Ifugao Word

Ifugao Word

Friday, November 20, 2015

A poem on the Mayon Volcano (in the Ifugao Language)

Mayon

Ngay adi puminhodan i he’a
An alaluom tun napuyat an mata
Gumoppa’ tah nan hawwangon
Ya he’ay manangmangmangon

Dana man di e punpahiyalan
Ituwen boble an bimmahhelan
Adi ta umenglen mangitittigo
Ulay hion ibuwahan, iyalalgo

Kumayat ta man hi Lignon
Wennu Embarkaderoy liodon
Puhoy eka anay-ayyamon
He’a an nakattag-e an Mayon

Ageh-eh di donen simbaan
Maphod an punla’latuwan
Pumaytu’, umbun, waday ihandagan
Ayta dimmadimatong hi Kabunyan

Mayon, ibatih di puhu I he’a
Hi anamutan mi, awiton daa!




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(A rough English translation)

Mayon

How can I not fall in love you
When you soothe the droopy eyes
As one steps into the gateway
It’s you who one looks up to

Wherever we stroll
In this place away from home
Can't go tired looking at you
Early in the day, throughout the day

Climbing around Lignon
Or circling around Embarkadero
You are playing my heart
You the Towering Mayon

Remnant of an old church
Brilliant for taking pictures
Jump, sit, back against something
It is like reaching the Kabunyan

Mayon, I’ll leave my heart with you
When I go home, I’ll take you with me!

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