Ivatan Laji

Singer: Victoria Ballada, Itbayat

Lipus minakahel ko ava du kavadinohan Lipus minakahel ko ava du kavantan Ni dawong co du tana Ni da ngay ko ro hanit O madadatiw ka pa do vol dek ni loy ina mo Lalawolovongan ko na imo no pito a vinokeh Do ka ayod ko a michawy oran.

I did not find my relative (beloved) among the Valino vines I did not find my relatives (beloved) among the Vangto trees I bow to the ground I look up into the heaven You were still very small inside your mother’s womb I preserve for you this seventy centavos for the future I did it from my heart.