Wednesday, August 28, 2019

Suette hao

Desdi ki annai pago li'e hao
Since I saw you now
Na'faniente i kurason-hu
My heart started to feel things
Malago yu' na bai ketungo hayi hao
I want to know who you are
Un minutu hu gagagao
One minute is what I'm asking

Ti sina ti guahu na bunitu
I can't make myself beautiful
Ti sina ti guahu na aliligao
I can't make myself the one you're looking for
Lao esti ha bai hu sagnani hao
But this is what I want to tell you
Suette hao nu guahu


Hunggan magahait bunitan ha fasu-mu
Yes it's true that you have a beautiful face
Lao ti enao bumensi yu'
But that's not persuaded me
I kurason-hu ha sagani yu'
My heart told me
Na hagu para guahu
That you're for me

Wednesday, August 7, 2019

Guinaiya-ku


Ginen as K.C. De Leon Guerrero

I guinaiya-ku neni nai nu hagu taddong gi kurason-hu
My love for you baby, it's deep in my heart
Ya mampos metgot esti nai na guinaiya ai ya tai foddong
And this love is very strong and has no end
I guinaiya-ku neni ai takilot-na gi i mapagahes
My love for you baby is as high as the clouds
Ai taya sina tulaika nai guahu, ha solu
There nothing can change me, just myself

I annai pago hu li’e hao pala’aon
When I saw you girl
Hagu ha neni mas hu a’atan
You baby are the one I looked at the most
Pula fan gi gapot ilu-mu yan i bunita-mu
Untie your hair and your beauty
Bumesi neni I kurason-hu
Baby you won my heart

Gi annai un aksepta yu para atungo-hu
When you accept me as your friend
Un namagof I sinenteku
You make me feel happy
Bai hu chagi todo I ninasina-hu
I will try all I can
Para bai hu na’magof hao todo I tiempo
To make you happy forever

Maila neni ya un fatachong gi fion-hu
Come baby and sit near me
Prumeti yu’ nu I guinaiya-mu
Promise me your love
Ekungkok esti siha na palabras—hu
Listen to these my words
Palabras ginen I kurason-hu
Words from my heart 


Monday, July 29, 2019

Protehi

Ginen as JJ Concepcion

Para i memoria lina'la-ta
For the memory of our lives
Ya todo i mamaila na tiempo
And for all of time
Fanohge ya ta fanetnon ai mane'lu put esti senmames na tano
Stand up and gather together brothers and sisters for this very sweet land

Na'banidosu i kurason-mu
Make your hearts proud
Baba i matan-miyu
Open your eyes
Put esti senmames na tano
To this very sweet land
Ekugnok i fino-hu ya ta prutehi esti tano-ta
Listen to my words and let's protect this our land
Tano gi Pasifiku, Marianas
Land in the sea, Marianas

Para i mañaina yan i mañelu
For our elders and our siblings
Fanågue todo i famaguon-miyu
Teach all your children
I lengguahi-ta yan kon todo i kuttara-ta
Our language and all of our culture
Ya hamyo mona siña esti pago
Because you are the ones that can do this now




Gaige gi fion-mu

Ginen as JJ Concepcion

Guaha na makkat mona i lina'la
There's going to be hard times in life
Guaha na makkat mona i karera
There's going to be hard times in the journey
Ai dipotsi ha' ai esti lina'la
Oh this is how life is supposed to be
Fona sa siempre ha maloffan
Go forward because it will pass

Aligao i minagahet
Search for the truth
Chogue todo i minaolek
Do all good things
Sa dipotsi ha esti na lina'la
Because this is how this life is supposed to be
Ya i tiempo siempre ha matulaika
And time will always change
Gaige gi fion-mu na hagu ha u'uma
I'll be by your side, I'll carry your burden
Yanggin guaha minakkat gi lina'la
If you have hardships in life

Guaha na mampos na pinadesi
There will be extreme hardships
Yan guaha na mampos na makkat na piniti
And there will be extreme and hard pains
Ya dipotsi ha' esti gi lina'la
And this is how this life is supposed to be
Fona sa siempre ha u hmaloffan
Go forward because it will pass





Wednesday, May 15, 2019

Maseha hafa taimanu

Hu usa todo i magugu ni ilek-niha yamu
I used the clothes they said you liked
Ya agapa na kannai-hu ha un na suha gi gapot ilu-mu
And my right hand I moved your hair
Ya akague na kannai-hu annai hu katga hao ai i chelu
And my left hand when I carry you, oh brother

Lao ai ti sina yu' mana'i nu esti kurason-hu
But I can't give you this my heart
Sa bula yu' esta ai bula fumababa
Because there's already a lot of badness
Ya hu na'i hao nu i kurason-hu ai hafa yu' taimanu
And if I give you my heart what will I do?
Ai hokkok ha gagaogao ai na un guaiya yu' i che'lu
Oh I've asked too much that you love me
Ai hokkok ha gagaogao lao guaiya yu' maseha hafa taimanu
Oh I've asked too much but love me no matter what

