Yaw kawr lar-awq, yaw kawr lar-awq aq kaq zaq ma
Come quickly, come quickly, we are the Akha people

Yaw kawr lar-awq, yaw kawr lar-awq aq dui ha aq kaq zaq ma
Come quickly, come quickly, we are the Akha people

Sang bovq dzaw aq kaq zaq sangq bovq dzaw-awq
Akha people, please learn to write and read

Sangq bovq dzaw, sangq bovq dzawq aq kaq zaq muiq lar paq-ehr
Study, study; for a better life of the Akha

Zmq taq mar, aq kaq zaq zangr xovq zmq ma
We will keep our culture, Akha people, we will keep our culture

Zmq taq mar zmq taq ma, aq kaq zaq zangr xovq maq ngehr
Keep our culture; keep our culture so we will never forget the Akha way of life

Maq noeq ngehr, aq dui ha aq kaq maq ngehr
We will never forget, we will never forget that we are the Akha

Maq noeq ngehr, mq dzer taw ir keuv xawvq-iq Aq kaq maq ngehr
We will never forget, even if we go to the end of the world, we will never forget the Akha