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Posted By: Naemanson
07-Dec-10 - 02:48 AM
Thread Name: Folklore: Kantan Chamorrita - Music from Guam
Subject: RE: Folklore: Kantan Chamorrita - Music from Guam
I got permission. Dr. Flores is my literature professor.
Kantan Chamorrita Song
Evelyn Flores, Guam
Man Oh my lover, you're enchanting
Like the moonbeams on a cool sea
To you I will fore'er be faithful
No other in the world can please me.
Woman Faithful, faithful, you as lover
Truth in those words never, never
For today, perhaps an hour,
A pretty face appears, it's over.
Man What, my love, do you mistrust me?
How can I convince you further?
Like the ocean in its raging
Who would dare to rule your water?
Woman Can you hear the rooster crowing,
This is why I cannot trust him
Smooth as oil but weak in loving
Chasing women at his whim.
Man Is this indeed your cruel decision
See, my friends, her quick rejection.
When you're old and think about us
You'll regret this loss of passion.
Woman What is passion but a flower
Lives for just a single hour
Give me rock that's strong, abiding
That kind of man will light my fire
Woman Plain of face and not as shapely
But his heart will never wander
His devotion like the stars above us
His love for me will last forever
Man There's no man like that who lives
Except perhaps in your desire
Best take I say what real life offers
Or risk the loss of all love's fire
Woman Just as the ant can think no larger
Than his anthill and its larder
So you can't conceive this true lover
Whose faithfulness will rouse my ardour.
Woman Adios fair weather lover
To say your heart breaks, please don't bother
Go chase the girl whose love is smaller
You will, I'm sure, deserve each other.