repost: the long road

heading home tomorrow... on a long road.

And I wished for so long, cannot stay...
All the precious moments, cannot stay...
It's not like wings have fallen, cannot stay...
But I feel something's missing, cannot say...

Holding hands are daughters and sons
And their faiths just falling down, down, down, down...
I have wished for so long
How I wish for you today

We all walk the long road. Cannot stay...
There's no need to say goodbye...
All the friends and family
All the memories going round, round, round, round
I have wished for so long
How I wish for you today

And the wind keeps roaring
And the sky keeps turning gray
And the sun is set
The sun will rise another day...

We all walk the long road. Cannot stay...
There's no need to say goodbye...
All the friends and family
All the memories going round, round, round, round
I have wished for so long
How I wish for you today
How I've wished for so long
How I wish for you today

We all walk the long road

a-anak (arnel banasan)

(as translated)
precious children, young men and women
hearken as i share what the elders have to say

you have a mind of your own,
please don't talk back to your father and mother
for the life you have
you owe them and Kabunyan.

when you go to school in baguio or manila
persevere in studying and earn a diploma

if you want to marry, think it over five times
it will please the elders so
because it is hard to start a new family

dear children, ladies and gentlemen
listen as i share old men's admonitions
let us learn the pagta and bodong
for they embody kalinga life and laws.

this is a song of advice by elders to children about life. the original longer version of the song includes advice on occasions and drinking.