A Chamorro classic by Johnny Sablan
1. Buenas noches
Marikita / kao siña yo' un na' hålom
(Good evening Marikita
/ can you let me inside)
ya ta hihita man rega
nu / i man fresko siha na hånom.
(and water together / with fresh water.)
REFRAIN : Kao mungnga
hao? Kao mungnga hao? Sa' hunggan yo', nene.
Will you not? Will you
not? Because I am willing, baby.
2. Ti ya-mo åttilong
na taotao / lao gof ya-mo i fanihi
(You don't like
dark-skinned people / but you like the fruit bat)
ya hu desesea kerida
na / un guaiya yo' taiguine.
(and I desire
sweetheart that / you love me in the same way.)
3. Åttilong yo' nai
na taotao / åttilong ti ma guaiya
(I am a dark-skinned
person / dark-skinned persons aren't loved)
lao gef atan nu i dos
matå-mo / sa' un dia un fina' baba.
(but look well at your
two eyes / for one day they will deceive you.)
4. Ti pinite yo' as
nåna / komo hågo yo' kumonne'
(I won't feel bad for
mama / if you are the one to take me)
komo humihita
chumochocho / ai masea linemmok donne'.
(if we eat together /
oh, even if it's just crushed chili pepper.)
5. I famalao'an ni
man dudus / man gof andi' i lalåhe
(The flirtatious women
/ the show-off guys)
an un pala'i
labios-mo libistik / siempre ha' un ma essitane.
(if you smear your
lips with lipstick / you will surely be mocked.)
6. Ti guåho na klåsen
taotao / para hu tohge gi flores-mo
(I'm not the kind of
person / to stand on your flowers)
lao måtto yo' para hu
konsuela hao / annai hu hungok i tanges-mo.
(but I came to comfort
you / when I heard your weeping.)
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