The Coming Monsoon

Tagai is a constellation, Tagai is an indicator

Tagai is the leading figure of the Cassowary clan

Tagai is the Southern Cross, Tagai is a five-pronged spear

Tagai brings the rainy season, he calls on the monsoon

Standing in his Thoe Thak, holding tight his spear

His older brother Kang is his companion, he sits at the stern

He brings the monsoon

He brings the coming monsoon

He brings the monsoon

When Tagai heads towards the west

The thunder roars, the downpour, it comes

He pushes down the bamboo pole

Pulls the fast canoe ahead

But as the sea gets deeper still

The bamboo pole is not long enough

He reaches deep down with his arm

And when his temple hits the water

The black rain comes, and the lightning begins

Here comes the monsoon

Here comes the monsoon

Here comes the monsoon

Three sisters of Tagai and Kang

Singiyal is Scorpio, Wusalal is Orion

Kowaka is turned into a bird who flies beneath the stars

On Mabuiag and Badu

The elder brother is the one who should lead

But Kang leaves it to his younger brother to lead the way

He pretended to be blind, he really could see

But then it was Tagai who was the constellation of the Cassowary clan

On Saibai

He reaches deep down with his arm

And when his temple hits the water

The black rain comes, and the lightning begins

Here comes the monsoon

Here comes the monsoon

Here comes the monsoon

Here comes the monsoon