Hu chagi todo ninasina-hu
I tried all I could
Fan munga hao sumangan
Don't say anything
Eyu siha nai na kuentos
All those things to say
I ti ya-mu humungkok
The ones you don't like to hear
Lao bai hu sangan pago na hagu mas ya-hu
But I will tell you now you are the one I like the most





Wednesday, March 27, 2019

Ti ta'lo dumingu

J.D. Crutch

Yan todo i manelu-hu mali'e siha yan i manaina-hu
And all of my siblings and my parents they're seen
Lao guahu, ai guahu nai i likikidu ya ai hu dingu si nana-hu
But me, oh I, I'm the favorite and I left my mom
Mungi nai na tatte? Magahit gima-mami sa gaige gui' si nana-hu yan lokkue si tata-hu
When will I come back? It's true it's our home because there's my mom and my dad

Hunggan nana lachi yu'
Yes, mom I was wrong
Lao matto yu' nai tatte
But I came back
Sa hagu hu hahasso
Because I think about you
Yan hagu nai ya-hu
And you're the one I love
Sa guahu nai i likiku, magahit dumingu i manaina-hu lao matto yu' nai lokkue tatte
Because I'm the favorite, it's true I left my parents, but I came back also
Ya ti ta'lo dumingu
And I won't go again

Thursday, March 21, 2019

Gotte mafñut

First Issue

Gotte mafñut munga masotta ha guahu ha debi di un tungo
Hold me tight, don't let go of me, there's something you should know
Hu guaiya hao maseha taimanu
I love you in every way
Put fabot munga humanao
Please don't leave

Nihi ta famokkat gi kanton tåsi
Let's walk by the beach
Ya ta hasso i hanom, hita na dos
And the water will remind us of you and me
Dumaña kalan i tasi
Together like the sea




Esta yu' maniente

Rose Martinez Certeza

Ti hu hongge neni na ta pa ali'e ta'lo
I didn't believe we would see each other again
Ya kada hu atan hao maniente i kurason-hu
And every time I saw you my heart flutter
Kumuentos hit put hagu yan guahu
We talked about you and me
U mankumprende hit put i sientete taiguihi tiempo
We understood our feelings at the time
Lao hafa yu' guini bai hu chogue
But what will I do here
Senatrasao sa esta yu' manienente
You're very late because I'm already feeling things

Ti hagas tiempo ha annai estaba hit matungo
It wasn't a long time that we knew each other
I guinaiya-ta guihi ti siña ta konsigi
Our love there couldn't continue
Sa sotetera yu' hoben yan brabu
Because I was a young women, young and strong
Hagu gi un banda klasen taotao gi un tiempo
You were on the side one of those people from the past

Lao chamu neni hinalang nu guahu
But don't miss me baby
Bai hu aksepta i singanan yan siente-mu
I will accept what you say and your feelings
Lao despensa yu' ti hu håsngon pon taiguini
But forgive me I didn't intend for this to be this way
Para faniente i kurason-hu put hagu neni
For my heart to have feelings for you baby

Ti siña yu' maigo neni an puengi
I can't sleep at night
Puti chenot i manguaiya nai guihi
This love hurts
Lao bai respeta i singanan-mu nu guahu
But I will respect what you tell me
Yanggin neni ennao gi malago-mu
If baby that is what you want
Lao polu dialo ya bai hu sungon
But alright and I will endure
Bai hu susteni i guinaiya-ku nu hagu
I will sustain my love for you

Lao sa hu gano na hagu ha' i guinaiya-ku
But I have won, you are my love
Ai ya hu gano sa hagu ha' taya ha otro
And I won because you have no other






Wednesday, March 20, 2019

Bai hu saga un ratu

JD Crutch

Humalom gi painge gi kuatto-ku
She came into my room last night
Sa ti mamaburuka
She didn't make a noise
Pues humalom magahit gi guinifi-hu
And it's true she came into my dreams
Yan anakko i gapot ilu-na
And her hair is long

Yan hunggan un na fugo
And yes you make quiver
Yan hunggan un namagof yu'
And yes you make me happy
Bai na'i todo ni guinaiya-ku
I will give you all my love
Ya bai saga nai un ratu
And I will stay awhile

Pues ha paine magahit i gapot ilu-na
Then she combs her hair
Ya ha bira gui' ha pula magagu-na
And she turned and takes off her clothes
Pues ha hago' i kandet ai ya puno
She reaches for the light and shuts it off
Ya i puengi ai ha tutuhon gui'
And the night begins



Tuesday, March 19, 2019

Teddy Bear


Teddy Bear ginen as Larry Saralu

Ai sa guahu mohon i ga-mu teddy bear
Oh I should have been your teddy bear
Ni gaige gi kannai-mu yan hu toktok i pecho-mu
In your hands and I hug your chest
Ai yan munga yu' ni tiger sa tiger mampos bastos
And oh I don't want to be a tiger because tigers aren't smooth
Munga yu' ni lion sa malamaña mampos yan dangkulu
I don't want to be a lion because they're fierce and big

An hu li'e hao gi chalan an humanao hao
When I see you on the road when you left
Hu atan i taotao-mu yan ilek-ku ai lokkue nana lao
I saw your body and I said oh my goodness








Kao guinaiya

Gof bunita na kanta ginen as Desha "Kao guinaiya?"

