Kujia song lyrics: Kujia Song Cycle (Part 2)

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The songs on this page make up the second half of a cycle of kujia songs, begun on the previous page.

5.2.1: The Bride Sings to her Sisters
5.2.2: The Bride Sings to her Eldest Brother
5.2.3: The Bride Sings to her Sister-in-law
5.2.4: The Bride Sings when her Hair is Combed
5.2.5: The Bride Sings when Adorned with Flowers
5.2.6: The Bride Sings when Putting on Special Clothes
5.2.7: The Bride Sings when the Doorway is Blocked
5.2.8: The Bride Sings when Mounting the Sedan Chair

Tian Xintao, Daba Township, Yongshun County
recorded on 05 August 2002

01	qie²xi¹ ga² ca² hi² nie¹ mi³, a²da¹ a¹mi¹ ong³ ca² da⁴pi³-duo³; ceng³zi³ ga² ca² ta²pa⁴ xie⁴, a²da¹ a¹mi¹ ong³ ca² be² pi³-bo³-xi². It's good to eat the twelve segments of an orange, It's good to be with your sisters, but one day you must separate; It's good to eat a pomelo, but you must discard the peel, It's good to be with your sisters, but one day you will be separated.
02	ang²ni¹ ma³ma¹-die¹ luo⁴ la² hu³ da⁴ze³, la¹si³la¹nie¹ be² pie³-ta¹ti¹; di¹ga³ sa²qi¹ se²ta¹ xi³, ca²-nie³ a²da¹ a¹mi¹ eng³jiu³-diu². We sisters are as one, Always inseparable; Once we combed our hair to the side, All of us sisters are gathering together.
03	lei⁴ nie⁴ sa²qi¹ ga³ha² xi³, ca²-nie³ a²da¹ a¹mi¹ qing³nie² po¹; nga² qing³mo¹ ni² po¹-die¹xi³, die²-bo³ die²-bo³ bu¹ce³ zu². Now our hair is combed on top, One by one my good friends have got married; How can I let you go, The more I think of it, the more my tears flow.
04	a²da¹ a¹mi¹ me²la¹ong³ da⁴ze³, re²su⁴ re²-ji² yi²xi¹ zao³; me²la¹ong³ me² ga³ha² su⁴, ta¹nie¹ ba⁴ ang²-nie³ luo¹you¹-nie³ luo⁴ yi³-da². My sisters are like a cloud, Blown along by the wind never to return; The cloud drifts in the sky above, Looking back, our villagers are no longer in sight.

Tian Xintao, Daba Township, Yongshun County
recorded on 05 August 2002

01	me² ga³ha² xi⁴bu²li¹ ri³ hi⁴-ji²-ta¹, a¹guo¹ a¹mi¹ lei⁴ pie³-bo³ zu²; a¹mi¹ lei⁴ cuo⁴zu⁴-duo³, cuo⁴-nie³ a³ba¹ a¹nie³ long⁴-ta¹ti¹. The stars in the sky cannot be counted, Today my brother must part with his sister; Little sister must be married today, She can no longer look after her parents.
02	cuo⁴-nie³ a³ba¹ a¹nie³ ni² long⁴-bo³-duo³, du⁴ji³ji³-nie³ sa³ ni² ke⁴-bo³-duo³; a³ba¹ a¹nie³ da³bie¹ nie⁴-bo³-duo³, qing³nie²-die¹ a³ba¹ a¹nie³ long⁴-bo³ ca²-duo³. You must care for our father and mother, This heavy burden now falls to you; Smile before your father and mother, Children must look after their parents well.
03	a³kuo⁴ ang¹ngai⁴ da⁴xi⁴-duo³, a³ba¹ a¹nie³ ta⁴ ke²ji¹. Brothers must help one another, Lest their parents should taste bitter days.

Tian Xintao, Daba Township, Yongshun County
recorded on 05 August 2002

01	me² ga³ha² me²ze³ la⁴ hhi²-ta¹ti¹, ma³ma¹ ca³qi² ong³ ca² pie³-lie³-duo³; a¹mi¹ ce³ ga³ha² ta³-xi² da⁴ye²ze³, ong² qi⁴ luo⁴die¹ cuo⁴-bo³ hhi². The rain cannot find a path through the heavens, Though I sit with you, sister-in-law, we must part; I am like a floating weed, Grown up, I float to another's house.
02	a¹mi¹ ka³mong³ la² zi² da⁴ye²ze³, ca³qi² ka³mong³ sou² a¹mi¹ ka¹pu¹ sou²; ka¹pu¹ jing²zi¹ wo²tu¹ ong²-bo³ yi³, bu²li¹ ji²-bo³ luo⁴ba¹-die¹ cuo⁴ bie¹li³. I am like a tree, Sister-in-law is a tree and I am the flowers; I see the flowers bud in the mirror, Ripe fruits fall in another's home.
03	ca³qi² nga² die²-bo³ ri¹-bo³ ri³di²ri³ga², nga² bo³ a ze², ce³ku¹ ce⁴, ka¹pu¹ ri¹, ca³qi² ni² a³ba¹ a¹nie³ long⁴ ca²-duo³. Sister-in-law has remembered me and cared for me, Taught me to twist hemp and embroider, Sister-in-law, you must look after your parents.

