Kujia song lyrics: Kujia Song Cycle (Part 2)

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The songs on this page make up the second half of a cycle of kujia songs, begun on the previous page.

5.2.1: The Bride Sings to her Sisters
5.2.2: The Bride Sings to her Eldest Brother
5.2.3: The Bride Sings to her Sister-in-law
5.2.4: The Bride Sings when her Hair is Combed
5.2.5: The Bride Sings when Adorned with Flowers
5.2.6: The Bride Sings when Putting on Special Clothes
5.2.7: The Bride Sings when the Doorway is Blocked
5.2.8: The Bride Sings when Mounting the Sedan Chair

Tian Xintao, Daba Township, Yongshun County
recorded on 05 August 2002

01	qie²xi¹ ga² ca² hi² nie¹ mi³, a²da¹ a¹mi¹ ong³ ca² da⁴pi³-duo³; ceng³zi³ ga² ca² ta²pa⁴ xie⁴, a²da¹ a¹mi¹ ong³ ca² be² pi³-bo³-xi². 柑子好吃十二瓣，姊妹好坐要分散；柚子好吃要剥皮，姊妹好坐要分离。 It's good to eat the twelve segments of an orange, It's good to be with your sisters, but one day you must separate; It's good to eat a pomelo, but you must discard the peel, It's good to be with your sisters, but one day you will be separated.
02	ang²ni¹ ma³ma¹-die¹ luo⁴ la² hu³ da⁴ze³, la¹si³la¹nie¹ be² pie³-ta¹ti¹; di¹ga³ sa²qi¹ se²ta¹ xi³, ca²-nie³ a²da¹ a¹mi¹ eng³jiu³-diu². 我们姊妹同呼吸，时时刻刻都不离；昔日头发二面排，好姊好妹排拢来。 We sisters are as one, Always inseparable; Once we combed our hair to the side, All of us sisters are gathering together.
03	lei⁴ nie⁴ sa²qi¹ ga³ha² xi³, ca²-nie³ a²da¹ a¹mi¹ qing³nie² po¹; nga² qing³mo¹ ni² po¹-die¹xi³, die²-bo³ die²-bo³ bu¹ce³ zu². 今日头发往上梳，好姊好妹往后丢；叫我怎能舍得你，越思越想越悲泣。 Now our hair is combed on top, One by one my good friends have got married; How can I let you go, The more I think of it, the more my tears flow.
04	a²da¹ a¹mi¹ me²la¹ong³ da⁴ze³, re²su⁴ re²-ji² yi²xi¹ zao³; me²la¹ong³ me² ga³ha² su⁴, ta¹nie¹ ba⁴ ang²-nie³ luo¹you¹-nie³ luo⁴ yi³-da². 姊妹好比一朵云，狂风吹散永难集；白云吹在蓝天上，回头不见本寨人。 My sisters are like a cloud, Blown along by the wind never to return; The cloud drifts in the sky above, Looking back, our villagers are no longer in sight.

Tian Xintao, Daba Township, Yongshun County
recorded on 05 August 2002

01	me² ga³ha² xi⁴bu²li¹ ri³ hi⁴-ji²-ta¹, a¹guo¹ a¹mi¹ lei⁴ pie³-bo³ zu²; a¹mi¹ lei⁴ cuo⁴zu⁴-duo³, cuo⁴-nie³ a³ba¹ a¹nie³ long⁴-ta¹ti¹. 天上星多数不清，兄妹今朝要分离；小妹今日要出嫁，不能在家孝父母。 The stars in the sky cannot be counted, Today my brother must part with his sister; Little sister must be married today, She can no longer look after her parents.
02	cuo⁴-nie³ a³ba¹ a¹nie³ ni² long⁴-bo³-duo³, du⁴ji³ji³-nie³ sa³ ni² ke⁴-bo³-duo³; a³ba¹ a¹nie³ da³bie¹ nie⁴-bo³-duo³, qing³nie²-die¹ a³ba¹ a¹nie³ long⁴-bo³ ca²-duo³. 堂上父母你孝敬，千斤担子落你身；父母眼前要和气，子女应报养育恩。 You must care for our father and mother, This heavy burden now falls to you; Smile before your father and mother, Children must look after their parents well.
03	a³kuo⁴ ang¹ngai⁴ da⁴xi⁴-duo³, a³ba¹ a¹nie³ ta⁴ ke²ji¹. 兄弟之间要和气，免得父母操苦心。 Brothers must help one another, Lest their parents should taste bitter days.

