Listen then while I narrate at length
The life of Lam-ang
Because his mother conceived him that month.
She did not abstain from any edible fruit:
Tamarind fruits tender and thin as bamboo strings,
Kamias, daldaligan,
Oranges and pomelos;
Manang Biday, ilukatmo man ‘Ta bintana ikalumbabam Ta kitaem ‘toy kinayawan Ay, matayakon no dinak kaasian Siasinnoka nga aglabaslabas Ditoy hardinko pagay-ayamak Ammom ngarud a balasangak Sabong ni lirio, di pay nagukrad
One day a man who had been to gather his coconuts loaded his horse heavily with the fruit. On the way home he met a boy whom he asked how long it would take to reach the house.
by Juan S.P. Hidalgo, Jr. Vietnam! Vietnam! Vietnam! Ayyyyyy.. ti sangit dagiti ubbing! Pinisangda ti puso ti lubong! Iti pagbabakalan um-umkisda nga agsapul kadagiti amma ken kakabsatda. Ay, pimmusingen dagiti takiag a nangtagibi kadakuada! Vietnam! Vietnam! Vietnam! Saan laeng a bagi ken pusom ti pinungtil dagiti garamugam: Rinagasragasdan, wen! dagiti sabong ti kararuam! Ayyyyyy..