Nusuvi begins:
“This is a ballad shared among our people, but it is a recent - and true - story. Our poetry may have a strange rhythm and will it won't rhyme as songs do in your tongue, but I'll do my best to translate. Like all things of light, this ballad in in seven verses. In this song, each has a narrator.”
Verse 1
The green lands - Running, growing, living, changing The green lands of Vuronu Here all life begins and ends. “Love is life.” “Life is love. Beware it's power.” - says the Teacher, who is wise
Verse 2
He runs through the trees The great ferns will not slow him Meeting his beloved for the last night. “Is our secret safe? Our lips must always be sealed.” “Will this be our last embrace?” - says Kuriruvu, the leader of warriors
Verse 3
She has less light than he They were once foes But the savage tamed the civilized with her words. “We have hopes and dreams!” “We should be as one. Let our hearts unite!” - says Sasu, the rebel
Verse 4
Tonight they are betrayed - We will rescue him from her deception For he is our strength and protection. “This is wrong. It is out of control.” “The beast and the mighty must be parted.” - says Sinusovo, the leader of the light
Verse 5
A darkness stirs across Vuronu - The green lands are dieing because the balance is broken. “This is out of control! Change is the only way.” “Can't you see the truth? Our love resists the darkness!” - she pleads.
Verse 6
In the warmth of the green-dark they meet embracing one last time and their fear dissolves. “My own have betrayed us, beloved!” “Run! Run! If it takes one thousand years, I will see your smile again!” “They do not understand how our love resists the darkness!” - he was heard to say as he was captured.
At this point, after only six verses, Nusuvi stops to gather her emotions and explains how the expression “love resists the darkness” is the phrase “Kiru Viru” in Kinaso and is intended as an ironic pun on Kuriruvu's name. She know's this is to put his name to shame, but her feelings for her old master and her un-explained role in this story have choked her up sufficiently that she stops here.
Vokovi notices Nusuvi's discomfort and says:
“You forgot the last verse, Nusivi. You must of forgotten it - I know it! I'll finish.”
Verse7
Now she's gone and He's lost to na-blindness and the madness of those fallen from light. “Beware children, the beguiling words of savages!” “The greatest of all traded his name for the love of a na-blind harlot!” - says the teacher, who then folds his arms and adds “Honor Korirava no more!”
After this, Nusuvi wanders off to guard the camp silently and Vokovi makes sure that the party knows not to disturb her for now. Vokovi will quietly explain the previous master-apprentice relationship that existed, provide more detail about the trial, conviction, blinding, and escape and renaming of Korirava, and what little is presumed about his current whereabouts. Vokovi is convinced that Korirava has become quite insane.