Tian Xintao, Daba Township, Yongshun County
recorded on 05 August 2002

01	me² ga³ha² me²ze³ la⁴ hhi²-ta¹ti¹, ma³ma¹ ca³qi² ong³ ca² pie³-lie³-duo³; a¹mi¹ ce³ ga³ha² ta³-xi² da⁴ye²ze³, ong² qi⁴ luo⁴die¹ cuo⁴-bo³ hhi². 天上下雨路难行，姑嫂好坐要分离；妹妹好比浮萍草，长大漂到别人家。 The rain cannot find a path through the heavens, Though I sit with you, sister-in-law, we must part; I am like a floating weed, Grown up, I float to another's house.
02	a¹mi¹ ka³mong³ la² zi² da⁴ye²ze³, ca³qi² ka³mong³ sou² a¹mi¹ ka¹pu¹ sou²; ka¹pu¹ jing²zi¹ wo²tu¹ ong²-bo³ yi³, bu²li¹ ji²-bo³ luo⁴ba¹-die¹ cuo⁴ bie¹li³. 妹妹好比树一根，嫂是树来妹是花；只见花在镜中长，硕果落在婆婆家。 I am like a tree, Sister-in-law is a tree and I am the flowers; I see the flowers bud in the mirror, Ripe fruits fall in another's home.
03	ca³qi² nga² die²-bo³ ri¹-bo³ ri³di²ri³ga², nga² bo³ a ze², ce³ku¹ ce⁴, ka¹pu¹ ri¹, ca³qi² ni² a³ba¹ a¹nie³ long⁴ ca²-duo³. 感谢嫂嫂操心大，教我结麻又绣花，切望嫂嫂孝敬好。 Sister-in-law has remembered me and cared for me, Taught me to twist hemp and embroider, Sister-in-law, you must look after your parents.

Tian Xintao, Daba Township, Yongshun County
recorded on 05 August 2002

01	di¹ga¹ nie³qi¹ li¹kuo¹li¹ ca², nga² bo³ sa²qi¹ hhe²la¹ ti², nie⁴li¹nie⁴ga² nie⁴ka¹ ca². 昔日伯母慈母心，把我头发扎辫子，高高兴兴过日子。 Aunt, once you were a mother to me, You helped me fasten my hair, We were always so happy.
02	lei⁴ nie³qi¹ li¹kuo¹li¹ ca²-da², nga² bo³ sa²qi¹ suo¹ pa¹ xi³; luo²bu¹ xi²ga⁴ pie⁴ mo³ da⁴ze³-da², bu¹ce³ xi²ga⁴ pie⁴ mo³ da⁴ze³ tai². 今日伯母好狠心，把我头发三把梳；扯了眉毛改了样，扯了汗毛改了相。 Why are you hard-hearted to me today, Dividing my hair into three; Plucking my eyebrows; I no longer look the same, With eyebrows plucked, I am a different person.
03	qing³nie² luo⁴die¹-nie³ pii² ri¹-duo³, la² nie¹ la² nie¹ luo⁴die¹ duo³ luo³, gai³di¹ nie⁴ qing³mo¹ ka¹! 从今变成下贱女，日日夜夜受人欺，这个日子怎么过！ From now on I am a daughter in another household, Scolded by others day after day, How can I live through such days!

Tian Xintao, Daba Township, Yongshun County
recorded on 05 August 2002

ji³ la² ru¹ ye³cuo³ da³bie¹ ki⁴-bo³, lao²ji¹ zao⁴gu¹die¹ biu² si¹li¹ cuo⁴zu⁴; si²si¹dai²dai¹ cuo⁴-nie³ ca², qing¹xian¹ mian¹jie¹ tie⁴tie³ jia²li¹jia².
双脚跪在神堂前，明早小女嫁远方；世世代代家兴旺，清香红烛亮堂堂。
Kneeling before the shrine, Tomorrow morning to be married far away; May my family prosper forever; Sweet incense and red lamps shining.

ga²me¹-die¹ biu² bo³ long⁴-nie³ a²yi¹-die¹ die²-bo³-duo³, jie²ri¹ sa³ ri¹ ga²me¹-nie³ a²yi¹; ga²me¹-die¹ nga² bo³ ri¹, cai² ri¹-duo³, nga² cuo⁴ luo⁴ba¹-die¹ cuo⁴ yi²xi¹ ca²-duo³.
小女不忘祖宗育，勤劳垦种祖先传；祝愿祖先保佑我，娘家婆家都兴旺。
Daughters must remember their elders' words, Labouring according to the precepts of their ancestors; May my ancestors bless and protect me, May my husband's family prosper.

