Song: Manang Biday

Sep 13, 2015
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Manang Biday(Ilokano):

Manang Biday, ilukatmo man ‘Ta bintana ikalumbabam Ta kitaem ‘toy kinayawan Ay, matayakon no dinak kaasian Siasinnoka nga aglabaslabas Ditoy hardinko pagay-ayamak Ammom ngarud a balasangak Sabong ni lirio, di pay nagukrad Denggem, ading, ta bilinenka Ta inkanto ‘diay sadi daya Agalakanto’t bunga’t mangga Ken lansones pay, adu a kita No nababa, dimo gaw-aten No nangato, dika sukdalen No naregreg, dika piduten Ngem labaslabasamto met laeng Daytoy paniok no maregregko Ti makapidut isublinanto Ta nagmarka iti naganko Nabordaan pay ti sinanpuso Alaem dayta kutsilio Ta abriem ‘toy barukongko Tapno maipapasmo ti guram Kaniak ken sentimiento

Manang Biday(Tagalog):

Manang biday, buksan mo naman

Ang iyong bintanang dinudungawan

At tungahayan yaring umiibig

Ako’y mamatay pag di kinaawaan.

Sino ka padaan daan

Dito sa harding aking pinaglalaruan

Alam mo naman na ako’y dalaga

At ang bulaklak ng liryo ay di pa namumukadkad

Pakinggan mo adding ka’y aking bibilinan

Ika’y pumunta sa silangan

At magtinda ng mangga

Pati lansones upang dumami ang kita

Pag mababa iyong abutin

Pag mataas iyong sungkitin

Kung nalaglag iyong pulutin

Pagkat iyong dinaan-daanan lang naman

Itong aking panyo pag nalaglag ko

Makapulot nawa’y isauli mo

Pagkat may burda ng pangalan ko

At may kasama pang puso ito.

Kunin mo ang kutsilyo

At buksan yaring dibdib

Upang maibuhos ang galit mo

Pati iyong sintemyento.

Manang Biday(English):

Manang Biday, please open your window; lower it so that you can see one who is lost. Oh, I'll die if you show me no mercy. Well, who are you to pass here by my garden and play around? You know, of course, that I'm a young lady, a pure flower that hasn't yet been plucked. Listen, Ading, I'm asking you a favor. You go to the east. You get the ripe mangoes and also the lansones; you'll see a lot. If they're at the bottom, then pick them. If they're at the top, then climb to get them. If they've fallen, then pick them up. Just do this in passing, though. My hanky's here. If I drop it, whoever picks it up must return it. I've written my name in the shape of a heart. Take your knife there to cut open my chest so that your grudges and feelings toward me may go away.