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TENES-TENES

SINGER: Nurusia
AGE: 21
SEX: Female
VILLAGE: TB
DATE: Feb. 15, 1966
C. S.: Married

My song is of [[strikethrough]] many different [[/strikethrough]] the colors of the striped sail. [[footnote 1]]
I'm leaving for Lucina. [[footnote 2]]
My lover is yet a small child.
You hear my song, lover;
I am now leaving this place to seek a livelihood.
If I stay here, no one will help me -- even to paddle my lipa. [[footnote 3]]
When I return, I will have enough money for our marriage and dowry.
This is your remembrance from me.
When I was far from here, I heard a rumor that my love had been married.
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1 Samal sails are usually white with a single navy blue stripe; however, the Taosug sails have bright stripes of green, yellow, red and blue and white. The singer does not specify the type she means.
2 Unidentified island or place name.
3 Although the[[strikethrough]]s[[/strikethrough]] singer is female, she sings the song as if she is male.