Yuyake Koyake

from Mengemedaol er a Irechar by Ngirchoureng

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This song was first recorded in 1936 by the anthropologist Iwakichi Muranushi as it was being sung a-capella as part of a matamatong, or line dance. The composer’s name and date of composition are unknown at this time, but the setting of the song is the state of Airai. Our arrangement tries to follow the 1960s recording of Monika Kiueluul and the Tungelbai Band (Aimeliik). More info: wp.me/p6WC5Y-IB

lyrics

Bkul a Omelochel el ngara mo bedul a nishinoho
Aki sabisii el di kiei el mengard er a klengiterreng
E diak a me mengesang er a renguk

Sera leme otayori altang asameru
Ak mlo medengei me a kurusii el di kiei el mengiil er kau
E diak a cheldechulel le ke kmal cheroid

Yuyake koyake le hinga kureru
Adidil er a Ngeremdiu el mo bedul a Bkul a Chesemiich
El di uai a ngera lmo diak desang

Sel bok bad a leklebesei e kumes er a todai
Ng cheroid e mengemengemed e me ng bedengek a olengoech e ak mo bad
e kurusii le ngak a sabisii

Ulekum e decharm a chad e mak mesebesebek er a
kereker lekong a higashi me dekasoes a kuk me remei
e mesubed a renguk e sabisii

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At Bkul a Omelochel, facing the west
we live in loneliness
we face sadness
because nothing occupies our heart

I found out about it
I suffered but I lived to await your return
It cannot be helped
because you are at a far distance

Looking at Ngeremediu toward
Bkul a Chesemiich they seem to be
getting smaller (disappearing into the horizon)

At night when I go to sleep I take a glance at the light house
It is too far and barely visible
My body gets weaker as I try to sleep
and I suffer so because I am lonely

If only people were like birds, I would fly to the
reef to where you are, on the east side, so we can
meet and then return home
and accept my loneliness

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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