Mahidlawong Paghandom*

(CXXXV) ~> Nostalgic Remembrance*

(Refrain):

Di ko hikalimtan, Atong kagahapon

Sa paningkamot bug-os nag antos

Atong gui-ampingan, Pagandoy’ng matuman

Bisan ug damgo lang ang madangtan.

Tra la la la la la la, etc.

(1)

Kahapdus handomon ang kagahapon

Ta’ng lundag sa pagandoy’ng nawagtang

Tubod sa kalimot ang mga luha

Nga naghugas ning kalag kong samaran.

[Repeat Refrain]

(2)

Sugyot sa kahidlaw nga dalikyaton

Kanhing gitagbo-an tang dalan

Dili mahimong mausab langkaton

Ligdong pasalig tang gi-usikan.

[Repeat Refrain]

(3)

Tugob sa pagla-om king handurawan

Nga magdasig sa damgong gui-hidlaw

Uhaw sa pag-amuma nga makapukaw

Sa mithing banag-banag nga tuman.

[Repeat Refrain]

(4)

Hilaw ki’ng baraha sa kapalaran

Ug walay tupong ang kapintas

Walay bili’ng ilang ti-aw-ti-awan

Hingpit nga pakig-bisog dili mokupas.

[Repeat Refrain]

==|==

*I take credit for both title locutions as my original idea for proper Bisaya-English equivalence. This is the only opus I have minted in the vernacular Cebuano Bisaya. It is an offshoot of my effort to compose a tribute to my second oldest sibling, ten years my senior, on the occasion of his 78^th birthday, 28-Aug-2014. It is a modest product of my effort to celebrate the halcyon days of yore, those good old days which brought us to this, our ever treasured here and now.

The musical score of this obsession has been the classic Russian folk song dubbed in English as “The Long Road Ahead,” and popularized in the 1970’s by Mary Hopkins as “Those Were the Days, My Friend.” It has been lyricized in almost every language I can think of to attempt to study. When I could not find one in Bisaya, I decided to write my own. ~>

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3KEhWTnWvE&list=PLjC-YRc2AjQCrjuasSFlgiGXb0DfR_SQG |

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Nostalgic Remembrance

Mahidlawong Paghandom* (CXXXV) ~> Nostalgic Remembrance* (Refrain): Di ko hikalimtan, Atong kagahapon Sa paningkamot bug-os nag antos Atong gui-ampingan, Pagandoy’ng matuman Bisan ug damgo lang ang madangtan. Tra la la la la la la, etc. (1) Kahapdus handomon ang kagahapon Ta’ng lundag sa pagandoy’ng nawagtang Tubod sa kalimot ang mga luha Nga naghugas ning kalag kong samaran. [Repeat Refrain] (2) Sugyot sa kahidlaw nga dalikyaton Kanhing gitagbo-an tang dalan Dili mahimong mausab langkaton Ligdong pasalig tang gi-usikan. [Repeat Refrain] (3) Tugob sa pagla-om king handurawan Nga magdasig sa damgong gui-hidlaw Uhaw sa pag-amuma nga makapukaw Sa mithing banag-banag nga tuman. [Repeat Refrain] (4) Hilaw ki’ng baraha sa kapalaran Ug walay tupong ang kapintas Walay bili’ng ilang ti-aw-ti-awan Hingpit nga pakig-bisog dili mokupas. [Repeat Refrain] ==|== *I take credit for both title locutions as my original idea for proper Bisaya-English ...

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