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5.3: Other Kujia Lyrics

Peng Wanjiao, Pojiao Rural Township, Longshan County
recorded on 03 April 2002

01 a1re1la1di3! ni2 me le, si1ke1-bo3 hhi2-lie3 ou, luo4die1-nie3 a1nie3 a3ba1 da4ha3.
我的女儿啊!你快去别的地方,跟人家父母在一起。
My daughter! You are leaving for another place, to live with someone else's parents.
02 ni2 guo2 luo4die1-nie3 a3nie1 a3ba1 bo3 sun2-bo3-duo3, luo4die1-nie3 a3nie1 a3ba1 cai3mo1 hu1si4, ni2 a3nie1 a3ba1 bo3 cai3mo1 ca2-bo3-duo3, a1re1la1di3 ye!
你要顺服人家的父母,要好好地服侍他们,要好好地看顾父母。我的女儿啊!
You must obey someone else's parents, serve them well, you must be good to them. My daughter!
03 ni2 guo2duo3-nie3 a3nie1 a3ba1 da4ha3 ong3-bo3, li3-xi2-nie3 a4se3 ta4 pa3 ma, nga2-nie3 a1re1la1di3 ye!
不像跟你自己父母一起住,责任不能推给别人,我的女儿啊!
It's not like living with your own parents, you can't push these duties off on to someone else, my daughter!
04 ye4mei2 ye, ni2 ta4 ge3ci2, ni2 pa1gu1 huo4, nga2-nie3 a1re1 li3 ye!
月梅你别再玩耍,要把辣椒合一下,我的女儿啊!
Yue Mei, you mustn't play any longer, gather up the chillis, my daughter!
05 ni2 la2 hu3-lang2 bu2si1, nga2-nie3 qing3nie2 luo4-nie3 si1ke1-bo3 a3-la1 mang, nga2-nie3 a1re1 li3 ye!
不是只有你一个人,以后的都要嫁出去,我的女儿啊!
You are not alone, every girl will also have to marry away from home, my daughter!
06 a3nie1 ei! ni2 le long4-bo3 mo3 luo4die1 bo3 luo4 long4 o, nga2-nie3 a3nie1 a3ba1 la!
母亲啊!养我就是为别人养,我的父母啊!
My mother! You raised me for the benefit of other people, my parents!
07 nga2 me se2 da4ha3 ong3-bo3 me nga2 se2 hu1si4, nga2 se2 bo3 gei1 o, ai1me1 luo4die1 bo3 zu2-lu3 mang, nga2-nie3 a3nie1 a3ba1 ye!
我和你们一起坐,服侍你们还不足,现在嫁给人家去,我的父母啊!
I lived with you both, I haven't served you enough, and I am now leaving for another home, my parents!

 

 

 

 

 

n: 我的女儿 / 'my daughter' pron: 你 / you part: (叹词) / (topic marker) part: (叹词) / (new topic marker) n: 某个地方 / a certain place nsuff: 去 / [towards] vt: 走 / to go vsuff: 去 / [go] part: (叹词) / (excl) pron: 人家 / (other) people suff: 的 / ['s] n: 母亲 / mother n: 父亲 / father advm: 一起 / all, together pron: 他 / he n: 母亲 / mother part: (间接) / (IO) vt: 顺 / to obey vsuff: 着 / [stative] vsuff: 要 / [want] advm: 好好地 / well vt: 服侍 / to serve vi: 好 / to be good part: (叹词) / (excl) pron: (他)自己 / (him)self vi: 坐 / to sit vt: 说 / to say vsuff: 的 / [that which] pron: 谁 / who(ever) neg: 别 / don't vt: 推给 / to shift responsibility part: (叹词) / (excl) pron: 我 / I, me pn: (人名) / (name of person) vi: 玩 / to have fun n: 辣椒 / chilli pepper vt: 合 / to mix n: 我的女儿 / 'my daughter' num: 一 / one cl: 个 / (for people) suff: 只有 / [only] vc: 不是 / is not advt: 后 / after, behind n: 人 / person vt: 娶 / to take a wife vsuff: 继续 / [continuous, repetitive] part: (叹词) / (excl) part: (叹词) / (excl) vt: 生/养 / to give birth; to raise part: (地) / (-wise) part: (叹词) / (excl) part: (叹词) / (excl) pron: 你们 / you (pl) pron: 多少 / many; how many? conj: 那么 / then vi: 起/出 / to go out vsuff: 去 / [go]


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