Lang-ay 2

Lang-ay is a word that is so broad, and from now on I will use it the way I know how: the way it was used when I was growing up in Besao in the mid 60's. At that time the place was unlighted, and uncemented. For lighting we used red wood - the one that is sappy and the sap makes the wood burns like it was splashed with gasoline. Many times, I look back to those unadulterated period, and I feel good. I feel refreshed each time I'm in the midst of tangles and my mind wanders there. Thanks God, I experienced that kind of life, so rich, and colorful. The following are poems written in the dialect. They are actually adopted made into songs. I have written poems in the Besao Igorot dialect.

Lang-ay

Entako men lang-ay

As nan ba-ey mi

Tay wada san

Nakpit ay obi

Wada abes san

Tengba ay sibo mi

Ay nala-okan

As etag ya gaki

Eng kayo elan

Nan na'y eng nga mi

Ay binmalas san

Tengan di labi

Omyali kay

As san bitoto

Ta wa'y pigwan yo

As isa-a yo

Sa yo an-a-nosan

Nan be'y mi'y kobo

Ngem no as makan

Et ado ado

Et sapay koma

As nan Dios Ama

Ta epey-as na'y

Layad ya kapya!

Bato Ai Nipapatang

No tikidem nan na-ay ginawang

Magapo ka ad guab di Nakawang

Ila-em nan paypayew ay nakgang

Ay mangtatangad as bato ay nipapatang

No dangk'et itokdo as nan na'y bato

Dampai mallos nan agew ad tondo

Ay mekdag as nan tongon do baibai

Et gumadgadangdang ya men pal palai pai

San Bato ay nipapatang

Omeyak ilan

Tai getkek ai wada ka

Sik-a ai wada's nan rikna

Ena ipa nemnem ya san de-ey

Esa'y labi's san kittoy ai ba-ey

Ai kabuanan nan daya et men lalang

Ay k'eg ken sik-a no engka pod pomalang