Meringel Emel

from Mengemedaol er a Irechar by Ngirchoureng

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This song was very popular in the early 1960s and was generally considered to be Julie Tatengelel Aichi’s signature song, although it was likely composed by Dudiu Tutii. More info: wp.me/p6WC5Y-bt

lyrics

Meringel emel eng di dikea belecholt
leng diak a mesang meng diak a modengei
Mak dirk oltoir eng di dikea er a rengum
kol oingera kede lmuut er a smeched

Kede dilul kmo kodall a ullebengelel
e elechaeng mekeskelang
me ke di ousuchiis e kmal mo betik er a renguk
Tia rakt emel e mo kodall uriul

Meringel emel el kotai er a bedengek
sel kebesengei eng me ringelii
leng diak kisekau meng molengoech a bedengek
bom chub a reng e deluut er a smeched

Meringel emel el tomello bedengek
e kau a meral diak a bo modengei
me sel mesekak eng di ua ke cherroem
lelmuk re ngak me a ka el ungil osengek

Meringel emel mak uoi mesengkedang
Sengerengerel eng diak ku lechesuar
me a le klebesei eng diak bol iit a medak
er a omeletkek me a di ultirek re kau

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The hurt inside just no longer shows
because you don’t see and don’t know it
I still love you, but I’ve lost your heart
just when will we return again to what we had?

We said that death would be the end of us
and now what is going wrong?
You just avoid the fact that you were really the one who found my heart
This sickness inside will last after my death

The hurt inside is the result to my body
of that night when you came and hurt it
because I didn’t see you and it made me feel faint
have mercy and return us to the way we were again

The hurt inside, which is starting to break my body you really won’t understand
and when you see me, and it’s just like I’m your enemy
who silences me and is not a good sight to me

The hurt inside is causing me to get rather thin
My body is hungry but I am not aware of it
and it is night and I can’t fall asleep
because of my memories and just my love for you

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from Mengemedaol er a Irechar, released June 20, 2018

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Ngirchoureng Oakland, California

Ngirchoureng — Jim Geselbracht and Tony Phillips — perform songs from the Republic of Palau, written in the 1930s thru the 1960s, accompanied by acoustic guitar, mandolin and fiddle in the "old-skuul" style captured on the 1960s Ngerel Belau (local radio station) recordings. Ngirchoureng (ŋirʔouréŋ) translates to “Mr. Hopeful,” and is taken from Kodep Kloulechad’s song “Bai Derengul a Eolt.” ... more