Folk Song

Leron, Leron, Sinta

Leron, leron, sinta,
Buko ng papaya,
Dala dala'y buslo
Sisidlan ng sinta;
Pagdating sa dulo'y
Nabali ang sanga,
Kapos kapalaran
Humanap ng iba.




MEANING OF THE SONG

The song is sung by a woman whose lover Leron climbed up a papaya tree carrying a basket in which he was going to place the fruit he was planning to pick for her. But when he reached the end of a branch, it broke. The woman then sings, "What bad luck! So I looked for someone else!" (He must have fallen to the ground and died.)



VOCABULARY WORDS

sinta = (my) love
buslo = basket
dala = carrying
sisidlan = in which to place
pagdating = upon arriving
sa dulo = at the end
nabali = broke
sanga = branch
kapos kapalaran = lacking in good fortune
humanap = looked for
iba = another


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THE FOLLOWING VERSES ARE NOT AS WELL KNOWN:
(in them, it's a man singing as he woos Neneng)

Halika na Neneng, tayo'y manampalok
Dalhin mo ang buslo, sisidlan ng hinog
Pagdating sa dulo'y uunda-undayog
Kumapit ka Neneng, baka ka mahulog.

Halika na Neneng at tayo'y magsimba
At iyong isuot ang baro mo't saya
Ang baro mo't sayang pagkaganda-ganda
Kay ganda ng kulay -- berde, puti, pula.

Ako'y ibigin mo, lalaking matapang
Ang baril ko'y pito, ang sundang ko'y siyam
Ang lalakarin ko'y parte ng dinulang
Isang pinggang pansit ang aking kalaban.