Lyric: "No Siak so Mangaro"

 

Folk Song unearthed: "No Siak so Mangaro"

As expected, the lyric is quite hilarious in its hyperbole and colorful in its characterization. Check out my attempt at translation at the end.

NO SIAK SO MANGARO

I

No siak so mangaro

Ed satan ya limgas mo

Ag ta ka paakseben

No mayemyem so tiempo

Say gatinan mon datal

Apisay panyolito

Say yorongan mon silya

Mantilisay aro

II

No komon agi ta

Limon kan kakanen

Iyan ta kad ngoroy dilak

Ya pantolin-tolinen

Ag ta ka gatgaten

Ag ta ka akmonen

Iyan kad ngoroy dilak

Ta amamayoen

(Uliten II) (Repeat)

version 2

No siak so mangaro

Ed satan ya limgas mo

Ag ta ka palasuren

No mayemyem so tiempo

Say gatinan mon datal

Apisay panyolito

Say yurungan mon silya

Mantilisay aro

No limlimgisen koy

Aping mo ran nantupag

Rosas na everlasting

So aliling mod matak

No bilang umpatey ak

Ed bentekuwartro oras

No limlimgesen mo ak

Tampol nabilay ak

No kumon agi ta

Lemon kan kakanen

Iyan ta kad nguroy dilak

Ya pantulin-tulinen

Ag ta ka gatgaten

Ag ta ka akmunen

Iyan ta kad nguroy dilak

Ya amayuen

 

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Translation:

If I were the One to Love

If I were the one to love
your delicate beauty,
I won't let you go out
When the weather gets bad.

The floor you'll walk on
Shall be covered with hankies.
The seat you'll sit in
Shall be clothed with love.

Whenever I gaze
At your pair of cheeks,
They appear like everlasting flowers
To mine eyes.

In case I die
Within 24 hours
And you gaze in my direction,
I would at once live again.

If only, dear, you were
A lemon,
I will put you at the tip of my tongue
And roll you there again and again.

I won't chew you,
I won't swallow you,
I will just place you at the tip of my tongue
There to be leisurely savored.