Guaha anghet gi fion-hu aatan yu na puengi
I have an angel by my side, I look that night
Chumachalek i litratu siempre maolek yu' todo
I smile at the picture, I'll be good forever
Antis hu guifi hao ya magahit pa'go un na'magof i kurason-hu
Before I dreamed of you and now it's true you make my heart

Neni sangani yu'
Baby tell me
Kao guinaiya, kao guinaiya
Is this love, is this love?
Kao esti na kassao-su an umagang hao
Is this my cry when I call you?
Kao guinaiya, kao guinaiya
Is this love, is this love?
Yanggin hagu sumangan
When you say it
Kao guinaiya, kao guinaiya, kao guinifi annai hu li'e hao gi painge?
Is this love, was it a dream when I saw you last night?

Taya mas na guinifi
There are no more dreams
Mas maolekna ki hagu
Better than you
Hagu ha gi lina'la-hu
You are my life
Un na fanli'e yu' klaru
You see me clearly

Kao para taguini?
Is this how it's going to be?
Kao para un pininiti?
Are you going to hurt me?
Esti malago, necisdat-hu
This is what I want, my need
Kao esti hagas hu disiseha?
Is this what I've been wanting for so long?






Kasamento

Kasamento ginen as Frank "Bokkongo" Pangelinan

Nana munga kumati gi ha'anen kasamento-ku
Mom, don't cry at my wedding

Yanggin kakalom ham gi attat un gaige ya si tata
When we enter to the altar you'll be there with dad

Ya un na'i ham bendision para todo i tiempo
And you will give us blessings forever

Yan un gotte kannai tata yon tattiyi ham para i attat gi ha'anen kasamenton-mami
And you will take dad's hand and you'll follow us to the altar at our wedding




Chamorrita girl

In honor of Mes Chamoru here's the Chamorro lyrics to a very beautiful song called Chamorrita girl by First Issue.

Finena na bunitan palaoan ni hu li'e
The first beautiful woman I saw

Ha gacha i mata-hu annai hu atan guihi
She caught my eye when I look that way

Mamokkat yu' guatu giya guiya ya hu faisen para bai baila, neni
I walked over there to her and I asked her to dance, baby

Hu toktok i sintura-na ya sigi ha bumaila
I hugged her waist and we danced



Friday, February 1, 2019

Chelus Commonwealth

Si Lapulapu senmatanga sa ha puno si Magellan
Lapulapu was fearless because he killed Magellan
Si Chief Matapang  yan si Hurao mapuno si San Vitores
Chief Matapang and Hurao killed San Vitores
Sa estague dipotsi i sensian antigu protehi i tano i chelus
Because this was the character of the ancient ones, to protect the land of the brothers

I oficianes yan i publiku mafotma i Commonwealth
The officials and the public formed the Commonwealth
Si Uncle Sam ti komfofotmi sigi di ha maditieni
Uncles Sam didn't confirm it and they continue to delay
Buenti ha malago-na para u matendi
Maybe they want to be attentive
Lao munga hit nai sumedi
But let's not allow it

Guam tano-niha i manguelo-ta desde tiempon anitgu
Guam your land was ruled since old times
Siha manduenu ya ti debi esti siha na kastigu
with rulers and this shouldn't be a punishment
Colonialism sistema, imperialism prublema
Colonial system, imperialism is a problem
O God we trust America

Chelus fanohge yan ta prutehi i futurun tano-ta
Brothers, stand up and protect the future of our land
Hami i congresu yan i gobietno fanma'ase i famaguon-ta
Our congress and the government have mercy on our children
Esti iyo-ta, esti na irensia ginen as guelo yan guela
This is ours, this is our given rights from our ancestors




Wednesday, January 30, 2019

Kuantu na lagu

Annai ilek-mu adios antis di humuyong i petta
When you said goodbye before the door closed
Ti hu honnge kirida na para ta dispatta
I couldn't believe, baby, that we would split up

Estague ilekmu tatti gi un tiempo
This is what you said before
Na ti un para maguiaya nu guahu
that you won't stop loving me
Hu senhongge ayu na fino-mu
I really believed what you said
Lao dialo sa hagu mas tumungo
But you knew more

Malago yu' na ba hu tungo
I want to you know
Hafa i rason-mu na para un diroga i mames guinaiya
What was your reason to revoke our sweet love
Sagnan na para bai un bira hao magi i kurason-hu neni na bai hu hongge
Tell me that you will come back, my heart, baby, wants to believe it
Kuanto mas bai hu chuda nai lagu put i guinaiya-ku nu hagu
How much more tears will I shed for my love for you?

I pettan i kurason-hu bai hu na abietto
The door of my heart, I will keep open 
Ya un kasu un tulaika i hinasso-mu kirida
In case you change your mind, my darling

Un sodda ha yu' siempre
You will always find me
Yanggin un para bira hao magi
If you decided to come back
Bai hu nagga hao ha'ani yan puengi
I will wait for you, day and night