Tian Xintao, Daba Township, Yongshun County
recorded on 05 August 2002

lei⁴ suo¹ce³ xi¹ba¹ da²-ta¹ti¹, luo⁴die¹ la² cuo⁴ luo³-ta¹ti¹; suo¹ce³ jie³long¹ da²-ta¹ti¹, da²-ji² luo⁴ba¹ pa³pu¹ bie⁴.
今朝不穿露水衣，不受人家老少欺；露水裙子穿不得，穿了离爹又离爷。
Today I cannot wear my special clothes, Cannot bear to be scolded in another household; I cannot wear my special skirt, Wearing them, I shall leave the menfolk of my home.

luo³pang¹ jing²zi¹ kei³yi¹ kei³yi¹-ta¹ti¹, ca²-nie³ a²da¹ a¹mi¹ po¹-ta¹ti¹; suo¹ce³ jie²zu¹ die⁴-ta¹ti¹, a³kuo⁴ ca³qi² bie⁴-ta¹ti¹.
罗盘镜子挂不得，好姊好妹舍不得；露水帕子搭不得，哥哥嫂子离不得。
I can no longer hang my oval mirror, Nor abandon my good sisters; I cannot wear my special headscarf, Cannot leave my brother and his wife.

Tian Xintao, Daba Township, Yongshun County
recorded on 05 August 2002

01	si¹li¹ wu² lao⁴ eng³qie², ang² cuo⁴ eng³qie² ka¹ta¹bu²; si¹li¹ ha⁴lie³ lao⁴ eng³qie², ang² cuo⁴ eng³qie² sa³ ze²-ta¹. 远方来了一只牛，走到我家磕响头；远方来了一只狗，走到我家不开口。 An ox comes from afar, Comes to our house to kowtow; A dog comes from far away, Comes to our house, but does not bark.

Tian Xintao, Daba Township, Yongshun County
recorded on 05 August 2002

01	a³kuo⁴ a! a³kuo⁴ a! qing³mo¹ li¹kuo¹li¹ hang²la³ tai², lei⁴ a¹mi¹ wo⁴-bo³ mo³ mi⁴tang³ tu². 哥哥呀！哥哥呀！为何这样下狠心，今日背妹下火坑。 My brother! My brother! Why are you so hard-hearted? Bearing me today and plunging me into the fiery pit.
02	se²ta¹ la¹ming³ tong², mu⁴nie³ pu²ta¹ xing²ga¹die³, nga² jie³-nie³ zuo⁴ni³-die¹; da³bie¹ la¹ming³ tong², mu⁴nie³ pu²ta¹ wan³ga¹die³, nga² luo⁴die¹-nie³ a³ba¹ a¹nie³ jie³. 打开后门竹叶青，我口喊的是亲人；打开前门竹叶黄，我喊人家爹和娘。 Opening the side-door, the bamboo leaves are green, I call out to my own family; Opening the front door, the bamboo leaves are yellow, I call the parents from another family.
03	wo⁴-bo³ mo³ a³sa³ ga³ha² po¹, nga² ni²bi¹ da⁴ze³ me² wo²tu¹ ra²; wo⁴-bo³ mo³ hu³pao² wo²tu¹ po¹, song² bi² la² zi² ge³ci² ca². 把我背到岩坎上，变只小鸟满天飞；把我背到大河里，变只鱼儿真自由。 Bear me away and leave me on a cliff-top, Let me fly high in the sky like a bird; Carry me away to the river, Like a fish, to live in freedom.
04	nga² ku¹lie¹ ga³ha² a² ku¹za⁴ ba⁴, hu³pao² a² ce³ ong² gei¹ qi⁴; ga⁴ long¹ ga⁴ si¹ song¹kuo¹-diu², a³ba¹ a¹nie³ po¹ die²-nie³ sa³ nga² la¹ ze². 过山只见高山顶，过河只见浪涛天；哪年哪月才回家，再对爹娘诉衷情。 I climb the hills, but all I see are peaks, I cross the river, but meet only tall waves; How many years and months before I return, To listen to what my parents have to tell me.

