manonton dalan
agni apasyar na pusok so luyag na barongan
tan say maaron bibil ko agton balot anguban
natalusan koray naidalatdalat iran sengegan
manisiyaak nepeg pantatalusan so gamuran
say sekder na manandun, masamit ya araun
tan katekep toray karinyun agnaipakabuasan
antoy gawaen mo no nalinggis koray matam
nabasam kasi ray liknaan ya gegemgeman
ikuyep mo kasin iyawat so maamon limam
ideen mo kasin singa belek no naap-aplusan
no guguen mo manungik labaytoy untirakyang
no agto nagustuan manketket mankarangkang
akinet singa nalmay so abalam, amuti lupam
singa naigur amoy batod anglakan so liknam
galad diya ta tambalen tay puyok ya maabig
amay say petang to et singa sinag ed bukig
ya amamayuey larak na unan bungay niyog
masimsimpit iran mesmes singa mansusukog
no nagustaun mo ikirem moy duaran matam
eyasaes moray iya-amot mo ran ula-ulam
ta siguraduen kon diyad bekta sikay ebatan
na manluluppias na panangaron abangunan
kanyan ilukas moy mareen mon kanonotan
aliling toy mapalpalnan agos ed kabuasan
Sunday, October 26, 2008
Sunday, October 19, 2008
Tonda La 'tay Barong
by Kankanti
Baleg ya tepel ta agak akasabi
Walay akasengeg, agka ombabarong kari
Excited ak amo nen tinmawag kad siak
Nen tepeten koy direction, agko la nangel so ebat.
Dakel ya lugar so aliber-liber ko
Amay GPS anggapoy kuwenta to
Anonotan ko imay datin ayuyang ta
Balet panon to ta alupak la may mangga.
Agmo iisipen ya inindian taka
Ta amtay Dios tan ya agko getma
I'll make it up to you, atan so promisa
Pian agka onkaro; makabawi kan siansia.
Bisitan anengneng mo ya aka-spoting
Agka mapaga ta agni akakiking
Ag taka isalat, mas guwapo kan arawi
Mas maaro ka lawas, talindeg mas mataraki!
Susto la tay sibek, tonda la tay barong
Agka la onlelespak ditan ed sukong,
Punasan mo la tay luwam, imis kay daiset
Pian say lupam onliwawa, ag asilot so kirep!
Baleg ya tepel ta agak akasabi
Walay akasengeg, agka ombabarong kari
Excited ak amo nen tinmawag kad siak
Nen tepeten koy direction, agko la nangel so ebat.
Dakel ya lugar so aliber-liber ko
Amay GPS anggapoy kuwenta to
Anonotan ko imay datin ayuyang ta
Balet panon to ta alupak la may mangga.
Agmo iisipen ya inindian taka
Ta amtay Dios tan ya agko getma
I'll make it up to you, atan so promisa
Pian agka onkaro; makabawi kan siansia.
Bisitan anengneng mo ya aka-spoting
Agka mapaga ta agni akakiking
Ag taka isalat, mas guwapo kan arawi
Mas maaro ka lawas, talindeg mas mataraki!
Susto la tay sibek, tonda la tay barong
Agka la onlelespak ditan ed sukong,
Punasan mo la tay luwam, imis kay daiset
Pian say lupam onliwawa, ag asilot so kirep!
The House
Ricky
Last August I had the opportunity to visit the house that my father built … for the last time. As I stood there in awe of its disrepair, its insignificance to decades of emptiness and neglect hit home. The corrugated bent tin roof and boarded up windows were haphazardly nailed into place with hopes of keeping them from being strewn away by the next typhoon. And the makeshift ladder leading up to the house was very … inviting.
Hinges with layers of rust resist as I trespass to the memories still stored in every crevices of this house I used to call home. But old age is no match for homesickness. The door opens heavily giving me enough light to gingerly walk in the middle of what we used to call sala. An onslaught of people, time, remembrances, and occurrences flood my awareness, and as family memories often do, they grow more melancholy as the losses begin to pile up.
