monsuta (song)

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"monsuta"
Dark brassy cover with a black jagged line, the sitelen pona glyph for "monsuta"
Dark brassy cover with a black jagged line, the sitelen pona glyph for "monsuta"
Single by jan Usawi
B minor · 4
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Genre Electropop
Length 2:44
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"monsuta" is an electropop song by American singer-songwriter jan Usawi. It was originally released on 26 June 2021.[1]

Interpretation[edit | edit source]

In a post from 2022, soweli Kina, the founder of lipu monsuta, mentions that this song demonstrates that Toki Pona is more than a "cute sweet language" as it is commonly represented.[2]

Lyrics[edit | edit source]

mi wile ala lili
mi wile ala suwi
mi wile ala olin
mi wile alasa

mi wile ala sewi
mi wile ala nasin
mi wile ala pona
mi wile alasa

monsuta
ni li tenpo pimeja
lon insa pi lawa sina
toki ike lon anpa
sina monsuta
e mi la mi utala
sina ike a
sama kala suli la mi alasa

mi wile ala lete
mi wile ala kute
mi wile ala nimi
mi wile alasa

mi wile ala kiwen
mi wile ala lape
mi, mi ken ala moli
mi wile alasa

monsuta
ni li tenpo pimeja
lon insa pi lawa sina
toki mi li lon anpa

ilo ala
tomo ala
lipu nasin ala
a, kalama ni li seme a?
sijelo moli, kon jaki
telo loje taki
sina wile weka
taso ken ala pali

luka sama soweli
uta sama akesi
kon sama seli suli
sina ken ala lawa e mi
lawa sina
pilin sina
sijelo sina
o tawa ala
anu sina wile la o tawa
ni li ante e ala
mi ken tawa wawa
a, ale sina li mi

mi wile ike e sina
mi wile kama wawa
mi wile musi taso
mi sona ala
mi alasa

monsuta
ni li tenpo pimeja
lon insa pi lawa sina
toki ike lon anpa

mi monsuta
e sina la o weka
anu la
ni li tenpo alasa

References[edit | edit source]

  1. jan Usawi. (3 May 2021). "monsuta". jan Usawi [@janusawi8794]. YouTube.
  2. soweli Kina [@spiders]. (11 November 2023). "my favorite toki pona song, explained in english (or, why "monsuta" by jan Usawi goes so fucking hard)". Cohost. Archived from the original on 11 September 2024. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
  3. jan Usawi. (1 July 2021). "monsuta". Bandcamp. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
  4. jan Usawi. (8 August 2021). "On Copyright, Reposting, and Remixing". Patreon. Retrieved 28 March 2024.

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