*offering to the spirits
Adtoy kami a makidaya
kadakayo nga simmina
kadakami ditoy nalidaay a daga—
Umali kayon, makiinom,
makipangan. Saan kuma
nga agbalbaliw
iti pannakapateg yo—
Kasla tagtagitnep
dagitoy aldaw ken rabii
no saan a naulesan
ti arakopyo.
*
Here we are to supplicate
you who’ve left us
in this desolate world—
Come and drink, come
share our food. May
your faithfulness
remain unchanged—
For the days and nights
are merely dreams
stripped of the blanket
of your embrace.
Thank you for sharing! :)
Here is one our family uses.
Umay kayon Apo nga adda dita abagatan
Dakayo ng adda dita daya,
Dakayo ng adda dita laud.
Dakayo ng adda dita amianan
Dakayo amin!
Umay kayon a sangapada
Pagraramanan tayo daytoy a sagot.
“Umali” is also the Igolot word for “come.” “Naliday nga daga” might have another ring if it were “naled-daang a daga”. Good to know you have not forgotten to write in our dialect. Write on, L.