Streaks of light peek through openings from broken capiz windows illuminating the hardwood floor tirelessly polished with bunot and red floor wax now decorated with crisscrossed termite tunnels. The same windows that also served as backdrop to my brother’s coffin as he lay there “sleeping” in my confused six-year old mind. And Mom crying herself to sleep is heard from the distance.
One corner, where traces of an altar once stood guarding the family, catches my attention. Mother Mary and the Crucifix are long gone but their prominence still stands. As the sounds of Mom’s evening prayers echo in the hallowed room, so too are Dad’s footsteps as he paces the room each time his search for our livelihood took him to provinces and lands afar. Even the radio housed in another corner gurgles its reminiscent sound, and oh what possibilities, as we listen to the amplified sound of an American President telling the world that the Americans landed on the moon. Together with our parents, we clamor outside and pretend to see the men walking on the moon!
To the right of the sala are footprints of where walls used to be separating two bedrooms. Musty draft mixed with the smell of mothballs waft through the air. The only furniture still left in the house is my sister’s escaparate. The long mirror is marred from the inside, its shelves are missing, but the door still latches. Missing are Mom’s baul which I dearly wanted to bring back and my sister’s vanity where she made herself up as I sat on the floor wondering if I’d ever be as pretty.
The house is much smaller than I remember. The missing kitchen and bathroom didn’t help much either. A wall of shelves separating the sala from the kitchen also did not stand the test of time but glimpses of hardened sticks of juicy fruits hidden and forgotten on those shelves bring smile to my face.
I closed the door on my way out and jumped the last wrung of the ladder. I looked back and saw the six-year old in me for the last time hiding under the house, inside a drum that housed the chickens, at peace.
As the old house is taken down, I had to remind myself how fleeting times of grace are, that is if we’re lucky enough to have them at all.
Last August I had the opportunity to visit the house that my father built … for the last time. As I stood there in awe of its disrepair, its insignificance to decades of emptiness and neglect hit home. The corrugated bent tin roof and boarded up windows were haphazardly nailed into place with hopes of keeping them from being strewn away by the next typhoon. And the makeshift ladder leading up to the house was very … inviting.
Hinges with layers of rust resist as I trespass to the memories still stored in every crevices of this house I used to call home. But old age is no match for homesickness. The door opens heavily giving me enough light to gingerly walk in the middle of what we used to call sala. An onslaught of people, time, remembrances, and occurrences flood my awareness, and as family memories often do, they grow more melancholy as the losses begin to pile up.
Streaks of light peek through openings from broken capiz windows illuminating the hardwood floor tirelessly polished with bunot and red floor wax now decorated with crisscrossed termite tunnels. The same windows that also served as backdrop to my brother’s coffin as he lay there “sleeping” in my confused six-year old mind. And Mom crying herself to sleep is heard from the distance.
One corner, where traces of an altar once stood guarding the family, catches my attention. Mother Mary and the Crucifix are long gone but their prominence still stands. As the sounds of Mom’s evening prayers echo in the hallowed room, so too are Dad’s footsteps as he paces the room each time his search for our livelihood took him to provinces and lands afar. Even the radio housed in another corner gurgles its reminiscent sound, and oh what possibilities, as we listen to the amplified sound of an American President telling the world that the Americans landed on the moon. Together with our parents, we clamor outside and pretend to see the men walking on the moon!
To the right of the sala are footprints of where walls used to be separating two bedrooms. Musty draft mixed with the smell of mothballs waft through the air. The only furniture still left in the house is my sister’s escaparate. The long mirror is marred from the inside, its shelves are missing, but the door still latches. Missing are Mom’s baul which I dearly wanted to bring back and my sister’s vanity where she made herself up as I sat on the floor wondering if I’d ever be as pretty.
The house is much smaller than I remember. The missing kitchen and bathroom didn’t help much either. A wall of shelves separating the sala from the kitchen also did not stand the test of time but glimpses of hardened sticks of juicy fruits hidden and forgotten on those shelves bring smile to my face.
I closed the door on my way out and jumped the last wrung of the ladder. I looked back and saw the six-year old in me for the last time hiding under the house, inside a drum that housed the chickens, at peace.
As the old house is taken down, I had to remind myself how fleeting times of grace are, that is if we’re lucky enough to have them at all.
