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Minha ámoor nóóna

Ámoor nóóna, minha dóósi nóóna,
Tambomley kantáá poy vii ka.
Kástiv nuteem, boom viida loteem,
Káfriinha báyláá vii ka.

Lóónji kááza bóórdantu,
Péértu loteem séévintu,
Sekáá vatáá sáya tudu,
Teraá gárdáá káázantu.

Róóza fuula roostupa,
Máám lopeyáá ertipa
Ooru teráá bospa lodáá,
Ámoor nóóna votáápa.

Boskum eevkum juntáándu,
Péértu santáá tambomntu,
Viida lodáá, korsáám lodáá
Bospa, nóóna, tambomntu.

Magin Mario Balthazaar hails from Batticaloa, Sri Lanka (Eastern Province). He is a member of the Burgher Union of Batticaloa and a musician in its káfriinha group. He loves playing the guitar and the violin, and he is also invested in passing on the traditional káfriinha music and dance to future generations.

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Translated from Sri Lanka Portuguese by Hugo C. Cardoso

Hugo C. Cardoso is a professor of linguistics at the University of Lisbon and a researcher of the Portuguese-lexified creole languages of Asia. In addition to research in several locations of India, he recently conducted an extensive and collaborative documentation of Sri Lanka Portuguese, the endangered language of the Portuguese Burgher community, spoken especially in Sri Lanka's Eastern Province.

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