Ngermechiiuch

from Mengemedaol er a Irechar by Ngirchoureng

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Ngermechiiuch is the name of the channel between Airai and Koror. This beautiful waltz is attributed to either Tmeuang or Teteo Olkeriil, but the date of composition is unknown. More info: wp.me/p6WC5Y-oA

lyrics

Bechesiik el di mla soak e di obeso er ngak
Ngera uchul a terdem er ngak e mochotii
Mak bo kumdid er a renguk lekong
e ng di mo kau el tang

Mak bo kumdid er a renguk lekong e ng chesebreng ku er ngak
le kau me ngak a uoi meringel a bod kebii
Di mechikung lungil besum
e a uriul e ke me mesekak

Eang ngilel a chelid el bldekek er a blik
el diak locheuir a mlo ikrak el me chemau ngak
Ng di ua kulab a iobs er a
Ngermechiiuch lomaoch

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My sweetheart that I liked is about to forget me
What is the reason that your irritation with me reveals itself?
I am trying to connect my heart with you
but you just stay alone

I am trying to connect my heart to you and it is about to bring me heartbreak
because it is rather painful for you and me to be separated
So goodbye and may your affairs go well
and later, you come and see me

The angry spirit of my ancestors in my home
It doesn’t call out to the one who ignored me to come and face me
It is just like me trying to hold the foam from
Ngermechiiuch as it flows

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from Mengemedaol er a Irechar, released June 20, 2018
Jim Geselbracht (fiddle) and Tony Phillips (mandolin)

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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