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
managos so luwak
manonton dalan
say palnay dagem makatelek
ed panalagar kod sika inaro
manteltelek lay kanonotan
anto kasi akasebel na isabi yo
inyaplos koy nengneng kod bukig
maliwliwawa anggad mad tambib
saray piyaes maniweng iran sanlabi
singa walay labay dan ipasabi
balet pankatalos koy agaylay arawi
sinekderan moak agmo inpasantabi
ambelat so salik ya pasempet
diyad pagew koy napnoy sibek
amungsilak na sangan melanting
inwawasiwas ko mansangiyising
kibatiktik iray ayep ed labi
singa say liknak agnabier agi
nilak so abong yo, timmakiling
wala manayay bisitam ya aka-ispoting
managos so luwak, inluspak kod pireg
aliknak, mas dimmenden so pansibeg
say palnay dagem makatelek
ed panalagar kod sika inaro
manteltelek lay kanonotan
anto kasi akasebel na isabi yo
inyaplos koy nengneng kod bukig
maliwliwawa anggad mad tambib
saray piyaes maniweng iran sanlabi
singa walay labay dan ipasabi
balet pankatalos koy agaylay arawi
sinekderan moak agmo inpasantabi
ambelat so salik ya pasempet
diyad pagew koy napnoy sibek
amungsilak na sangan melanting
inwawasiwas ko mansangiyising
kibatiktik iray ayep ed labi
singa say liknak agnabier agi
nilak so abong yo, timmakiling
wala manayay bisitam ya aka-ispoting
managos so luwak, inluspak kod pireg
aliknak, mas dimmenden so pansibeg
Sunday, October 12, 2008
parad sika selya
manonton dalan
no basaen koy nonot ed terter na oran
ed saray apalabas iran malugon aruan
wala ni kasi nagametan kon abitbitla
andi balid selyan diyad pagew bimmaleyla
selyan naynay kon inyan ed peligro
umpano makalingwan ka ed panangaro
sengeg na inakalener toyan kapalaran
ed agaylan alabas ya kairapan
nalingwanan ko kasin agbasaen
irayan apalabas iran aruan
saray malugon bektan inter tod siak
ya pinanmunatan koy kesaw tan irap
dimmalan iray agew iran alay samit
tan anggapoy atilak balet pansibeg
matuwan panangaro ayuyang toy pagew
anggad ponpon bangkay koy aripen
natan manermenak ed panil-iliw ko ed sika
say gagawen kon panligliwa ed sayan dusa
ed saray apalabas ya panaon ya nanononotan
say orakam salming na inawan agamuran
say orakam ya gulis na pinablin lapis
inaron inkurit ed puso tan pannangis
saksakey ya pablin pakanonnonotan kod sika
ya agnatakew anggad kauyos na bilay
say kamarerwak so maaron undadayo
dimad luyag tan dalan ya nagagatinan mo
dimad angalakan na beata tan hilom ya atapew
sayan pusok manaynay ya sikay ikekerew
amin kapigaak lan napnapnoy paney-ey
dimad silong na alabasan tan manggan atagey
amay akabitin ya bungan labay mon burburen
binurbur ko parad sika inararon lamlamyungen
say amina ganaganak laman koy mitutulinan
ed agaylan paga nen sikay walay liliknaen
say pagak nen saman betang toy atageya tawen
say paraiso met balet so walay sipi ton tulongan
kakarawen koy malenleneg mon orakam
diyad ekat ya angalakan mananayam
babasbasen koy maligan sabangan
tan bakabakat na salim ed baton tuntunan
umpapawil iran singa anap-anapen ko
aramay panaon ya maligan naanggapo
no amay manames kad playa masaksakbay
ta agmo labaya nasabi kay etab ed baybay
singa narerengel koy naynay mon bitla
“taluran agew ya agta nanperrengan ”
say ebat ko balet ya walay salitan liga
“say sakeya too dakel larayan taryaan”
akin kasit anggapoy atilak ya agni asukayan
ed nonot na saray maligan limmulubay
diyad kamumutektek ko say luwak mansaysay
tarok toy tagoong kon”ay! anggapoy kapalaran”
iner kasi silyan ligliway pagew
akinet say aruan mi aglimmawig
kapigan so tiempon saray linggis to
