Aq kaqŠ. Ja deh nehŠ. oe ka mehq
The AkhaŠcome down from Jadeh homeland

Xoer ngeh Lavq buiq meuq-angr deh yar jav
In the old days, we used to have our paddy rice fields in China

Miq chmq cawr haq nehvq-ehr lur keur yur
Akha lady married to the Dai man

Hgawq myangrŠ.hgawq myangrŠ.jawr law mehŠ
Used to leave for a long time, we leave for a long time

Zaq miq zaq nehvq-ehr lawr-awr..ar mirŠŠpavq tawvq-awrŠ
After the Dai man stayed with his wife for a long timeŠTie up the catŠ

Diq teuv-awr nehŠ. yur geuvq shaw
Hit the cat run over the landŠtake over our land

* Deh yarŠdeh maŠ. ir byov shaw
Paddy rice field...big fieldŠ now has gone

Aq ka maq jawr nya oe ka mehqŠ.
The Akha cannot stay, have to move down southŠ

Mir maŠ maq javŠ dm gui oeŠ..
Big landŠno moreŠmoved down south

Oe ka-awr nehŠ.Ja dehŠ byav lar shawŠ
After we moved to the southŠ no longer to live in Ja dehŠ

Aq kaŠ ya saqŠ.dmr gui Š. Ga le-awr neh
AkhaŠfacing problemsŠbecause we moved south

Mr dzaq-euŠ. maq jav mir neh *
Working landŠno more left