TU AKU A MIVAVAKEL
Adela Delatado Adalla (Ivana) – 28
Laji: Anu Maddaw Ka Mu Lipus (1997)
Dr. Florentino H. Hornedo
Tu aku a mivavakel ta u dana ya manam Duminggu a duhusuhuten nu fiesta nu Diyos. Na anu mayam ako d’ rarahan dumayutayu aku pa Du iñiwat nu rarahan ta kadiñavusay da pa Nu naypayayanung, ta muvvu das’ padipluten Di yamen u saychid da. Anu kadiñavus da Am mitetnek aku na as pidilban ko i valungot
Ko am nayapiripirit dilban ko i sariyu ku, Niladang a vutuh nu lasa as pidilban ku i laylay chu, Kumnavus a m’chakanukanut, huvid su m’paydekedeket siya; Dilban ko imara ko, kumnavus a masirasira, Rudit su m’paydekedeket siya am di kuyu su vasayi Du kahawahawa ko nu kayadiyasiyay
Nu pinaydekedeket ko siya a lubsang nu sudi; Na aran madahedahet pa’s mayvuhud pa i valungut, Laylay, kanu imara, ta kaulaulayay Pa nu kadayutayu kod’ pais nu rarahan!
Description
Someone bewails her extreme poverty and its social consequences, and she begs, in the form of a wish, that she be given clothes and church veil. A poor girl’s song of complaint as well as plea for aid from better-placed relatives and friends. Theme: Lack of intelligence and ability is the mother of failure, poverty – it is a social disgrace.
Translation
I am becoming fearful for soon it will be Sunday which is the feast of God. For when I walk on the road, I have to hide myself every now and then On the roadside until the worthies have all Gone by – for when they pass, we get beaten somewhat With their canes. Once they have all gone by, I get up; and I look at my veil,
And it is tattered; I look at my rosary – It is merely a string of seeds; and I look at my dress And it has been torn to strips, and held together by pieces of string; I look at my skirt and it is all in strips Glued together by dirt, and I cannot wash it
For fear that the gabi peelings which I used to paste it together might disintegrate: So be my veil less pretty, but let me have two to alternate in use, Two dresses, two skirts, thus less would be the need To hide myself on the roadside!
YAKEN NAPILI MU
Clenita Dierra (Itbayat)
Yaken napili mu du aru a ka mavakes Ichadlaw a ichasaray umvasa su sagut mu. Yaken napili mu du papitu a ka mavakes Ichadlaw a icahasaray a mapya mixapuxapuy.
Translation
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AN MADDAW KA MU LIPUS
Maria Hortiz (Uyugan)
Laji: Anu Maddaw Ka Mu Lipus (1997)
Dr. Florentino H. Hornedo
An maddaw ka mu lipus, ñia vidavidangan mo Si anay du Laoag ta pavidavidangan Ko su addaw ko nimo, ñia kapere na pa naw; Vidavidangan mo si kapta nu pahung Ta pavidavidangan ko su addaw ñimo, Ñia kapere na pa naw; Vidavidangan mo si savung nu ranum, Pavidavidangan ko si addaw ko ñimo Am kapere na pa naw. Pamandahen ta du kapayvahatug nu mundu ta U ka paychaddaw ta pa.
Description
This song presents a lover who will love as long as the impossible does not happen. Theme: Love is everlastingTranslation
If you love, my beloved, count The grains of sand in the dunes of Laoag for their number Is the number of my love for you, and yet that is too small; Count the number of times the waves roll For their number is the number of my love for you, And yet that number is too small; Count the blossoms of the water For their number is the number of my love for you, And yet that number is too small; Until our world turns upside down, therefore, Let us love each other.
ARA KO NA INUMEN
Maria Hortiz (Uyugan)
Laji: Anu Maddaw Ka Mu Lipus (1997)
Dr. Florentino H. Hornedo
Ara ko na inumen u ranum a dinahud du nuyusu; Aran’ miñinum aku su ranum a dinahuyud du nuyusu Di a nakasusu su karang a nanawu
Da dijian ko a rarakeyeh, da dijian ko a rarakeh; Sia ara ko na dainumen u ranum du Untuvid; Ara nu miñinum aku su ranum du Untuvid A di nakatuvid du karang a nanawu
Da dijian a rarakeyeh, da dijian ko a rarakeh. Ara ko na dainumen si ranum di Ahaw; Aran miñinum aku su ranum di Ahaw; A di nakahaw siya u karang a nanawu Da dijian ko a rarakeh.
Ara ko na dainumen u ranum di Mavatuy A di a nakapachivatuvatuy du kapayengay a tau.
Description
A man makes a series of wishes wishing he had been wise, and regrets his having failed to imbibe the wisdom of his parents, all because of native lack of ability. Social wisdom and grace. Theme: Wisdom is supremely desirable, but the stupid man has no hope of attaining it.Translation
I would that I could drink from the spring of knowledge, Yet what good could it do to me who did not drink From the springs of knowledge that were my parent’s lips? I would that I could drink the water from the spring of memory; Yet what good could it do to me who sis not remember The words of wisdom sprung from my parent’s lips?I would that I could drink the water from the tunnel of understanding; Yet what good could it do to me to drink the water of understanding Who did not understand the words of wisdom sprung from the lips of my parents? I would that I could drink the water from the fountain of common sense; And yet what good will it do me to drink the water of common sense Who cannot hold a place among the common run of men?ORWould that I was drinking the water caught from the nusu tree; Even if I drank the water caught from the nusu tree Who was not able to imbibe the high teaching Of my parents, of my parents; Would that I was drinking the water of Untuvid; Even if I drank the water of UntuvidWho did not remember the high teaching Of my parents, of my parents; Would that I was drinking the water of Ahaw; Even if I drank the water of Ahaw Who did not guess the high teaching of my parents Would that I was drinking the water of Mavatuy Who has not been able to stand in line with other people.