et aliwan kamarerwak, tawen tan bilay ko
akin kasi nen sikami lay mansiyan
nauyos la komon so bilay toyan pakaskasin laman
ta no iyurakak no panonak ya umpatey
selya, diyad pusok sikay manandun itagtagleey
arayan agnatepelan iran kaermenan
o! ligan akaarawi, ta sikay sengegan
sikatoy angiguyor ed siak ya mananlong
bilay na pakaskasi isulat kon kansiyon
selya saray tungtung ko nayarin naemel
maermen ya bitla lapur say diyosak ngelengel
ya anggan kapirit agko labay so namelmelag
napalaranak komon ya narengel na nonot mo tan layag
sikatoyay manunan ugta na walnak ya kulyapis
ya diyad pinabpablin bakat mo et imantilis
aksubien mo komon anggan anggapoy kilas
nanlapud pusok ya say sibeg to et singa perlas
no say kasagmakan ko et kababaingan
say tubok so nadayew ya kesawa pounan
no babasaen mo rayan tagtagleey
nonot moak komon ya manpaparayew
malikeliket iran nimpa na lawa na bai
sirenas say kansiyon day makakiki
sikayo natay pinabpabli
na agaylay irap na diyosak ya pakaskasi
takdang kad akapaliber ya tambak inaro
pakaskasin kansiyon diyad lira itono
no sayan mansasalitan bilay et naanggapo
matuwan panangaro pilalek ton manandu
sikay rosas toyan tagtagleey, selya
itatanduro na M. A. R masasanting iran letra
birhin ya ina tan anak siak so mansamba
F. B. say matuwan manangarod sika
sssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss
pasensya kilan pinabpabli tan inararok ya kabaleyan
ta binurak may immuna ya patalos toyan anlong nen
masiken ikong ta medyo kulang na sabaw. natan
nayari yulan ilupen wala ni sili tan laman to. md
no basaen koy nonot ed terter na oran
ed saray apalabas iran malugon aruan
wala ni kasi nagametan kon abitbitla
andi balid selyan diyad pagew bimmaleyla
selyan naynay kon inyan ed peligro
umpano makalingwan ka ed panangaro
sengeg na inakalener toyan kapalaran
ed agaylan alabas ya kairapan
nalingwanan ko kasin agbasaen
irayan apalabas iran aruan
saray malugon bektan inter tod siak
ya pinanmunatan koy kesaw tan irap
dimmalan iray agew iran alay samit
tan anggapoy atilak balet pansibeg
matuwan panangaro ayuyang toy pagew
anggad ponpon bangkay koy aripen
natan manermenak ed panil-iliw ko ed sika
say gagawen kon panligliwa ed sayan dusa
ed saray apalabas ya panaon ya nanononotan
say orakam salming na inawan agamuran
say orakam ya gulis na pinablin lapis
inaron inkurit ed puso tan pannangis
saksakey ya pablin pakanonnonotan kod sika
ya agnatakew anggad kauyos na bilay
say kamarerwak so maaron undadayo
dimad luyag tan dalan ya nagagatinan mo
dimad angalakan na beata tan hilom ya atapew
sayan pusok manaynay ya sikay ikekerew
amin kapigaak lan napnapnoy paney-ey
dimad silong na alabasan tan manggan atagey
amay akabitin ya bungan labay mon burburen
binurbur ko parad sika inararon lamlamyungen
say amina ganaganak laman koy mitutulinan
ed agaylan paga nen sikay walay liliknaen
say pagak nen saman betang toy atageya tawen
say paraiso met balet so walay sipi ton tulongan
kakarawen koy malenleneg mon orakam
diyad ekat ya angalakan mananayam
babasbasen koy maligan sabangan
tan bakabakat na salim ed baton tuntunan
umpapawil iran singa anap-anapen ko
aramay panaon ya maligan naanggapo
no amay manames kad playa masaksakbay
ta agmo labaya nasabi kay etab ed baybay
singa narerengel koy naynay mon bitla
“taluran agew ya agta nanperrengan ”
say ebat ko balet ya walay salitan liga
“say sakeya too dakel larayan taryaan”
akin kasit anggapoy atilak ya agni asukayan
ed nonot na saray maligan limmulubay
diyad kamumutektek ko say luwak mansaysay
