Details
Singer / Performer
Padma Shri Guru Sangyusang Pongen
Tribe
Ao
Performer’s Tribe
Ao
Language / Dialect
Ao (Chungli)
Region / Village
NA
Date & Place of Recording
24 February, Ungma village, Mokokchung
Recorded By
L. D. Miller Pou
Theme of the Song
Love Song
Occasion of Performance
No particular social occasion
Contextual Interpreter
Yimkotong S Aier
Lyric Transliteration
Meyimlita nongani, ungerluyang kümongjenyaba,
mashimer mongjen kua longrarago,
maipangrok saluang jentsübang yaba,
lanukongdembang nung mesem tepong Aoberem jungba
mulong mashem süyiogoni laza
laza a terongjen ah ne
English Translation Lyrics
You are like the bird that sits beside big
riverbanks
I come singing songs to you
You are pretty like the garlands
the rich put on children’s necks
I come looking for you to meet
Contextual Interpretation
This is a song sung by a woman when in search of her lover.
Cultural Significance
Folk song preservation.
Song Image
Native Speaker's Additional Contextual Information
Na ya onger luyangpong ozü mesek You are esteemed male-youth bird like Ni nüdak ken tenlokja arura ni I to-you song sing coming Nü sorupangru ya lanur tekong nung azükba Your looks are young neck on wear mesememlok ama tobur tajunga ni necklace like look good Ni na bushia arua ajurutepera ni I you search came meet