Learn Mando'a

For those unwilling to translate yourself or not fluent in Mando'a, translation in the reply below.

Me'sene ke'gyce shonase dha'tra
Coruscanta at'te Tra'be'kyr
Anay me'suum par'mhi shukalar
K'akaanir

Chaaj'yc teh veshok bal Kelita'yustapir
Sen'trase hii'abiik jaon cerar
Laare bal gehat'ike be jate'kara
Cuun Beskar

Enteyorla'nari ra'par Kad Ha'rangir
Olaror tome par tal'din ba'aliit
Duumi tracyn o'r kar'ta oyacyir
Kandosii

Oh-ho-oh
Eyayah par nu'kyr akaan
Oh-ho-oh
Manda K'ol'ori'kaan
Oh-ho-oh
Werda Verda mandokarla
Oh-ho-oh
Manda K'ol'ori'kaan
Manda K'ol'ori'kaan

Karbakar teh ka'r'at'ka'ra
Tal'ba'kote ba'te kyrbej
Aala Beskar'gam ramorla
Ka'rta kotyc

Haa'tayli Buirse'be'buirse
Kyr'am at Haar Manda akaanir tug'yc
Jatne vaabir akaani ti'vode
Nasreyc

Oh-ho-oh
Eyayah par nu'kyr akaan
Oh-ho-oh
Manda K'ol'ori'kaan
Oh-ho-oh
Werda Verda mandokarla
Oh-ho-oh
Manda K'ol'ori'kaan
Manda K'ol'ori'kaan

Beskar'gam, Joha, Alor, Bajur, Aliit
Aranov, an'gaa'taylir cuyani

Beskar'gam, Joha, Alor, Bajur, Aliit
Aranov, an'gaa'taylir cuyani

Oh-ho-oh
Eyayah par nu'kyr akaan
Oh-ho-oh
Manda K'ol'ori'kaan
Oh-ho-oh
Werda Verda mandokarla
Oh-ho-oh
Manda K'ol'ori'kaan
Manda K'ol'ori'kaan

Ships command [the] waves [of] Hyperspace (Dark-Space)
Coruscant to the Outer Rim (Galactic End)
Every planet for us to conquer
Go fight

Far from Veshok [trees] and [the] Kelita River
Jetpacks fly (take air) over the mountain
Songs and stories of destiny
Our Beskar

Duty (Obliged Action) or for Kad Ha'rangir
Come together for kin (bloodlines) and clan
Allow [the] fire in [your] heart to live
Ruthless

Oh-ho-oh
The echo of an endless (no end) war
Oh-ho-oh
Manda Calling [Me]
Oh-ho-oh
Shadow Warriors got the right stuff
Oh-ho-oh
Manda Calling [Me]
Manda Calling [Me]

Hyperdrive (star to star) from star to star
Blood and glory on the battlefield
Feel [your] armor [being] besieged
Heart (Iron heart, a symbol, not exactly Kar'ta) is strong

[I/We] see [the] ancestors (father of fathers)
Death to the Manda to fight again
Best [thing] to do [is] fight with brothers
Determined

Oh-ho-oh
The echo of an endless (no end) war
Oh-ho-oh
Manda Calling [Me]
Oh-ho-oh
Shadow Warriors got the right stuff
Oh-ho-oh
Manda Calling [Me]
Manda Calling [Me]

Armor, Language, Leader, Education, Clan
Defense, all help [us] survive

Armor, Language, Leader, Education, Clan
Defense, all help [us ~to~] survive

Oh-ho-oh
The echo of an endless (no end) war
Oh-ho-oh
Manda Calling [Me]
Oh-ho-oh
Shadow Warriors got the right stuff
Oh-ho-oh
Manda Calling [Me]
Manda Calling [Me]

Manda Calling, a Galactic Basic bastardization of the Mando’a lyrics, written by cultural scholars of the Academy for the Fine Arts and History of Alderaan, ~2000-4000 BBY. Some Mando’a specific concepts or literal meaning of lyrics were changed to fight Basic grammar and syntax, as well as phoneme.


Ships command the waves of Darkspace
Coruscant to the Outer Rim
Every planet is a brand new place
To fight and win

Far from the trees and the beasts we’ve bested
Jetpacks soar on the horizon
Tales of a future that we’ve acknowledged
Iron within

Duty or worship of the God of Destruction
Pull together for the clan and kin
Fuel the fire to a boiling eruption
Sloth is Sin

Oh-ho-oh
The fog of war rolls endlessly
Oh-ho-oh
The Manda calling me
Oh-ho-oh
To be the best that we can be
Oh-ho-oh
The Manda calling me
The Manda calling me

Blood and glory to the beat of thunder
A journey to greet each Fallen King
Feel your armor getting torn asunder
The Heart shall Sing

I see the visions of the ones before me
Death won’t stop me to fight again
Shoulder to shoulder with the brothers beside me
Cin Vehtin

Oh-ho-oh
The fog of war rolls endlessly
Oh-ho-oh
The Manda calling me
Oh-ho-oh
To be the best that we can be
Oh-ho-oh
The Manda calling me
The Manda calling me

Education, armor, leader, our tribe
Defense and language to help us survive

Education, armor, leader, our tribe
Defense and language to help us survive

Oh-ho-oh
The fog of war rolls endlessly
Oh-ho-oh
The Manda calling me
Oh-ho-oh
To be the best that we can be
Oh-ho-oh
The Manda calling me
The Manda calling me

I love the way you work to make it feel like part of the universe

Thanks. I feel like if anyone is writing something that is part of a larger universe, best to try to make it fit. What version did you like better? The Basic or the Mando'a?

Nice! Just one note: I would suggest changing ‘mhi’ in line eight to ‘cuun’- by using the pronoun instead of the possessive adjective, you make it sound more like ‘we are beskar’ than the ‘our beskar’ that it is translated as.

You… are… absolutely correct, thank you. I’ll change it. Have you tried singing it?

I've been trying to sing it, but line 5 is really tough. I've been having an easier time by changing it to chaaj'yc teh manda'yaim.

TerminusHaran wrote: ↑

26 May 2023 01:52

I've been trying to sing it, but line 5 is really tough. I've been having an easier time by changing it to chaaj'yc teh manda'yaim.

Oh, it's a bit rough with some of the lines, but you can maneuver the subdivision a bit to get it to work.
I uploaded the verse, see if it helps.

Anyway, at least I know that you've sung it. Apart from that, how is it?

Honestly I like it. It's very fun, and very mando.

TerminusHaran wrote: ↑

28 May 2023 02:00

Honestly I like it. It's very fun, and very mando.

Vor entye.