Sikhlâ sipnù hâiâbâ,
If you cannot sweep the yard,
Âng-bu sipfâgan.
I will help you sweep.
In the next verse, for the last two lines, substitute—”Dùi lainù hâiâbâ âng bù lai-fâ-gan,” and so on, with other female occupations. If a woman sings, the first line will be “Âdâ Bùidâsi,” and she will select men’s work, as, e.g., “Hâthi hunù hâiâbâ, ângbù thâng-fâ-gan.”
A Mother-in-law scolds her Daughter-in-law.
Wâ bîzô nî gândeolâ!
On bamboo top, Oh! dragon fly,
Bîrdau, bîrdau, bîrdang,
Flutter, flutter, fly,