Looking for the Folk Song, "Say Pusok so Mannangnangis," Reportedly a Bayambang Original

Looking for the Folk Song, "Say Pusok so Mannangnangis," Reportedly a Bayambang Original

A reference available online states that at least one folk song, titled "Pusok so Mannangnangis" (My Heart is Crying) most probably originated from Bayambang because it was most popular in this town. So, of course, I searched far and wide, only to find it nowhere. It can't even be Googled.

So I asked Jonas Bravo of Lingayen if he as any tape recording of this song, or a song title that is suspiciously close in its subject, "Pusok so Sinugatan Mo," and he said he would try.

After checking his archives or records, he found a version sung by Rosie Evangelista with the title "Pusong Mannangnangis."  I replied, "Bingo, this must be the one!"

So I studied the lyric:

PUSOK SO SINUGATAN MO

Pusok so sinugatan mo
Samal ed impangulam ed siak
O inaro
Maermen ak
Ed saray palikdom
Agko natepelan

No kumon agmoak la nilingo
Ed matam iran maoy-oyamo
Agko kasalanan so isian ko
No bilbilang ditad
Mabli ya diking mo

No labay mo ya nakabatan
Panangarok ya angga ed punpunan
Nia'y pusok ya mantalaran
Sugat mo inaro
Peram lay linawam

However, the description of the online source apparently refers to a different song: "'Say Pusok So Mannangnangis' (My Heart Cries) is [a] soul-stirring song of despair.... The lover complains of the way his beloved treats him. He writes her but she drops him “only a few lines” folded in a tiny piece of paper. He longs for her and he asks the wind to blow so that he may waft his “longing” to her who is an “extension” of his life.

Anyway, "Pusok so Sinugatan Mo" is equally soul-stirring, even though its pace its unusually slow to the impatiently modern ear.

This song is also interpreted by a male singer, Bobby Gutierrez, and his rendition is available on YouTube.

Meanwhile, the search is still on. I hope someone could find the supposed Bayambang original, for it is another source of pride from our rich and storied cultural heritage.

(Thanks, Jonas Bravo, for sharing your precious recording.)

Reference: https://nlpdl.nlp.gov.ph/CC01/NLP00VM052mcd/v1/v39.pdf

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=297802109087006&rdid=TOfvuqjs3CSyausj

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0I5lg2jrPjg