A Whole New World - Translated Song

[Ftiafpi]

Translated this for another learnnavi.org member:
UPDATED: August 28th, 2011

Bold = Na'vi Lyrics
Normal = English translations of Na'vi lyrics
Underlined = Original enlgish lyrics

Nìngay Mipa Kifkey
(A Truly New World)
A Whole New World

Male:
Oel tsun wivìntxu kifkeyt
I can show the world
I can show you the world

Musìn, nusìn, lu lor
Turning, looking, is beautiful
Shining, shimmering, splendid

Plltxe oeru, tsmuke, krrpe
Speak to me, sister, when
Tell me, princess, now when did

tolung ngeyä txe'lanit futa pe'un
did your heart be allowed to decide?
You last let your heart decide?

piak si ngey menarir
open your eyes
I can open your eyes

Ngat munge ta tseng ne tseng
Bring you to many places
Take you wonder by wonder

Io, rofa sì äo
Above, beside and under
Over, sideways and under

mì swusayona ikran
On a flying banshee
On a magic carpet ride



mipa kifkey
A new world
A whole new world

mipa fya'o a kame fkol
A new way for one to see
A new fantastic point of view

kawtul oengar ke peng kehe
No one to tell us no
No one to tell us no

fu ne tseng kä
or where to go
Or where to go

fu lu unil oengur
or we are dreaming
Or say we're only dreaming



Female:
Mipa kifkey
A new world
A whole new world

tseng lefpom a oe ke omum
A beautiful place which I never know
A dazzling place I never knew

slä krr a kxayl oe lu
but when I am above that place
But when I'm way up here

fì'u lu law
It is clear
It's crystal clear

oel tok mipa kifkeyti ngahu
I am in a new world with you
That now I'm in a whole new world with you

Male:
Oel tok mì mipa kifkeyti ngahu
I am in a new world with you
Now I'm in a whole new world with you



Female:
Oe ke tsun spivaw
I can not believe
Unbelievable sights

oeru ke lu aylì'u
I don't have words
Indescribable feeling

tìtswusayon, tìkusìm, tìmusìn
Flying, spinning, turning
Soaring, tumbling, freewheeling

mì saw hu pxaya sanhì
In this star filled sky
Through an endless diamond sky


mipa kifkey
A new world
A whole new world

Male:
Menarir tstu rä'ä si
Don't close your eyes
Don't you dare close your eyes

Female:
Pxaya ayut tse'a
Many things to see
A hundred thousand things to see

Male:
Fpak ngay tsopì, fìkem sìltsan lìyu nì'ul
Hold your lungs, this (action) will get better (soon).
Hold your breath - it gets better

Female:
Oe lu na tusema tanhì
I am like a shooting star
I'm like a shooting star

oe zola'u alìm
I have come far
I've come so far

ke tsun tivätxaw oeyä kelkuru
(I) can not return to my home
I can't go back to where I used to be



Male:
Mipa kifkey
A new world
A whole new world

Female (simultaneous):
fra tìmìn lu lefpom
every turn is joyous
Every turn a surprise

Male (simultaneous):
hu mipa seng a fkol taron
with new places that one hunts
With new horizons to pursue

Female (simultaneous):
fraswaw kenong 'okit
Every moment represents remembrance
Every moment red-letter

Male/Female:
oel taron tsayut fratseng
I will hunt them everywhere
I'll chase them anywhere

Oengur lu krr lehawng
We have an overabundance of time
There's time to spare

tung fwa oel run fìkifkeyt hu nga
Allow me to discover this world with you
Let me share this whole new world with you



Male w/Female (echoing):
Mipa kifkey
A new world
A whole new world

Male w/Female (echoing):
tìyok tsatsengti
(we) will be in that place
That's where we'll be

Male (simultaneous):
prrte'a tìtaron
A pleasurable hunting
A thrilling chase

Female (simultaneous):
prrte'a tseng
A pleasurable place
A wondrous place

Male/Female:
fpi nga sì oe
For you and me
For you and me

EDIT: Changed 'other' to 'new' (mip)
EDIT again: Made a lot of updates.
EDIT again (1 year later): Made many, many more updates to bring it up to modern Na'vi grammer.

[Nìwotxkrr Tìyawn]

Mind singing it for us? 

[Ftiafpi]

Mind singing it for us?  

HAH! Don't make me laugh, I'll let you guys suffer through my horrible singing on Sky is Over or another similar rock song but I don't dare put you though the agony that would be me singing this song.

However, I do plan to record me just speaking the dialog so that other, more worthy, people may sing it.

