Ooooh lewa!
Ating sapos yu istap wantaim mi long hap ia
Em bai narapela samting olgeta.
Dispela waitpla pes long skai bai pasim ai b’long em
Na ol paia lait bilong tumbuna istap antap ia
Bai karai isi isi tru wantaim wari na laikim.

Ooooh love!
I think if you were here with me now
It would be another thing altogether.
That pale-face in the sky would hide his eyes
And the fires of our ancestors high up there
Would sparkle so softly with longing and love.

Ooooh lewa!
Bai mitupela bung gen long solwara
Bai mitupela mekim niupela paia long nambis,
Dring kulau na weitim pis long tan.
Paia-lait bilong yu istap wantaim ol tubuna antap
Na mi sindaun wanpis lukluk long waitpla pes ia istap.

Ooooh love!
We will meet again at the oceans edge
We will make a new fireplace on the beach,
Drink kulau and wait for the fish to bake.
Your fire burns with our ancestors up high
So I sit here alone staring up at that pale-face.

Neo-Melanesian (Tok Pisin) terms:

Singsing – literally sing sing as in traditional dance and music, as a customary social event, but also a sing-sing place is the set location where village cultural, social and political gatherings are held and where feasting and revelry is arranged.

Kulau – the term for young, green drinking coconuts, not the type that turn into hard brown nuts used for eating, extracting cream or dried copra for oil extraction.