many thanks to; Brother Grisak Chunnahavan, brother Todd Tongdee, brother Tedd, brother Eddy and the staff of Akha Association. We are the Akha peoples, could you please listen:

Starting to sing:

Lo yo lar dav-awr, ar dui-angr teh dav-awr Law dmq ta paw seuq jeh jir nyaq
The trucks comes up to the village and throw us out at Doitung on the Burmese border

Gar jawq mar-aw nehŠ yaw dui-ehr muiq ngaŠTaiq neh mar-eu mehrŠ
The cement roadŠvery niceŠthe Thai people made itŠ

Sangq paq cawr haq sangq ma sangq da lar dav-awr teh ngarŠ
Big government comes up to the villageŠand pushes usŠ

Hgawq mya hgaq shir-awr..miq beuv bavq-awr..miq dzaq keuq-awr keuq puiv jir mehqŠ
Many people diedŠthey carried gunsŠput fire and burn all of the villagesŠ

Zaq huiq zaq nyir hawq mehvq saq gar..aq ma aq da ya saq caw ngar-aŠ..
The young and old lack of foodŠmothers, fathers have to face being poorŠ

Lavq buiq meuq-angr neh Mam meuq-angr oe keuv-awr Tai meuq-angr jawr gar seuq dzeh lar nyaqŠ
We come down from China through Burma to Thailand, then they throw out usŠ

Heu mehr lor? Aq poeq dawq kawqŠaq dui Aq kaq ya saq-a lehrŠEhr taq mehqŠ
Is this true? Our ancestors saidŠOur Akha have to face the problemsŠthey used to say

Tiq jeq-iq maq jer-aqŠmawr do jer-eu tehvq-aŠnui noeq jer-eu tehvq..
Nothing leftŠonly the bodyŠonly the thoughtŠ

mehq choeq maq javŠ
No clothes leftŠ

Ya saq mir-a nawqŠya saq mir-a nawq seuq dzeh lar mir-ehŠ.
We have to face the problems, I have to face the problems because they pushed meŠ

Ya saq meh ya saq mehŠ.ya saq mehŠya saq mehŠ ya saq mehŠŠ.
Have to face the problems, Have to face the problems, Have to face the problems,

Speaking:
Tiq chivq tehvq-ehr cer shmr maq tehv
One blacksmith alone cannot forge ten irons

Tiq pir tehvq-ehr cer nehvq maq keuq
One speaker himself cannot recite ten lines at the same time

Cer chivq hgeh-awr tiq shmr tehv
Ten blacksmiths forging one iron

Cer pir hgeh-awr tiq nehvq keuv-euŠ
Ten Pima reciting together at one time

Ar dui Aq kaq-eu dawq daq Smio-angr neh ehr taq-eu jav-eu lovq-ehrŠ
Even since the first ancestor the Akha people have been saying that we will face big problems in the future

Aq kaq zaq ma lehr noeq nar-aqŠ
If you belong to the Akha

Aq jeq lovq-ehr hgeh-awr bi muiq lar paq nga lehr tiq kawv lovq-ehr leh jeh dav mar, aq yuivq aq nyir-or.
O! Brother and sister, we should come together and help each other