[A-meng is the Chinese name of Uganda Dictator Amin. This song likens forceful imposition of language to Dictatorship] tserng hāu phérk lāat kwáam xè nai ámēng pī tsáai kóei táwng xāw nērng kóei ámēng ngín thàwm ao xāw kwáam tsáai pī te phérk hâwng kwáam nae wáw áai née wāa pawng sang tserng hāu phérk lāat kwáam xè nai ámēng pī tsáai kóei táwng xāw nērng kóei ámēng ngín thàwm pī te phērk lāat xérn tàwp kwáam tái má lu [wo jiào ni, bù wàngjì] tsō pài yaan hāu páw mērt kan kwà sawn pan thāeng páai hâk kàwn lú tsáai hâk nyáa suu àm lérm lāi yâo làa én án náu tsau yù kwà tà sè khér tái mérng tái her pan haai laai [wo jiào ni, bù wàngjì] ၸိုင်ႁႂ်ႈၽိုၵ်းလၢတ်ႈၵႂၢမ်းၶေႇၼႆဢႃးမဵင်ႈ Why do we have to learn Chinese, Ameng? ပီႈၸၢႆးၵူၺ်းတွင်းၶေႃႈၼိုင်ႈၵူၺ်းဢႃးမဵင်ႈ I still can remember one word “A-meng” ငိၼ်းထွမ်ႇဢဝ်ၶေႃႈၵႂၢမ်းၸၢႆး Please listen to me ပီႈတေၽိုၵ်းႁွင်ႉၵႂၢမ်းၼႄ I will try to sing and then listen from me ဝေႃးဢၢႆးၼီး ဝႃႈပွင်သင် Wo ai ni (I love you), what does it mean? ၸိုင်ႁႂ်ႈၽိုၵ်းလၢတ်ႈၵႂၢမ်းၶေႇၼႆဢႃးမဵင်ႈ Why do we have to learn Chinese, Ameng? ပီႈၸၢႆးၵူၺ်းတွင်းၶေႃႈၼိုင်ႈၵူၺ်းဢႃးမဵင်ႈ I still can remember one word Ameng ငိၼ်းထွမ်ႇပီႈတေၽိုၵ်ႈလၢတ်ႈ Please listen to me, I will try to say ၶိုၼ်းတွပ်ႇၵႂၢမ်းတႆးမႃးလူ You have to reply me in Tai language 我教你，不忘记 wo jiào ni, bù wàngjì ၸူဝ်ႈပႆႇယၢၼ်ႁႂ်ႈပေႃးမိုတ်ႈၵၼ်ၵႂႃႇ I will teach you, so you don’t forget သွၼ်ပၼ်ထႅင်ႈပၢႆးႁၵ်ႉၵွၼ်ႇလူး Can you teach me about love? ၸၢႆးႁၵ်ႉၺႃးသူဢမ်ႇလိုမ်းလႆႈယဝ်ႉလႃႇ Since I met you, I cannot forget you 我教你，不忘记 wo jiào ni, bù wàngjì