Day 131: The Harana Song, Sixty Years On

Dialogue

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   A

   Nardo, ano ga 'yang gitara? Animnapung taon kang hindi umawit, ngayon ka pa magpapasikat?

   Nardo, what's that guitar for? Sixty years you haven't sung a note, and now you want to show off?

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   B

   E anibersaryo natin, Vising. Kakantahin ko ulit ang harana ko noon sa ilalim ng bintana ninyo.

   Well, it's our anniversary, Vising. I'm going to sing the harana I sang under your family's window back then.

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   A

   Sige, pero tama ga ang mga titik mo? Matanda ka na, baka iba na ang kakantahin mo.

   All right, but do you have the words right? You're old now, you might sing something else entirely.

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   B

   Pakinggan mo: "Dungawin mo, aking mutya, ang binatang iyong hinintay."

   Listen: "Look down from your window, my jewel, at the young man you waited for."

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   A

   Mali ka! "Ang binatang lumuluha" ang kinanta mo. Ikaw ang lumuluha sa ilalim ng bintana, hindi ako ang naghihintay.

   You're wrong! You sang "the young man who weeps." You were the one weeping under the window; I wasn't the one waiting.

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   B

   Lumuluha? Aba, hindi ako umiyak kahit kailan. Ikaw ang gabi-gabing nakadungaw, naghihintay kung dadaan ako.

   Weeping? Why, I've never cried in my life. You were the one at the window every night, waiting to see if I'd pass by.

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   Bilangin mo ngani: siyam na pantig ang sa iyo, sobra ng isa, at hindi pa tugma sa "mutya."

   Go on, count: yours has nine syllables, one too many, and it doesn't even rhyme with "mutya."

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   B

   Bingi ka ga noon? Sinadya ko ang sobrang pantig, para humaba ang nota at tumagal ka sa bintana.

   Were you deaf back then? I put in the extra syllable on purpose, so the note would last longer and you'd stay at the window.

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   Hindi ako bingi, at may ebidensiya ako. Ire ang papel na inihagis mo sa bintana noong gabing iyon.

   I wasn't deaf, and I have proof. Here's the paper you tossed up to my window that night.

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    B

    Ire ga? "Ang binatang lumuluha," may guhit, at sa itaas, "iyong hinintay." Pareho pala tayong tama.

    This one? "The young man who weeps," crossed out, and above it, "you waited for." So we're both right.

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    Ganoon ngani. Ikaw ang lumuha sa papel, at ako ang naghintay sa bintana; kaya itinago ko.

    That's right. You did the weeping on paper, and I did the waiting at the window; that's why I kept it.

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    B

    Ay siya, kakantahin ko nang buo, may sobrang pantig at lahat: "Dungawin mo, aking mutya..."

    Well, then, I'll sing the whole thing, extra syllable and all: "Look down from your window, my jewel..."

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