Siraya--songs

 

 

Songs of Siraya (1)


  a. The Other Window of Pepo  
  1.Ta Li Bun Bun (Pepo Melody)

Arranged by Mei-chuan, Yan; Music by Edgar L. Macapili

 

Ta li bun bun (grass waving in the wind) ta li bun bun (grass waving in the wind) na a I ho
Ta bu liang liang (male buffaloes) ta bu liang liang (male buffaloes) na a I ia ho
Kan ki o le (celery) kan ke ole (celery) na I ia ho

 
2.I He I He（Pepo Melody）

Arranged by Chui, Lai

 

I he ihe ihe lakku u kale giau ale lakku kale giau ale
lohobe lobe tasai lohobe kasai .
It's a song sung between men and women in Siraya language. The meaning is ambiguous. But it's the song played during dancing after the worship in the shrine.

（Moved the mouse to hear!）

     
  b. Siraya Culture and Bamboo Festival  
 

 

1. Isa, luha, limana (Count Rain Drops)

Music＆（Lyrics by Edgar L. Macapili

 

One, two, three,four.It's raining. Grass sprout. Flowers Bloom. Rice seedlings are yellowish green.

How wonderful it is to stay in the rice field. It's raining.

I-sa lu-ha li-mana li-mana tu-lo a-pat tu-bosin-sa

tu-bopa-sek
tu-bo i-sip ta o-ma li-ma-na ah ma-a-io

 

（Moved the mouse to hear!）
 
2. Lan Tioh Hoa-hi (We Can Be Joyous)

Music&Lyrics by Edgar L. Macapili

 

We can dance joyously O lak ki Ma, We can sing joyously O Hoa He
We can sing and dance joyously O lak ki Ma,O Hoa He.

Lan tioh hoa*-hi chhiu*-koa Oh Lak-ki-ma, Lan tioh hoa*-hi tiau-bu chhiu* O-hoa-he.
Lan tioh hoa*-hi chhiu*-koa Oh Lak-ki-ma, Lan tioh hoa*-hi tiau-bu chhiu* O-hoa-he.
Lan tioh hoa*-hi chhiu*-koa lan tioh hoa*-hi tia-bu, Oh lak-ki-ma chhiu*O-hoa-he

Lan tioh hoa-hi Chhiu*-koa Oh lak-ki-ma, la tioh hoa*-hi tiau-bu Chhiu*O-hoa-he.
Lan tioh hoa-hi Chhiu*-koa Oh lak-ki-ma, la tioh hoa*-hi tiau-bu Chhiu*O-hoa- he.
Lan tioh hoa-hi chhiu*-koa Oh lak-ki-ma, la tioh hoa*-hi tiau-bu chhiu*O-hoa-he.
Lan tioh hoa-hi chhiu*-koa Oh lak-ki-ma, la tioh hoa*-hi tiau-bu chhiu*O-hoa- he.
lan tioh hoa*-hi chhiu*-koa Lan tioh hoa*-hi tiau-bu,Oh lak-ki-ma chhiu*O-hoa-he..

 

     

Source : Shu-chuan Wan , Edgar L. Macapili
Recorded : Pei Rong, Bai Qil, Arranged: Hsiao Yu

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