TOGON NI KALANGUYA

FOLLOWING ARE SHORT VERSES THAT KALANGUYAS OF THE BYGONE ERA RECITE (ACCORDING TO THE SOURCES) TO VILLAGE GATHERINGS WHERE SUCH ARE APPROPRIATE. I wrote the literal translations 4 years ago. I would translate them meaning-based now but don't have the time.

TOGON (ADVISE)

Matan Ambalanga

By: Donior Tidang

Hay mata ambalanga

Way hogat, ag to amta

Kamankilkil i olo

Tep linggayoh naitlo

Kadneng to, bakalen to

Igotot toy gait to

Mahaklob idan halaw

Hi-gada ngon mabalaw

Red Eye

The eye is red

There is a wound it does not know

The head is aching

For sadness is what it has

His companion, he fights

He gets angry with his fellow

They are so critical.

Togon ni hi Adan

By: Sario Oliano

Tandaaniyon laki i maitol ni bii

Tep nangkorkororiti

Palla-bong ton laki.

Advise of Adam

Be careful guys, of the whore

For she has a painted face

To trap a man.

Togon ni hi Eba

Tandaaniyon bii i makintih ni laki

Tep kahin-iitaki

Pangitaytay ton bii.

Be careful girls, of the deceitful guy

For he is so boastful

To deceive a woman.

Togon ni Ingkalimak (Love Advise)

By: Sario Oliano

Pehed i han-ahawa

Ambanglo ngoy obi da

Anggan boki hida da

Nem bakal i amta da

Anggan ogob kanen mo

No hemek i ahin to

Anggan nabokbokian

Nem lawen mo e-doman.

Being married is good

Their camote is delicious

It’s useless to have meat for viand

If quarreling is what they do

For you can eat the bitter vine

If it is salted with love.

Togon ni Ingkahlo

By: Sario Oliano & Wakit Pindog

Toon lawey ameg to

Tan nalgem i obla to

Andi gamigamid to

Nantaki-ki abong to

Hay mahlo ngo lan too

Hi-gato ngo li apo

Nem hay toon nangidloh

Bagaan alin aboh

Kammon man-og-ogip ka

Gandeta mabiteg ka

Nem no ombo-bowah ka

Kanen moy manhinobla.

Advise to be Industrious

A man whose deeds are bad

And whose job is done no good

He does not have a care

His house lays in ruins.

But an industrious man

He will become a master

But a lazy man

He will become a servant

If you waste your time sleeping

You will surely become poor.

But if you wake up early

Your food will be abundant.

Togon ni Panodon Onga

By: Timmomag

Ongayoy yo todoan

Ameg ni pampephedan

Hiyay an pan-indelan

Madonong nem maanglan

Kammon ag yo todoan

Amon ag yo pakanan.

Advise about disciplining Children

Discipline your children

To the good and right way

So that you can sit back and relax

For when they grow

They shall be responsible citizens

For if you don’t teach them

It is as if you never feed them.

(Now that I've read them again, most sound like they're taken from the real Proverbs (in the Bible). Hmm, I wonder if the sources got these togons from The Book. Well, all the more credible if they are taken from the Bible.