Mi Nylpan Sagum - Don’t Froget Tomorrow

November 5th 2024
Audio
Region
Malaysia
Context
Performed by Yowell Dandy, Written by Blake Kendall & Mutang Tu’o
Source
Co-author: Yowell Dandy
Formats
Music
Archive of the future
Vocalities
Disciplines
Musicology
Music therapy
Ethnomusicology
Themes
Climate crisis
Environmental justice
Healing

DON’T FORGET TOMORROW

When you only follow today,
There won’t be tomorrow again.
 
When you only follow today,
It’s like wishing me away.
 
Which path do you follow?
There are many but hear me say,
 
Don’t forget tomorrow.
Don’t think about pleasure only.
One day you will hold
One person you love,
And they will take their last breath,
And then they will die.
 
And when your person dies,
You’re able to understand it all.
We’ve only got this life,
Don’t have life for long.
 
Don’t forget tomorrow.
Don’t think about pleasure only.
One day you will hold
One person you love,
And they will take their last breath,
And then they will die.
 
When you only follow today,
There won’t be tomorrow again.
 
When you only follow today,
It’s like wishing me away.

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MI NYLIPAN SAGUM
 
Hun kao kivu dau iteu awah
Beh pu’un sagum kepeh
 
Hun kao kivu dau iteu awah
It’s like wishing me away
 
Ineu jalan kao juk kivo,
Pu’un Pina tapi hear me say
 
Mi Nylipan Dau Sagum
Mi surut sunung awah
Ja dau vam kao Amakay
ja kelunan kao magat
Ngan ya pu’un ja laset
Mao inah matai.
 
Ngan hun kelunan ko matai
Kao omok pengejam bebe
Uleu murip motok awah
Beh pu’un murip lebe
 
Mi Nylipan Dau Sagum
Mi surut sunung awah
Ja dau vam kao Amakay
ja kelunan kao magat
Ngan ya pu’un ja laset awah
Mao inah matai.
 
Hun kao kivu dau iteu awah
Beh pu’un sagum kepeh
Hun kao kivu dau iteu awah
It’s like wishing me away