Name to Wonder

[Куплет 1] We left the river where the survey boats turn With a compass, pressed paper, and a field guide to learn You called out the slope as the trail climbed away I marked a red-veined leaf where the sunlight broke gray A pitcher plant held a bead at its rim While a blue morpho crossed the fern canopy dim I wrote down the name, then looked up again The map had gone quiet; the forest began [Алдынғы қайырма] Every turn made the old page small Every question opened another trail [Қайырма] Look what the living world keeps making A thousand green designs in the shade From a seed with a wing to a vine that climbs for miles There’s a reason in each shape nature made And i came to put a name to wonder Now wonder’s running ahead of me Look what the living world keeps making Come on, there’s more we haven’t seen [Куплет 2] At noon, on a ridge above a tributary bend We found an orchid no keybook could defend Its petals held a mark like a moth’s fine map I sketched the curve while you checked the gps strap Down by the stream, a palm wore spines like a crown And a strangler fig sent its roots winding down The sample tags fluttered; the rain held its breath Then a new fern unrolled like a green little yes [Алдынғы қайырма] Every answer made the next one call Every foothold led beyond the trail [Қайырма] Look what the living world keeps making A thousand green designs in the shade From a seed with a wing to a vine that climbs for miles There’s a reason in each shape nature made And i came to put a name to wonder Now wonder’s running ahead of me Look what the living world keeps making Come on, there’s more we haven’t seen [Көпір] At camp, i lay the field notes in a row Names, measurements, places only we could know But one leaf’s still unlisted, one mark without a key Tomorrow we’ll follow where its roots may lead [Final chorus] Look what the living world keeps making A thousand green designs in the shade From a seed with a wing to a vine that climbs for miles There’s a reason in each shape nature made And i came to put a name to wonder But wonder’s got the better view of me Look what the living world keeps making Come on, there’s more we haven’t seen [Аутро] More we haven’t seen Past the ridge, beside the stream More we haven’t seen