O papanok ako bo (If I were a bird)
(My mother used to sing this to me when I was a little girl. She would sing this every time she wanted to send me to sleep)
O papanok ako bo na munot ako sa sambel
(If I were a bird, I’d fly with the wind)
Ka endo ko kangganatan i kalido no ginawa
(So I’ll leave all the sorrows behind)
Galido so pengganat na labi so pengganatan
(The one who departs grieves, but far more the one who’s left)
Ka makalikod ko palaw na mabimban no sagadan
(For when he/she reaches behind the mountain, the way entertains his/her eyes)
O Tayan ko, Tayan ko agkanduli ta dua ta
(Oh my dear, my dear, let’s offer a thanksgiving)
Ka pangenin ta ko Tuhan e dala bon baya-baya
(Let’s pray to God that we’ll be far from misfortunes)
Itangka (Keep away)
Itangka ko nengka kano kalendeman nengka
(Keep me away from your memory)
Itimbang nengka den sa isa a nadadag
(Count me as a lost one)
U madsumbak nengka, ilengi so beneng
(Should our paths cross, turn your face off me)
Lo nengka iilay, lo nengka isangol sa bago a galinyan nengka
(Turn it to, turn it to the one you like)
Kano paganay anto na inibpasad nengka sin
(You vowed to me before)
Na apya enten a babay [mama] na di nengka kalilinyan
(That you will never love any other girl [guy])
Na endo ka den makaton sa labi lawan sa laki
(But when you found someone better than me)
So lilini nengka, so lilini nengka na nalipatanan nengka
(Your joy, your joy, you’ve forgotten!)
Itangka ko nengka kano kalendeman nengka
(Keep me away from your memory)
Itimbang nengka den sa isa a nadadag
(Count me as a lost one)
U madsumbak nengka, ilengi so beneng
(Should our path scross, turn your face off me)
Lo nengka iilay, lo nengka isangol sa bago a galinyan nengka
(Turn it to, turn it to the one you like)
Kano paganay anto na inibpasad nengka sin
(You vowed to me before)
Na apya enten a babay [mama] na di nengka kalilinyan
(That you will never love any other girl [guy])
Na endo ka den makaton sa labi lawan sa laki
(But when you found someone better than me)
So lilini nengka, so lilini nengka na nalipatanan nengka
(Your joy, your joy, you’ve forgotten!)
Ya ko bo abpangenin na di ka bo imbabantog so kina-enda nengka sin
(All I ask from you is never brag to others that you left me)
Ya ko bo abpangenin na di ka bo imbabantog so kina-enda nengka sin
(All I ask from you is never brag to others that you left me)
MAGUINDANAO PRIDE 