wan taso la, mi toki insa e suli; ma weka la, mi nanpa e tawa noka mi; mi wile ala oko e sitelen ante noka.
pilin pona li weka; lon sinpin mi la, jan ale li ken lukin e seli insa mi. mi la, len ante ala li lon: mi o weka, o wan taso a!
tenpo ni la, nena suli en telo tawa en ma pimeja pi kasi suli li sona e lon mi, e lon len mi.
taso nasin weka ale la, olin li alasa e mi, li toki tawa mi; kin la, mi toki tawa olin a!
toki Inli lon lipu ni
This is an adaptation of Petrarch’s most famous sonnet, “Solo e pensoso” (c. 1330?). Given the limited phonology of toki pona, I’ve still tried to make it rhyme, and preserve something of a sonnet structure in 14 lines!
lipu akesi pi jan Lapate 