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Lagkaw Song

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1 Didto sa ato--ng     lagkaw

there  in  1p-  pos.   home

There in our first home

(notes: since (-) = glottal stop, (--) now represents morpheme breaks)
2 Akung    gi--      susi,    akung   gi--     du-aw

1s.         comp.-check 1s.         comp.-visit

I went there and visited


3 Wa pa   gyuy   dyutany--ng    na--da-ot      bisan  sa    dugay  nang    mga   adlaw

no  yet  INT      tiny      -det.   st.- damage   even  after  old      det.     pl.     days

There was no damage yet even after so many years


4
Abi          ko ug   na--guba        na,           unya   na--tun-as            ug    na--wala na

thought    1s. and st.- damaged  already,    then   st.- decompose   and  st.- gone already

I thought it would be in ruins and gone already


5
Nag--pa--  bilin          sa   gi--    hapon nga  buhi--ng    saksi       sa gugma ta

st.-    prog.-remained  still comp.-as      det. living -det.   witness   to  love    our

Yet, it still remains as a living witness to our love


6
Didto  na--tawo ang  ato--ng      gugma nga gi--     bala-an  nato--ng   duha

there   st.- born  det.  1p.- pos.   love    det. comp.-cherish 1p.-  pos. both

Our cherished love was born there


7
Ang lagkaw ang handuman--an    sa gugma--ng    gi--     panumpa ta

the   home    the memory-      n.   of  love    -det   comp.-vow        1p.

The home holds the memory of the love we vowed


8
Dili na--  ko  hikalimtan kadto--ng   himayang atu--ng       gisaw--an

not  foc.-1s.  forget        that    -the   joy          1p.-det.     share-  n.

There, I will never forget the joy that we shared


9
Kay         didto  nato  na--mugna   tuma--ng       kalipay--ng   hilabihan

Because   there  1p.    st.--create   greatest-det.  joy       -det. extreme

Because it was there that we began our greatest joy.