Tian Xintao, Daba Township, Yongshun County
recorded on 05 August 2002

01	di¹ga¹ nie³qi¹ li¹kuo¹li¹ ca², nga² bo³ sa²qi¹ hhe²la¹ ti², nie⁴li¹nie⁴ga² nie⁴ka¹ ca². Aunt, once you were a mother to me, You helped me fasten my hair, We were always so happy.
02	lei⁴ nie³qi¹ li¹kuo¹li¹ ca²-da², nga² bo³ sa²qi¹ suo¹ pa¹ xi³; luo²bu¹ xi²ga⁴ pie⁴ mo³ da⁴ze³-da², bu¹ce³ xi²ga⁴ pie⁴ mo³ da⁴ze³ tai². Why are you hard-hearted to me today, Dividing my hair into three; Plucking my eyebrows; I no longer look the same, With eyebrows plucked, I am a different person.
03	qing³nie² luo⁴die¹-nie³ pii² ri¹-duo³, la² nie¹ la² nie¹ luo⁴die¹ duo³ luo³, gai³di¹ nie⁴ qing³mo¹ ka¹! From now on I am a daughter in another household, Scolded by others day after day, How can I live through such days!

Tian Xintao, Daba Township, Yongshun County
recorded on 05 August 2002

01	ji³ la² ru¹ ye³cuo³ da³bie¹ ki⁴-bo³, lao²ji¹ zao⁴gu¹die¹ biu² si¹li¹ cuo⁴zu⁴; si²si¹dai²dai¹ cuo⁴-nie³ ca², qing¹xian¹ mian¹jie¹ tie⁴tie³ jia²li¹jia². Kneeling before the shrine, Tomorrow morning to be married far away; May my family prosper forever; Sweet incense and red lamps shining.
02	ga²me¹-die¹ biu² bo³ long⁴-nie³ a²yi¹-die¹ die²-bo³-duo³, jie²ri¹ sa³ ri¹ ga²me¹-nie³ a²yi¹; ga²me¹-die¹ nga² bo³ ri¹, cai² ri¹-duo³, nga² cuo⁴ luo⁴ba¹-die¹ cuo⁴ yi²xi¹ ca²-duo³. Daughters must remember their elders' words, Labouring according to the precepts of their ancestors; May my ancestors bless and protect me, May my husband's family prosper.

Tian Xintao, Daba Township, Yongshun County
recorded on 05 August 2002

01	lei⁴ suo¹ce³ xi¹ba¹ da²-ta¹ti¹, luo⁴die¹ la² cuo⁴ luo³-ta¹ti¹; suo¹ce³ jie³long¹ da²-ta¹ti¹, da²-ji² luo⁴ba¹ pa³pu¹ bie⁴. Today I cannot wear my special clothes, Cannot bear to be scolded in another household; I cannot wear my special skirt, Wearing them, I shall leave the menfolk of my home.
02	luo³pang¹ jing²zi¹ kei³yi¹ kei³yi¹-ta¹ti¹, ca²-nie³ a²da¹ a¹mi¹ po¹-ta¹ti¹; suo¹ce³ jie²zu¹ die⁴-ta¹ti¹, a³kuo⁴ ca³qi² bie⁴-ta¹ti¹. I can no longer hang my oval mirror, Nor abandon my good sisters; I cannot wear my special headscarf, Cannot leave my brother and his wife.

Tian Xintao, Daba Township, Yongshun County
recorded on 05 August 2002

01	si¹li¹ wu² lao⁴ eng³qie², ang² cuo⁴ eng³qie² ka¹ta¹bu²; si¹li¹ ha⁴lie³ lao⁴ eng³qie², ang² cuo⁴ eng³qie² sa³ ze²-ta¹. An ox comes from afar, Comes to our house to kowtow; A dog comes from far away, Comes to our house, but does not bark.

