DOXOLOHIA: ITAG-AYNAK

DOXOLOHIA: ITAG-AYNAK

(This is an adaptation of the famous of Josh Groban’s “You Raise Me Up”; four stanzas have been added up to the original two-stanza song, with the second stanza repeated several times; premier performance of the Ilokano adaptation as part of the doxology of the 2008 GUMIL Hawai’i Coronation and Cultural Festival, Pacific Beach Hotel, Waikiki, Hon, HI, February 2/08)

Ilokano adaptation and version by A Solver Agcaoili.
Ilokano Language and Literature Program, University of Hawai’i at Manoa

No lumlumdaang, kararuak nautoyan
No adda ringgor, puso masikoran
Agparbengak, agurayak ‘ti ulimek
Sumangpetka ta atibayennak

Itag-aynak, ta sarangtek bambantay
Itag-aynak, ballasiwek baybay
Napigsaak no addaak abagam
Itag-aynak…iti pakabuklan

Itag-aynak, ta sarangtek bambantay
Itag-aynak, ta pagnaek baybay
Naregtaak no addaak abagam
Itag-aynak…iti pakabuklan

Itag-aynak, ta sarangtek parikot
Itag-aynak, ta lasatek rigat
Nakiredak no addaak sibaymo
Itag-aynak…iti pakabuklan

Itag-aynak, ta sarangtek ti karit
Itag-aynak, ta pagnaek dalan
Naturedak no itedmo’t basbas
Itag-aynak…iti pakabuklan

Itag-aynak, ta aklonek ti biag
Itag-aynak, ta agballigiak
Bendisionannak nabiag a balikas
Itag-aynak…iti pakabuklan

Itag-aynak…iti pakabuklan #end Jan 7/08