ARU U MAKAVATA SIYA
Maria Hortiz (Uyugan)
Laji: Anu Maddaw Ka Mu Lipus (1997)
Dr. Florentino H. Hornedo
Aru u makavata siya u ka pere ko pa Du maddaw a tuphus am payutana Su kuminarulukud a vatu du rarahan Du kalu siya nu lakam ko ñimo a mavuya Mo kaka mo matuneng.
Description
This laji speaks of stones crumbling to dust under the feet of a man hurrying to meet a loved one. Theme: Love is thoughtful; and it is stronger than and impatient of separation from loved ones.Translation
Many say that I am rare Among those who love for I can reduce to dust with my steps The numerous stones on the road As my anxious desire to see you hurries me, my older brother.
AY DIYOS! TA MAPAW AKU NA
Maria Hortiz (Uyugan)
Laji: Anu Maddaw Ka Mu Lipus (1997)
Dr. Florentino H. Hornedo
Ay Diyos! Ta mapaw aku nay kanu nirakayan a varuk A pinaylukachinan da dijian ko a rarakeh, Ta nakalu sira kunu a mangay a mayvavahay Su minchip a tana du kurus di San Pilis A payduduhnusan dana nu ablak nu tadayib Su vitas nu tutuken, as pisahapiran Nu yamut nu vadinu su atep nu vuvun, A payvavahayan da rana nu ayukuy su mata.
Description
An orphan meditates on his grief, on the early death of his parents, and on the terrors of the grave – how roots and shoots of plants, and earth creatures such as crabs bore their way through the grave and into the hollow parts of the human bones. Theme: Death is always a double terror – for the one that left behind because of grief, and the ones dead because of the grimness of the grave.Translation
O God! With grieving, I have become as light as sun-dried varuk – I who have been left behind by my parents When they hurriedly left to go and make their abode In the hollow of the ground at the Cross of San Felix Where the shoots of tall grasses pierce their way Through the hollow of the bones, where like a network Grows the vine roots over the grave, and where The crabs bore their holes where once were human eyes!
MARAHET U MATA MU
Maria Hortiz (Uyugan)
Laji: Anu Maddaw Ka Mu Lipus (1997)
Dr. Florentino H. Hornedo
Marahet u mata mo, marahet i punta mo, A umnahu diyaken a tungduhen, A di makapidahapis du araw a dumibu Du nasirasirap awri a takey ni ama mo As takey ni luyna mo du dichud nu rasayan Du pamandan kadekey nu maparin ko.
Translation
Do not trust your eyes, do not trust your sight. You do yourself wrong by choosing me Who cannot go the farm twice in a day, To the many fields of your father And fields of your mother at the outskirts of the town Because I am very weak.
MUYIN PARU NINU
Maria Hortiz (Uyugan)
Laji: Anu Maddaw Ka Mu Lipus (1997)
Dr. Florentino H. Hornedo
Muyin paru ñinu si tauri a mañiañinu Du chinuhat ko a danum, ñia di kos’ di pachilupa Ta pakaynaynamen ko a mavuya? As anu madiman aku, ñia ivuvun mo ava yaken Du kurus di San Pilis, as ivuvun mo yaken Du asked nu kuku mo ta pachisuvusuvuay Ko du kanen mo a mahutu as pachidiludilupay ko Du inumen mo a danum.
Description
A lover delights in seeing the image of the beloved mirrored on a bowl of warm water because she is about to drink, and she would not drink the water because she would like to prolong the vision, and then requests that when she dies, she should not be buried in the earth but under the nails of the beloved so that she will always be a part of the beloved’s food and drink. The mortality of love and its fragile attempts to cling to the loved one even in death. Theme: Love is deathlessTranslation
Whose face do I behold, mirrored Upon the water I have boiled to drink? I do not dare to drink to prolong the vision. If I die bury me not at the Cross of San Felix; bury me under your fingernails, that I may be eaten along with every food you eat, that I may be drunk along with every cup you drink.
TAKUNU TA MAYEGEN SI ARAW
Maria Hortiz (Uyugan)
Laji: Anu Maddaw Ka Mu Lipus (1997)
Dr. Florentino H. Hornedo
Takunu ta mayegen si araw du tuhus Ta tauri a dumilichilit si nunuk du damurangan A kavayavayatan da nu machiavung Nu manganak nu dalumiran ya ta manyavayu Su navudintad kunu a vuhung nu tamek A kavayavayatan da nu manganak nu vadug A maypanenmangan.
Translation
Behold, the sun reaches the middle of its heavenly course, And there glistens the nunuk where the road enters the town; In its shade, people gather for shelter against the sun. This must be the dalumiran’s offspring – he seems a stranger To blades of grass turned upside down; around him gather The children of the wood pigeon To feed on his feast.
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