Si Pilemon Lyrics- Lyrics And About The Cebuano Folk Song
SI PILEMON LYRICS – In this topic, we are going to know about a famous Cebuano folk song Si Pilemon and read the following lyrics.
As mentioned above, it is a Cebuano folk song that is also well known by Tagalog speakers that it bacame part of the list of well-known Filipino folk songs.
An article by TagalogLang states that it can also be spelled as Si Filemon, Si Pilimon, Si Pilemon, Si Filimon, si Philimon and many more.
The song is all about a fisherman named Philemon who caught a tambasakan (mudskipper), sells it in a small market and used the money to buy tuba or coconut wine.
Here is the lyrics of the song in Cebuano, Tagalog, and English:
Cebuano
(Original Version)
Si Pilemon, si Pilemon namasol sa kadagatan.
Nakakuha, nakakuha og isdang tambasakan.
Gibaligya, gibaligya sa merkadong guba—
Ang halin pulos kura, ang halin pulos kura,
Igo lang ipanuba.
Tagalog Version
Si Filemon, si Filemon, nangisda sa karagatan,
Nakahuli, nakahuli ng isdang tambasakan,
Pinagbili, pinagbili sa isang maliit na palengke
Kumita ng kaunting pera, kumita ng kaunting pera,
Para lang sa kaniyang alak na tuba.
English
Philemon, Philemon went to sea to catch some fish
He was able to get, to get only a small mudskipper.
He sold it, sold it at a dilapidated market
For it he got nothing much, nothing much
Just enough to buy tuba.
Here is the video of the song by Huni-huni on Youtube:
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