Sunday, September 04, 2005

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It's Sunday once again. I always look forward to this day of the week because it's the day when I get to hear Bisaya songs over the radio. My week is not complete without it (Most people would consider Sunday to be the first day of the week. For me, it's the other way around. Sunday to me feels like the last day of the week.)

I really love Bisaya songs. To me, they really capture the spirit or the soul of the Cebuano or the Bisaya. When I listen to "Usahay" and "Matud Nila" for example, two of my most favorite Bisaya songs, I always think about our beaches and our islands. I always think about rice fields and nipa houses (or payag). I always imagine the singer of the song in a simple farmer's clothing, resting underneath a tree with a guitar in his arms. In other words, I think about the idyllic country life. It might sound funny, but those are the images that come to my mind as I listen to Bisaya songs.

Bisaya songs also have a very romantic and sentimental quality. Many of the songs speak of unrequitted love, brokenheartedness, and hopes and dreams of the lover/s. They are often very passionate and sincere.

Usahay

Usahay nagadamgo aco,
Nga ikaw ug aco nagcahigugmaay.
Nganong damguhon ko ikaw?
Damguhun sa kanunay sa acong camingau.
Usahay nagamahay aco,
Nganong nabuhi pa ning calibutan.
Kay nganong gui tiau-tiauan ang gugma co canimo?
Canimo da...


Matud Nila

Matud nila ako dili angay
Nga mangmanggad sa imong gugma
Matud nila ikaw dili malipay
Kay ‘wa ako’y bahandi
Nga kanimo igasa.

Gungmang putli mao day pasalig
Maoy bahanding labaw sa bulawan
Matud nila kaanugon lamang
Sa imong gugma ug paraig.

Chorus:

Dili molubad kining pagbati
Bisan sa unsa nga katarungan
Kay unsa pay bili ning kinabuhi
Kon sa gugma mo hinikawan.

Ingna ko nga dili ka matuo
Sa manga pagtamay kong naangkon
Ingna ko nga dili mo kawangon
Damgo ug pasalig sa gugma mo.

Coda:

Damgo ug pasalig sa gugma mo.


How many of our songs today are like that? Perhaps none.

When I listen to Bisaya music there's always a feeling of joy that wells up inside me. It's a kind of joy that one feels when one is attuned to one's ethnic identity.

In addition to classics like "Usahay" and "Matud Nila", I also love "Ihilak", "Rosas Pandan", "Ikaduhang Bathala", "Dolor", "Lagkaw", "Balud", "Kamingaw Sa Payag", "Mibalik Ako". I don't like very much the songs of Yoyoy Villame, although they're funny sometimes.

I really am fascinated by how our lolos and lolas before were able to come up with such deep and meaningful songs. I think that is the reason why until today they are being listened to, because of their quality. I hope more and more of us will learn to appreciate them. After all, they're our own music.

38 comments:

darlene said...

Ay! Kabalo ko anang kantaha!

Dante said...

hello :)

thank you for dropping by my blog... :)

Ms.B said...

hey Dante! thanks for dropping by my site diay, i didnt realize you were already visiting it before. Perhaps the poem you forgot is one of these:
http://logbet.blogspot.com/2005/05/ikaw-its-you.html
or you might want to visit the all bisaya poems right here:
http://binisaya.blogspot.com//

Dante said...

hello ms. b! :)

nice kaayo ang imu poem ms. b... :) ganahan kaayo ko... :)

isn't it true that no language can capture our true emotions and sentiments better and more fully than our very own bisaya language? :)

pero lahi ang poem ako nabasa before. i think it was shorter.. :) ako lang pangitaun sa imu blog. :)

thank you sa pag bisita nimo dinhi :)

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