Saipag-Ho

Saipak'ho (西北雨; Summer Shower)

Saipak'ho tidtit løh,

Northwest rain, straightly dropping,

Cit'afhii beq zhoaxbor.

One carp wants to marry a wife,

Kotay hviaf phaq løkor.

Snakehead brother hits gong and drum.

Moelangpøo`ar, Thosad Sør.

Matchmaker old lady, mudfish madam

Jidthaau axm, zhoexbøo lo

Sun is dark, can't find the road

Kvoafkirn laai, hoefkimkof,

Hurry come, firefly,

Zoex høfsym, laai ciørlo,

Do kindly come light the way,

Saipak'ho tidtit løh.

Saipak'ho tidtit løh,

Peqlexngsy laai kvoaflo.

Egret comes hurrying,

Pvoaa svoaniar, koex khehøo.

Climbs the mountain head/ridges, crosses the river

Zhoexbøo siu, poah-cidtør.

Can't find the nest, fell over

Jidthaau axm, zvoafviu-hør?

Sun is dark, how is that good?

Thoftixkofng, Thoftixpøo,

earth god and his wife,

Kvoafkirn laai, Thoftixkofng.

Hurry come, earth god.

Zoex høfsym, laai zhoaxlo.

Do kindly come guide the way,

Saipak'ho tidtit løh.

References

• Liim Keahioong (2001). 幼稚園教學資料(第五單元)