[Txur’Itan]

Does someone have an idea where I can dig up the melody.

I'll make an ass out my self. As in I will give it my best try... =)

[Ftiafpi]

Does someone have an idea where I can dig up the melody.

I'll make an ass out my self. As in I will give it my best try... =)

A Whole New World Karaoke

[judytuna]

Ftiafpi, you are the greatest. Much <3.

Man, that is a lot of syllables.

[Kayrìlien]

This is great! I actually have a friend who was a bit skeptical about learning Na'vi, but he is a die-hard fan of Disney films, especially Aladdin. He'll definitely join in with us now!

As far as actually singing the Na'vi lyrics, it would be pretty hard to squeeze that many syllables into the meter of the English lyrics, but it doesn't seem impossible. (Ejectives have a tendency of slowing down the delivery of a language as well.)

I was definitely planning on doing something like this (with a totally different song, of course), but props to you, ma tsmukan. This is really cool, and I'm still impressed that the whole song was relatively translatable.

Kayrìlien

[Ftiafpi]

Ftiafpi, you are the greatest. Much <3.

Man, that is a lot of syllables.

This is great! I actually have a friend who was a bit skeptical about learning Na'vi, but he is a die-hard fan of Disney films, especially Aladdin. He'll definitely join in with us now!

As far as actually singing the Na'vi lyrics, it would be pretty hard to squeeze that many syllables into the meter of the English lyrics, but it doesn't seem impossible. (Ejectives have a tendency of slowing down the delivery of a language as well.)

I was definitely planning on doing something like this (with a totally different song, of course), but props to you, ma tsmukan. This is really cool, and I'm still impressed that the whole song was relatively translatable.

Kayrìlien

Yeah, I tried to keep the syllables down as much as possible and tried to move things around to match the meter of the original song but it's very hard (the problem of translating any song from one language to another). It should be singable though to the original tune with some syllables sped up or slowed down.

Some parts of the song were very hard and some were quite easy. Mostly I had trouble coming up with ways to say things like "whole new world" and "endless horizons" and "hold your breath" (heh, stop your lip wind, so funny).

[Alìm Tsamsiyu]

Tewtì, nang! Nga nìtxantsan soleiyi!
Wow, EXC! You ADV-excellent do<PFV><LAUD>
Wow, man! You have done AWESOME!

fu peng oeng a oeng lu u<er>nil
or tell us that we be dream-IMP
or tell us that we are dreaming
Or say we're only dreaming

Oel 'aw kxeyeyit nì'aw tse'a - san "unil" sìk *lì'u-uyä lu.  Fìlì'u zene san "unil s<er>i" sìk livu.
I-ERG one mistake-ACC only see - "unil" noun be.  This word must "unil s<er>i" be.
I only see one mistake - "unil" is a noun.  This should be "unil s<er>i."

(I think I may have been hanging out in the Na'vi Nì'aw forum too long xD )

*: lì'u uyä is a community-forged word, it should be used only sparingly and with caution.

[Ftiafpi]

Oel 'aw kxeyeyit nì'aw tse'a - san "unil" sìk *lì'u-uyä lu.  Fìlì'u zene san "unil s<er>i" sìk livu.
I-ERG one mistake-ACC only see - "unil" noun be.  This word must "unil s<er>i" be.
I only see one mistake - "unil" is a noun.  This should be "unil s<er>i."

Irayo ma oeyä tsmukan. Oe-l l<ol>atem san unil sìk.
Thank you [voc] 1-gen brother. 1-ERG change-PER " unil ".
Thank you my brother. I changed "unil".

[Ftiafpi]

Na'vi only (for easier singing):

Nìngay Mipa Kifkey

Male:
Oel tsun kifkeyri wivìntxu ngaru
Aertan, nerekx, lor
Plltxe ne oe, Tsahìk'ite, krrpe soli
Ngal tung ngayä txe'lanit fpìl eo
Tsun oel ngati srung a kame
Ngati munge tìkameie ne tìkameie
'Em, lafya'o sì la'em
Merakto fa ikran

Nìngay mipa kifkey
Lafya'o kameie fìtsengeri
Kawtu peng oeng kehe
Fu peseng kä
Fu peng oeng a oeng lu unil seri

Female:
Nìngay mipa kifkey
Lora tsenge a oe kawkrr oammum
Sä krrpe oe nìtxan 'em tsatseng lu
Oel kameie nìlaw
Rsnì set oe lu hapxì nìngay mipa kifkey ngahu
Male:
Set oe lu hapxì nìngay mipa kifkey ngahu

