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Back when, the clouds gathered over the sea.
See
the crew gather about the captain.
Listen
Captain, don't you hear the thunder? I even hear the birds on the wind.
Balance
Captain, so you don't get tossed off the ship as I managed to fall into the hold.
Respond
Captain, stay afloat near the ship, as we come out of the eye of the storm for you.
Touch
the rock if you can reach it as I latch to the crow's nest keeping you at point.
Taste
the salty waters, Captain, close your mouth. The memory of that night makes me taste tears.
Feel
the panic in the water, as I'm sick from our loss.
Smell
the fishy waves, and swim and we smell the new vacant day.
Alone, the dawn directs us forward; alone but with a rainbow.

Linear Translation

notation:
pronunciation: /ɑ/

ma
he/she/it [past tense, d.o.]
'a
[saw] (and) [clouds]
na
[a crowd][gathered about][not particular]
ha
a [particular][captain]
pa
listening
cha
(the captain did not hear) thunder
la
(I did hear) birds (on the) wind
va
encountering/experiencing
tha
unstable rolling (which throws the captain off the ship)
ga
(I encountered) a cave/wall/enclosed space
ka
[?(having)] responded w/o thinking, reflexed [?pluperfect]
kha
[toward] a flailing ship
fa
[away] from the eye of the storm
ra
feeling (grabbing)
qa
(the captain did not reach/feel) the rock
za
(while I felt) the deck edge
(too sim. to 10?)
ja
tasting
ba
(the captain did not taste) [shut his mouth] salt
ta
(while I [now?] taste) vain hope/liquor bitter,sour,?rotten meat
sha
feeling [internal/~emotions]
ya
panicked/overwhelmed/"flooded"
da
sick to stomach
sa
smelling (the captain)
dha
(the captain did not smell the) fish (could not) swim
wa
[while I smelt morning/dawn, tomorrow]
@a
(and thus) direction
(from 25)
nga
(and a) rainbow/beautiful day