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KA AMO PANGABAY
By Batong Amoyawon (A Bantoanon Prayer)
March 20, 2003


Sa amo mga palangga
Hariin mang rukrok kamo sa kalibutan
Kami ay nababayaka sa inro kahimtangan
Pangabay namo, maado ka inro kaandoan

Ka nakakasapot isipon
Kahimtangan ninro tan-a'y naiwasan
Gani kamo ay obligado nak magsunor yang
Pangabay namo, mayado kamo sa bala it kamatayan

Kung nasasambit ka inro ngayan
Puso namo ay hipos nak napapa ngo-ngoy yang
Uya it mahimo, pilit nak mamuyat yang
Pangabay namo, peligro inro maiwasan

Pangabay namo, taw-an kamo it,
Klaro nak isip
Mahadag nak mata
Matigson nak siki
Makusog nak braso
Maabtik nak damot
Maadong pang rungog
Buko sip-onon nak ilong
Ag sa tanan, makusog nak yawas

Kami indi magsawa sa paghuyat
Pag palangga sa inro, uya utoy, uya puat
Kamo ay permi nak ging rarasay
Makusug ka yawas pag pauili, ka amo pangabay
(Dedicated to our relatives deployed in Iraq war: Chief Petty Officer Fernando Musico, youngest brother of Nic Musico, Lance Corporal Louie Fabicon, only son of RDL Executive Director Ish Fabicon, and Lance Corporal Jay Balcobero, nephew of Pauline Musico.)