Artist & Tune
Version by The Beatles
Version by Paul McCartney
Version by Mary McCaslin
Version by Bobby McFerrin
Version by Alicia Keys
Version by Eddie Vedder
Version by Emma Stevens
Version by Mike Sinatra
About the Song
This song was written by Paul McCartney and credited to Lennon-McCartney. It appears on the White Album. Rachel Wood sings it in the film "Across the Universe".
The final video below is an Indigenous teenager singing the song in her Native Mi'kmaq language for the year of Indigenous languages.
There are scores of outstanding covers of this song: https://secondhandsongs.com/performance/1983
Translation(s)
This is a phonetic transcription on a singable translation of the song in Mi'kmaq:
Pu-d’lis-kia in-chaw-wa ni-be hin-toh
Take these broken wings and learn to fly
1. K’naa- maa sia te- lie ja-dim
All your life
Dtel b’dtaw sin
You were only waiting for this moment to arise
Es-ka-ma da mo-oh sim neg nyi yem-men ja-a sin
2. Pu-d’lis-kia in-chaw-wa ni-be hin-toh
Ohw la- bin ni-geh’ n’mi-day-geh
Dtel b’dtaw sin
Es-ka-ma da mo-oh sim neg nyi yea sey yaa sin
Chorus: Bpu- di-lee skie-j…
Lie- ja- si
Dta’n wasa-dek por –oh-nek bpai-y dtu
Bpu- di-lee skiej…
Lie- ja- si
Dta’n wasa-dek por –oh-nek bpai-y dtu
3. Pu-d’lis-kia in-chaw-wa ni-be hin-toh
K’naa- maa sia te- lie ja-dim
Dtel b’dtaw sin
Es-ka-ma da mo-oh sim neg nyi yem-men ja-a sin
Es-ka-ma da mo-oh sim neg nyi yem-men ja-a sin
Es-ka-ma da mo-oh sim neg nyi yem- … men ja-a sin)
Translation by: Katani Julian & Albert "Golydada"Julian