Female:
A ke spivaw oe tìtse'a
Ke lì'u fì'u tì'efu
tsweron, kerìm, ke yamìm
Mì fì'u apxa tanhì taw ateya
Nìngay mipa kifkey
Male:
Rä'ä ke tse'a fa ngayä menari
Female:
Txan pxay ay'u tse'a
Male:
Ftang ngayä seyri hufwe, fì'u asìltsan lìyu
Female:
Oe lu na tserwon tanhìl
Oe zìma'u ftualìm
Ke tsun oe kä ne tsatseng a oe tìmok

Male:
Nìngay mipa kifkey
Female (simultaneous):
Fra mìn lu lenang
Male (simultaneous):
fa pxay mipa ayatxkxeti taron
Female (simultaneous):
frakrrl nìtxan kenong 'okti
Male/Female:
oel tayareion ayngati mì nìwotx ayseng
Oengur lu nìhawng krr
oeti tung a tok mì mipa fìkifkeyti hungaru

Male w/Female (echoing):
Nìngay mipa kifkey
Male w/Female (echoing):
Tsatsengti oengl tìyok
Male (simultaneous):
Fìkem tìtareion leprrte' lu
Female (simultaneous):
Fìtseng leprrte' lu
Male/Female:
Fpi nga sì oe

[judytuna]

This is a lot harder than I thought it would be!!

I took the liberty of paring down the chorus so I could try to sing it. I humbly beg for your forgiveness. I tried to make it so there weren't so many added syllables, like this...

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mi-pa kifkey
A  whole new world
new world

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mip-a kam<ei>e  fì    tseng(e)-ri
A new fantastic point of       view
new see-laud here-top

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kawtu  peng oeng kehe
No one to   tell us no
no-one tell us no

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fu pe-   seng kä
Or where to   go
or where go

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oeng lu  un-   il ke-s<er>-i
Or   say we're only  drea  ming
we are dream not-do-imp PROBABLY WRONG AAAHHH =(

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mipa     kif- key
a whole  new  world
new world

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lora tsenge a  oe  
 a     dazz-  ling
beautiful place that i

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kaw   krr  o am mum
place  i  never knew
never know-past

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sä lu  krrpe   oe
but    when   i'm
but be when i

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'em    tsa   tseng
way    up    here
above thatplace

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oel  kam  ei  e
it's crys  tal clear
i see

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tsnì oe  lu  hapxì
that now i'm in
that i be part

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mipa    kifkey
a whole new world
new world

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nga- hu
with you
you with


So... here's my attempt at just this chorus: http://talknavi.com/audio/86/%28draft%29-mipa-kifkey-chorus-only

It is only an experiment. I think I ought to just suck it up and keep working on your translation, Ftiafpi. But it's been weeks since I promised you I'd try, so here is something  

edit on July 24, 2011: since talknavi.com is down now, I re-uploaded the old file here: http://judytuna.posterous.com/mipa-kifkey-draft-1-chorus-only 

[Ftiafpi]

WOW! That's AMAZING! Simply wonderful. I like the changes you made since I figured a lot of those syllables would be really hard to get into there. I can't wait to hear some more. Simply amazing.

[judytuna]

You know how when the little guys in Animal Crossing are so happy that flowers spray uncontrollably out of their faces? That is how I feel right now. Thank you, Ftiafpi, for the work you've put into these lyrics, and thank you for your encouragement!!! Irayo! Irayo! 

[Omatikaya'itan]

WOW that is awsome man

[ShadowMainZERO]

I would sing this if I had a female who could speak (or atleast pronounce) Na'vi. Sadly oe wouldn't be able to get either of my sisters or my mother to do so.

[Ftiafpi]

Oh, wow, I totally forgot about this. judytuna, if you read this, do you still want a pronunciation guide for this? Are you still planning to sing it?

[judytuna]

Hey! Yes! I still want to sing it! I've been busy, so this nudge is nice. I still want to trim it down a little (thank you for being open to the idea), but I am really unsure of the grammatical correctness of the changes I'm making.

[Ftiafpi]

Hey! Yes! I still want to sing it! I've been busy, so this nudge is nice. I still want to trim it down a little (thank you for being open to the idea), but I am really unsure of the grammatical correctness of the changes I'm making.

I'll try and trim it down for you if you want.

EDIT: There, I re-did the OP and tightened it up a bit so it should match the syllables (more of less) of the original song. Also, I fixed a few errors (wow, you learn a lot in a month, some of these errors were just baaaad).

[Tsufätu Ayioangä]

EPIC!