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This is a song written in Langbelta, which is the conlang invented by Nick Farmer for The Expanse. It is about mistreated workers on Anderson Station in the asteroid belt.
lyrics
Imim showxa "Du, Belta; Du."
Dewe da livit da Belta
Wang diye ando du wowk xiya
And you're two days nearer dead
Keting mi kang du?
Mi ta wa tékimang ere Séteshang Anderson
Mosh ando natet, beratna
Asilik lowng fong da sowng
Sodzha inyalowda tili showxa dépelesh mi kang unte na kang go
Desh tim detim mang im mowsh leva sif xox!
Anderson un' Hyosung tili tenye da refineri
Inyalowda owlesi kang go pashang was shetéxeting
Mi tili dansa wit deting nakangekeng
Milowda na towchu inyalowda
Milowda na anyimal!
Tolowda mowsh peye mo fo owkwa unt' éreluf
Bossmang pensa shukumi mi
Im towchu fong beréf
Milowda ta du im fo maliwala milowda
U.N. Marine, imalowda na listening
ando du tung
Mi ta wa tékimang ere Séteshang Anderson
Mosh ando natet, sesata
Asilik lowng fong da sowng
Sodzha inyalowda tili showxa dépelesh mi kang unte na kang go
Desh tim detim mang im mowsh leva sif xox!
credits
released April 13, 2019
Chris Kiley - arrangement, performance, recording
Pirate - lyrics, translation
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