Laygay Samarnon Series, No. 5 - "HAN NAKADTO KA PA"

This is one of the more popular folk songs of Samar and northeastern Leyte. The song is probably a dance music because of the similarity of the melody to the Pandangyado dance music. The song texts are the most popular version available, although other song texts are used by the people of Eastern Samar. Further research on this song found out that songs is just a part of a two-part song from Eastern Samar, the "Miripiti Kanding." This "Han Nakadto Ka Pa" is actually, the second part of that song.

Han nakadto ka pa, ka pa

Ha kahigrayu-an, yu-an

An kasingkasing ko, singko

Alang nakain man diyes man.

An pag-ilalanat, kinse

Sobrado kapinan baynte

Pero pag-aanhon kon mag-aalkase,

When you were still there, still there

On that very far place, far place

My heart, beats not for fifteen times

No, more than twenty times

But what can I do if I lost.

Source: Courtesy of Mr. Irasga.

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