MANANG BIDAY (Ilocano Folk Song)

MANANG BIDAY

Manang Biday, ilukatmo man

Ta bintana ikalumbabam

Ta kitaem ‘toy kinayawan

Ay, matayakon no dinak kaasian

Siasino ka, 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

English translation

Dear Biday, please open
Open your window
So you can see the one who adores you
Oh, I will die if you will not care
Who are you who keeps passing by?
In my garden where I play
You know I’m a lady
My flowers has not bloomed
Listen my dear so I can tell you
Just go south
Get a mango fruit
Even lanzones and other kinds.
If it’s low, do not grab it
If it’s high, don’t reach for it
If it fell, don’t pick it
But pass by it
My handkerchief if I drop it
Whoever finds it will return it
My name is written in it
Also embroidered is a heart
Get that knife
To open my chest
To pass your anger
to me and sadness