Ivatan Laji

Indigenous Oral Poetry from Batanes

Ixumixumis Mu Diaken

Ixumixumis Mu Diaken by Catalina Gonzales

Singer: Catalina Gonzales, Itbayat

Ixumixumis mu diaken si danumen miyu
a tumbod di kasi’dan a mayhunghung su yabnuy
a di na ngarukarini ni manaputapus a geget
kawara ni danumen namen a tumbod di arananan
a mayhunghung su nunuk a di na karukaruuri
ni gumunigyni a vuyin

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