n: 柑子 / mandarin orange vt: 吃/咬 / to eat, bite vi: 好 / to be good num: 十 / ten num: 二 / two cl: 瓣 / segment (of fruit) n: 姐 / elder sister n: 阿妹 / younger sister vi: 坐 / to sit vt: 分开 / to divide vsuff: 要 / [want] n: 柚子 / pomelo n: 皮肤 / skin vt: 剥 / to peel advm: 也 / also vt: 分 / to separate vsuff: 着 / [stative] vsuff: 的 / [that which] pron: 我们 / we n: 姑母/女人 / aunt; young woman nsuff: 复数 / [plural] n: 人 / person num: 一 / one cl: 个 / (for people) vt: 像/一样 / to resemble advm: 时时刻刻 / regularly vt: 分 / to separate vsuff: 不能 / [can't] advt: 从前 / formerly n: 头发 / hair n: 旁边 / side vt: 梳 / to comb suff: 的 / ['s] vi: 来 / to come vsuff: 来+现在 / [come+now] advt: 今天 / today n: 天/日 / day n: 上面 / on advt: 后 / after, behind vt: 放 / to place, pasture, release, shoot pron: 我 / I, me pron: 怎么 / how pron: 你 / you vsuff: 可以 / [can] vt: 记得/想 / to think of n: 眼泪 / tears vi: 起/出 / to go out n: 云 / cloud n: 风 / wind vi: 吹 / to blow (of wind) vsuff: 完 / [end] advm: 全 / all vi: 去了 / to be gone n: 天 / sky vi: 吹 / to blow n: 后面 / back vt: 看 / to look at pron: 我们 / we n: 寨 / village vt: 看见 / to see vsuff: 不 / [not] n: 星 / star vi: 多 / to be many vt: 数 / to count vsuff: 不能 / [can't] n: 阿哥 / elder brother vi: 嫁 / to marry (of a woman) n: 房屋 / house n: 父亲 / father n: 母亲 / mother vt: 生/养 / to give birth; to raise vi: 很重 / to be (very) heavy n: 话/事 / words, matters vt: 抬/挑 / to carry (usually with a carrying pole) advm: 先 / first, before vi: 笑 / to smile, laugh n: 小孩 / child n: 哥哥 / elder brother n: 弟 / younger brother vt: 帮助 / to help neg: 别 / don't vi: 苦 / to be bitter vi: 下雨 / to rain n: 路 / road vt: 走 / to go n: 嫂嫂 / sister-in-law vsuff: 了 / [past] n: 水 / water vi: 浮 / to float vt: 像/一样 / to resemble vi: 长大 / to grow up vi: 大 / to be large pron: 人家 / (other) people nsuff: 去 / [towards] n: 树 / tree cl: 条/根 / (for long thin things: roads, sticks, guns, bamboo, candles) vc: 是 / to be; yes n: 花 / flower n: 镜子 / mirror n: 里面 / inside n: 水果 / fruit vt: 结 / to bear (fruit) n: 丈夫/男人 / husband; man vt: 遗失 / to lose vt: 做 / to work, do vi: 很多 / to be very many part: (间接) / (IO) part: (叹词) / (excl) vt: 告诉 / to tell n: 大麻纤维 / hemp fibres vt: 搓 / to twist (hemp into a rope) advt: 从前 / formerly n: 姨母 / (maternal) aunt n: 心 / heart n: 绳子 / string, rope vt: 捆 / to bind vi: 高高兴兴 / to be cheerful vi: 过日子 / to live, get by num: 三 / three cl: 把 / (for fires, handfuls and things grasped in the hand, e.g. knives, flutes) n: 眼睛 / eye n: 毛 / fine hair vt: 拔 / to pluck part: (地) / (-wise) vi: 没有 / to not have n: 儿媳 / daughter-in-law cl: 日 / day part: (行为者) / (agent) vt: 骂 / to scold, curse pron: 这个 / this vt: 过 / to spend (time) n: 脚 / foot cl: 双 / pair n: 庙/拜手堂 / 'baishouwu' temple vi: 跪 / to kneel advt: 明天 / tomorrow advt: 早晨 / morning n: 女儿 / daughter expr: 十里 / ten li ('distant place') n: 世世代代 / generations and generations n: 清香 / (type of incense) vi: 红 / to be red n: 灯 / lamp vi: 亮堂堂 / to shine brightly n: 官 / official vt: 学 / to study vi: 劳动 / to labour n: 好的 / good (one) n: 露水 / dew n: 衣服 / clothes vt: 穿 / to wear n: 裙子 / skirt n: 祖父 / grandfather vt: 掉 / to leave, fall, shed n: 罗盘 / compass vt: 挂 / to hang n: 帕子/头巾 / handkerchief, headcloth vt: 戴 / to wear (a hat) n: 牛 / cow num+cl: 一个 / one (person/animal) vi: 来 / to come vi: 磕头 / to kowtow n: 狗 / dog vsuff: 不肯 / [won't] advm: 这么 / like this vt: 背 / to carry on the back n: 火坑 / fireplace vt: 倒掉 / to pour n: 门 / door, gate vt: 开 / to open n: 竹子 / bamboo n: 树叶 / leaf vi: 绿 / to be green vt: 喊 / to shout, call n: 亲戚 / relative vi: 黄 / to be yellow n: 悬崖 / cliff n: 鸟 / bird vi: 飞 / to fly n: 河 / river n: 鱼 / fish n: 儿子 / son vi: 玩 / to have fun n: 山 / mountain vt: 过 / to cross n: 山 / mountain pron: 多少 / many; how many? num: 几 / several, how many? cl: 年 / year cl: 月 / month vi: 回来 / to return cl: 一下 / a while