tarok toy tagoong kon”ay! anggapoy kapalaran”
iner kasi silyan ligliway pagew
akinet say aruan mi aglimmawig
kapigan so tiempon saray linggis to
et aliwan kamarerwak, tawen tan bilay ko
akin kasi nen sikami lay mansiyan
nauyos la komon so bilay toyan pakaskasin laman
ta no iyurakak no panonak ya umpatey
selya, diyad pusok sikay manandun itagtagleey
arayan agnatepelan iran kaermenan
o! ligan akaarawi, ta sikay sengegan
sikatoy angiguyor ed siak ya mananlong
bilay na pakaskasi isulat kon kansiyon
selya saray tungtung ko nayarin naemel
maermen ya bitla lapur say diyosak ngelengel
ya anggan kapirit agko labay so namelmelag
napalaranak komon ya narengel na nonot mo tan layag
sikatoyay manunan ugta na walnak ya kulyapis
ya diyad pinabpablin bakat mo et imantilis
aksubien mo komon anggan anggapoy kilas
nanlapud pusok ya say sibeg to et singa perlas
no say kasagmakan ko et kababaingan
say tubok so nadayew ya kesawa pounan
no babasaen mo rayan tagtagleey
nonot moak komon ya manpaparayew
malikeliket iran nimpa na lawa na bai
sirenas say kansiyon day makakiki
sikayo natay pinabpabli
na agaylay irap na diyosak ya pakaskasi
takdang kad akapaliber ya tambak inaro
pakaskasin kansiyon diyad lira itono
no sayan mansasalitan bilay et naanggapo
matuwan panangaro pilalek ton manandu
sikay rosas toyan tagtagleey, selya
itatanduro na M. A. R masasanting iran letra
birhin ya ina tan anak siak so mansamba
F. B. say matuwan manangarod sika
sssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss
pasensya kilan pinabpabli tan inararok ya kabaleyan
ta binurak may immuna ya patalos toyan anlong nen
masiken ikong ta medyo kulang na sabaw. natan
nayari yulan ilupen wala ni sili tan laman to. md
Friday, October 10, 2008
anggan kapigan
manonton dalan
alay likeliket kon akabatan
ta naaplos na liga so liknam
manalwar ka balet ed panangan
wala ray untitibukel er satan
no untangay kad tawen puntam so bitewen er baybay
ta diman kon idadalem iray ula-ulak ya naynay
no malurem anap mo may aninon manimis
piyan napunas ed aping moy pannangis
panon kan natundas na lingngis ko agi
no wartan kan manuli-uli er arawrawi
nayari met siguro no say bulan et salming
ya say kindat koy nayarin natakiling
matuwa may kuwan mon diya lad ketab
saray kabaleyan ta nayari niran mipalpag
untan pa komon ta naaplos iray samit na imis
tan isukibsukib dalad kanonotan day tsismis
saray gunigon abayag kulan inkaindan
ta inatrok moy liwawad sayan paknaan
ya anggan kapigan sikay silew na dukulan
manasigta ka agi ta dakelaray makakainam
alay likeliket kon akabatan
ta naaplos na liga so liknam
manalwar ka balet ed panangan
wala ray untitibukel er satan
no untangay kad tawen puntam so bitewen er baybay
ta diman kon idadalem iray ula-ulak ya naynay
no malurem anap mo may aninon manimis
piyan napunas ed aping moy pannangis
panon kan natundas na lingngis ko agi
no wartan kan manuli-uli er arawrawi
nayari met siguro no say bulan et salming
ya say kindat koy nayarin natakiling
matuwa may kuwan mon diya lad ketab
saray kabaleyan ta nayari niran mipalpag
untan pa komon ta naaplos iray samit na imis
tan isukibsukib dalad kanonotan day tsismis
saray gunigon abayag kulan inkaindan
ta inatrok moy liwawad sayan paknaan
ya anggan kapigan sikay silew na dukulan
manasigta ka agi ta dakelaray makakainam
Thursday, October 9, 2008
Wadia ak, Wadtan ka
by Kankanti
Apaer so iliw tan ermen ko natan
Ed inpakabasak na insulat mon liknaan
Pati naliliknak ya beblay ed laman
Sikatoy atambal, sinmamit so panangan.
