Off my Lojban rap album ZA'O. Check out the album on Bandcamp: https://djemynai.bandcamp.com/album/zao
English Translation:
Still Far
[Verse 1]
Everyone of us experiences their own life, good or bad.
My journey began more than two decades ago,
but this is not about religion,
I think it pertains to every human, who, if they live,
they are looking for The One Thing,
which will make them happy at some point
But to most questions, nobody knows the answer. It will probably take
a million days to understand them. Both I and everyone else
know that the world isn't simple. There are things that are neither pretty nor ugly.
Sometimes it rains shit, and somtimes confetti.
What is the reason for existence?
I want to be happy and not think about death.
Where am I going right now?
I can't see the end. Is this or that the right path?
Life is like the Via Krupp,
it's not straight, there are many curves
And it's easy to be deceived
But every path is such that
following it will get you somewhere.
I hold on to my shoes and don't stop walking.
I go through fields of grass
as I chase the horizon.
[Chorus x2]
The destination is still far.
I pass through sunlight and rain.
I see countryside and cities.
When will I arrive?
When will I arrive?
[Verse 2]
I'm starting to get extremely thirsty and my feet are beginning to hurt.
Should I wait by the road and raise a thumb?
I'm starting to doubt everything. Is my journey good for something?
I walk with no companions, no friends, no father, no mother
I no longer know where I am.
Am I still going to the right place?
Will I like where I am going?
Is anyone else going there?
For a long time no one has talked to me.
What's that? Either I am seeing a mirage,
or there's a person over there who watches me.
My eyes are too tired.
Right now there less than three pieces of bread in this basket.
My worries are beginning to get too much.
I begin to consider giving up soon.
I see that what I am scared of
is simply not possible to prevent.
But at the same moment,
I understand one new thing. I'm starting to see many new paths
that I can travel. Everything is posssible. I'm free to choose.
I was wondering, what is once I'm done with what I'm doing?
What comes after I have succeeded? What about my death?
But I start to understand that whether or not I like where I'm going,
that place is still far away
In fact the journey is the most important
The reason is simple, it's a simple use of math
I arrive exactly *once*, and at every other moment I'm on my journey.
So I'm gonna enjoy it for as long as it takes.
[Chorus x2]