"Sunezin Yry (Soul's Song)" lyrics - PAUL PENA

Chidig bizhek khoreem ottu
Chindingneen khan chingney berdi
Oodezhoktung khayy-bile
Olurtup aar salymymny
Oodezhoktung khayy-bile
Olurtup aar salymymny, ergim chonum.

A sharp knife pierces my chest;
Blood pours through my clothes to the ground.
Oh, the cowards!
That such a coward could unfairly ambush me is so sad!

Karaktarym shozu dongdu
Kanchap bardyng bilbezim er
Aldyn amym sadyyzyn|ga
Aryn-nuurung ornaplattar
Aldyn amym sadyyzyn|ga
Aryn-nuurung ornaplattar, chogenchiingni!

I want to look,
But my eyes close anyway.
My life is taken
So meaninglessly.
Woe is me!

Oglen|genden ur-daa bolbaan
Oorushkum boor kadayym kys
Oskus artar tolum bar dep
Olurgen er kayyyn bilir.
Oskus artar tolum bar dep
Olurgen er kayyyn bilir, ergim chonum.

He doesn't even know
That my dear, newlywed wife
And my son will be left alone.
My people, my friends, how sad!

Ogde akym, ezhim-oooorum
Ozheen surbeyn azhaap kang|ar
Kerning|erni bodap chorung|ar
Tyvam kyzy bolbas iyikpe
Kerning|erni bodap chorung|ar
Tyvam kyzy bolbas iyikpe, ergim chonum!

Dear friends, brothers,
Don't avenge this wrongdoing;
Just look after my wife and son for me.
My in-laws, please look after them.

[Instrumental]

Ava Tyvam, oglu-kyzy
Adaannashpayn demin kadyp
Ep-chop-bile choraan bolza
Elekke chop olur dep men,
Ep-chop-bile choraan bolza
Elekke chop olur dep men, ergim chonum!

My motherland, Tuva,
If the sons and daughters lived in peace
I wouldn't have been killed so young,
So meaninglessly, so sad!

Ayyyl chizhin kharap korgen
Aynyng chyryy buldesh didi
Kanchap bilir dirig boor deesh
Kharzhygashtar shuglap turdu,
Kanchap bilir dirig boor deesh
Kharzhygashtar shuglap turdu, ergim chonum!
Ayy, ay, ay, ay, ay, ay!

Only the moon was there to see this horror;
Even the snow was sad.
They hoped maybe I was still alive;
The snow covered me like clothes
To protect me from the cold.
I lay there alone, only thinking of the dear wife and son
I was leaving behind.
There, alone, with my song of sadness, I died.