Tinsagu nu Hana
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Tinsagu nu Hana (Okinawan てんさぐぬはな "the Basalm Flowers") is a popular Ryukyuan folksong in the Okinawan language. It is also sometimes spelled Tensagu nu Hana.
Notice that each verse has the same number of syllables, as is typical in Ryukyuan prose (called ryuka):
ti-.n-sa-gu-nu-ha-na-ya
ci-mi-za-ci-ni-su-mi-ti
u.-ya-nu-yu-si-gu-tu-ya
ci-mu-ni-su-mi-ri
ti-.n-nu-bu-ri-bu-si-ya
yu-mi-ba-yu-ma-ri-si-ga
u.-ya-nu-yu-si-gu-tu-ya
yu-mi-ya-na-ra-.n
yu-ru-ha-ra-su-fu-ni-ya
ni-nu-fa-bu-si-mi-a.-ti
wa-.n-na-ce-ru-u.-ya-ya
wa-.n-du-mi-a.-ti
ta-ka-ra-da-ma-ya-ti-.n
mi-ga-ka-ni-ba-sa-bi-su
a.-sa-yu-ci-mu-mi-ga-ci
u.-ci-yu-wa-ta-ra
ma-ku-tu-su-ru-yu-i.-du
a.-tu-ya-i.-ci-ma-di-.n
u.-mu-gu-tu-.n-ka-na-ti
ci-yu-nu-sa-ka-i.
na-si-ba-na-ni-gu-tu-.n
na-i.-ru-ku-tu-ya-si-ga
na-sa-nu-yu-i.-ka-ra-du
na-ra-nu-ka-na-mi
てんさぐぬ花や
瓜先に染みて
親ぬ寄事や
肝に染みり
天ぬ群星や
読みば読まりゆい
親ぬ寄事や
読みやならん
夜走らす船や
子ぬ方星目当て
我ん生ちぇる親や
我んど目当て
宝玉やてん
磨かにば錆す
朝夕肝みがち
浮世渡ら
誠する故ど
あとや何時までん
思事んかなて
今日ぬ栄い
なしば何事ん
ないる事やしが
なさぬ故からど
ならぬかなみ
English translation
Just as my fingernails are painted with the pigment from the basalm flowers, my heart is painted with the teachings of my parents.
Although the galaxies in the sky are countable, the teachings of my parents are not.
Just as the ships that run in the night are guided to safety by the polestar, I am guided by the parents who birthed me and watch over me.
Just as there's no point in owning splendid jewelry if you don't maintain it, human beings who maintain their bodies will live life wonderfully.
The wishes of he who lives sincerely always come true and he prospers.
You can do anything if you try, but if you can't if you don't.