Song of the Jal-o

KANTA KU JAE-O Naga-eumpat ako sa bueogsukan kung Aeatubang Sa ilaya nga akon ginhalinan Sa kabukiran sa unhan pa it Benitinan Kun siin may maberde pang kagueangan. Iba eon ako makaron Ilig ko bukon eon it masueog Kon amat matin-aw pero eaban hay maeobog Bisan pa ako mat a ra sa gihapon. Naga-ilig ako sa dagasanan sa Kipot Sub-eangon ku rong sili pati sa kahoy rong siga ku mga aninipot Iya eon lang sanda mapabilin kumo ginahingabot Sa ilawod nga anay anda man nga palibot. Iba eon ako makaron Ilig ko bukon eon it masueog Kon amat matin-aw pero eaban hay maeobog Bisan pa ako mat a ra sa gihapon. Padayon rong haganas bisan pa sa tig-ilinit Sa kurbada sa may Takasan ni Ambit Sa balsa makaron ag ku baroto anay ni ‘lo Pantit Sa akon nga sueog naga-eupsi ro imo nga panit. Iba eon ako makaron Ilig ko bukon eon it masueog Kon amat matin-aw pero eaban hay maeobog Bisan pa ako mat a ra sa gihapon. Dag-onan ku nga ginadagsaan rong siyam nga katilingban Eay-on ag dagutdot halin sa kalbo nga kabukiran Pati eon rong rong hilo sa kaeanasan Nagahangla sa tangke ro sugpo ag pasayan. Iba eon ako makaron Ilig ko bukon eon it masueog Kon amat matin-aw pero eaban hay maeobog Bisan pa ako mat a ra sa gihapon. Iba eon ako makaron Ilig ko bukon eon it masueog Kon amat matin-aw pero eaban hay maeobog Bisan pa ako mat a ra sa gihapon. Manugpatigayon ku bukid ag ku eawod Eatayan ku taga Ilaya ag ku taga ilawod. Iba eon ako makaron Bisan pa ako mat a ra sa gihapon.

SONG OF THE JAL-O I drop into the Falls of Aeatubang Upstream where I came from In the mountain ranges beyond Benitinan Under lush of green of the last forest I become. I have changed from what I had been For my current are no longer that strong Sometimes I am crystal clear but typically wrong Even then, I am still who I am. I flow  along the rapids of Kipot Where I encounter the freshwater eel and the luminescence of fireflies I reflect In here they opted to stay so as not to be caught Away from the downstream where they are checked I have changed from what I had been For my current are no longer that strong Sometimes I am crystal clear but typically wrong Even then, I am still who I am. I keep running my course even in arid days Take along the bend at Takasan ni Ambit That through my surge your skin turned pale and blasé Under the bamboo raft of today just as in the wooden boat of Old Pantit. I have changed from what I had been For my current are no longer that strong Sometimes I am crystal clear but typically wrong Even then, I am still who I am. Annually I inundate the nine communities With silt and debris from the balding hills And even the sticky pesticides from the factories To maledict in the ponds the prawns and the shrimps to chills I have changed from what I had been For my current are no longer that strong Sometimes I am crystal clear but typically wrong Even then, I am still who I am. I have changed from what I had been For my current are no longer that strong Sometimes I am crystal clear but typically wrong Even then, I am still who I am. Matchmaker of the mountain and the sea The bridge of the Ilayanhon and the  dweller by the Balete tree I have changed from what I had been Even then, I am still who I am.