Tian Xintao, Daba Township, Yongshun County
recorded on 05 August 2002

01	a³kuo⁴ a! a³kuo⁴ a! qing³mo¹ li¹kuo¹li¹ hang²la³ tai², lei⁴ a¹mi¹ wo⁴-bo³ mo³ mi⁴tang³ tu². My brother! My brother! Why are you so hard-hearted? Bearing me today and plunging me into the fiery pit.
02	se²ta¹ la¹ming³ tong², mu⁴nie³ pu²ta¹ xing²ga¹die³, nga² jie³-nie³ zuo⁴ni³-die¹; da³bie¹ la¹ming³ tong², mu⁴nie³ pu²ta¹ wan³ga¹die³, nga² luo⁴die¹-nie³ a³ba¹ a¹nie³ jie³. Opening the side-door, the bamboo leaves are green, I call out to my own family; Opening the front door, the bamboo leaves are yellow, I call the parents from another family.
03	wo⁴-bo³ mo³ a³sa³ ga³ha² po¹, nga² ni²bi¹ da⁴ze³ me² wo²tu¹ ra²; wo⁴-bo³ mo³ hu³pao² wo²tu¹ po¹, song² bi² la² zi² ge³ci² ca². Bear me away and leave me on a cliff-top, Let me fly high in the sky like a bird; Carry me away to the river, Like a fish, to live in freedom.
04	nga² ku¹lie¹ ga³ha² a² ku¹za⁴ ba⁴, hu³pao² a² ce³ ong² gei¹ qi⁴; ga⁴ long¹ ga⁴ si¹ song¹kuo¹-diu², a³ba¹ a¹nie³ po¹ die²-nie³ sa³ nga² la¹ ze². I climb the hills, but all I see are peaks, I cross the river, but meet only tall waves; How many years and months before I return, To listen to what my parents have to tell me.

n: mandarin orange vt: to eat, bite vi: to be good num: ten num: two cl: segment (of fruit) n: elder sister n: younger sister vi: to sit vt: to divide vsuff: [want] n: pomelo n: skin vt: to peel advm: also vt: to separate vsuff: [stative] vsuff: [that which] pron: we n: aunt; young woman nsuff: [plural] n: person num: one cl: (for people) vt: to resemble advm: regularly vt: to separate vsuff: [can't] advt: formerly n: hair n: side vt: to comb suff: ['s] vi: to come vsuff: [come+now] advt: today n: day n: on advt: after, behind vt: to place, pasture, release, shoot pron: I, me pron: how pron: you vsuff: [can] vt: to think of n: tears vi: to go out n: cloud n: wind vi: to blow (of wind) vsuff: [end] advm: all vi: to be gone n: sky vi: to blow n: back vt: to look at pron: we n: village vt: to see vsuff: [not] n: star vi: to be many vt: to count vsuff: [can't] n: elder brother vi: to marry (of a woman) n: house n: father n: mother vt: to give birth; to raise vi: to be (very) heavy n: words, matters vt: to carry (usually with a carrying pole) advm: first, before vi: to smile, laugh n: child n: elder brother n: younger brother vt: to help neg: don't vi: to be bitter vi: to rain n: road vt: to go n: sister-in-law vsuff: [past] n: water vi: to float vt: to resemble vi: to grow up vi: to be large pron: (other) people nsuff: [towards] n: tree cl: (for long thin things: roads, sticks, guns, bamboo, candles) vc: to be; yes n: flower n: mirror n: inside n: fruit vt: to bear (fruit) n: husband; man vt: to lose vt: to work, do vi: to be very many part: (IO) part: (excl) vt: to tell n: hemp fibres vt: to twist (hemp into a rope) advt: formerly n: (maternal) aunt n: heart n: string, rope vt: to bind vi: to be cheerful vi: to live, get by num: three cl: (for fires, handfuls and things grasped in the hand, e.g. knives, flutes) n: eye n: fine hair vt: to pluck part: (-wise) vi: to not have n: daughter-in-law cl: day part: (agent) vt: to scold, curse pron: this vt: to spend (time) n: foot cl: pair n: 'baishouwu' temple vi: to kneel advt: tomorrow advt: morning n: daughter expr: ten li ('distant place') n: generations and generations n: (type of incense) vi: to be red n: lamp vi: to shine brightly n: official vt: to study vi: to labour n: good (one) n: dew n: clothes vt: to wear n: skirt n: grandfather vt: to leave, fall, shed n: compass vt: to hang n: handkerchief, headcloth vt: to wear (a hat) n: cow num+cl: one (person/animal) vi: to come vi: to kowtow n: dog vsuff: [won't] advm: like this vt: to carry on the back n: fireplace vt: to pour n: door, gate vt: to open n: bamboo n: leaf vi: to be green vt: to shout, call n: relative vi: to be yellow n: cliff n: bird vi: to fly n: river n: fish n: son vi: to have fun n: mountain vt: to cross n: mountain pron: many; how many? num: several, how many? cl: year cl: month vi: to return cl: a while