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Ambahan No. 162
Kawo di ngatay asan So, you will be going now,
Ti manlang sis abyagan starting on a journey far!
Pamidkan pag mayanyan Your eyes will enjoy the trip.
Patlay pag malagwinan Many things you will behold
Inda di bay dilihan But I, who will stay behind,
Si man gis labag gus-an here within this four-walled room,
Ud may ma-rumpa-uyan what thoughts could I entertain?
Manangda di bubungan just looking up at the roof,
Mangusdong di tagikan just looking down at the floor!
(translated by Antoon Postma, Treasure of a Minority, Manila: Arnoldus Press, 1972)
Ambahan of the Mangyans, an indigenous group living in the forests of Mindoro, Philippines.