Say kuan mo wala niray pilalek mon nagamuran,
Ta anggano siak met, ontan so gegemtan
Wala niray labin itangay ko lad tawen
Amtak say mata tandua walad saksakey ya bitewen.
Anggapo lay dua-rua ya naliliknak natan
Ta akom ed siak ya wadtan kan lanang,
Kindat tan pansalita agla kaukulan
Linggis mo labat ed siak, tampol kon natalusan.
Anggan say nanbeetan ta libo-libo'n milya
Wadia ak, wadtan ka, maniba tan siansia
Masarag ni 'yay ketab ambegyan walad arawi ka
Asingsingger ka lanlamang, sangkagawat taka.
Agka la mapaga, mareen lay nonot ko
Anggapo lay gunigon ya kera'd sayan puso,
Segi sirin inaro ta ilirep kon magano
Pian agak mantemeg naani ed trabaho!
Apaer so iliw tan ermen ko natan
Ed inpakabasak na insulat mon liknaan
Pati naliliknak ya beblay ed laman
Sikatoy atambal, sinmamit so panangan.
Say kuan mo wala niray pilalek mon nagamuran,
Ta anggano siak met, ontan so gegemtan
Wala niray labin itangay ko lad tawen
Amtak say mata tandua walad saksakey ya bitewen.
Anggapo lay dua-rua ya naliliknak natan
Ta akom ed siak ya wadtan kan lanang,
Kindat tan pansalita agla kaukulan
Linggis mo labat ed siak, tampol kon natalusan.
Anggan say nanbeetan ta libo-libo'n milya
Wadia ak, wadtan ka, maniba tan siansia
Masarag ni 'yay ketab ambegyan walad arawi ka
Asingsingger ka lanlamang, sangkagawat taka.
Agka la mapaga, mareen lay nonot ko
Anggapo lay gunigon ya kera'd sayan puso,
Segi sirin inaro ta ilirep kon magano
Pian agak mantemeg naani ed trabaho!
Saturday, October 4, 2008
ipadakulap ko
manonton dalan
samit na imis koy punasen toray ermen
untan met ed kanonotan mon agmakareen
liknam irayay ampetapetang koran aplos
aksubien turay sakit na laman mon mabulbulos
wala niray pilpilalek koran nagamuran
anggan saray maaron puso ta et nanpaknaan
singa saray malinak ya labin tulintulinen ko
panuen moy liga tan malugolugon panangaro
kanyan ipulisay mula ratay kukugkugipen
ta piyan saratana iliw mo et ag-undenden
alagar moy bilunget ya miguguyurad liwawa
atan dugaruga asumpalak met lan akapainawa
tan diyad antokaman ya bekta na sayan bilay
wadtanak ya sipaparaan ed diking mon naynay
ikindat mo labat ipadakulap kod sikay labay mo
anggan sikatoy sengeg na kauyos na bilay ko
samit na imis koy punasen toray ermen
untan met ed kanonotan mon agmakareen
liknam irayay ampetapetang koran aplos
aksubien turay sakit na laman mon mabulbulos
wala niray pilpilalek koran nagamuran
anggan saray maaron puso ta et nanpaknaan
singa saray malinak ya labin tulintulinen ko
panuen moy liga tan malugolugon panangaro
kanyan ipulisay mula ratay kukugkugipen
ta piyan saratana iliw mo et ag-undenden
alagar moy bilunget ya miguguyurad liwawa
atan dugaruga asumpalak met lan akapainawa
tan diyad antokaman ya bekta na sayan bilay
wadtanak ya sipaparaan ed diking mon naynay
ikindat mo labat ipadakulap kod sikay labay mo
anggan sikatoy sengeg na kauyos na bilay ko
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