salidummay

Ang salidúmmay, maaari ding salidomay o salidumay, ng mga Kalinga ay awiting-bayang nagpapahiwatig
ng masayáng pagbatì sa panauhing dumalo sa kasal o anumang masayáng okasyon. Narito ang isang
buong teksto:

Dang dang-ay si Dong-ilay Kappia, talna iyawat mi

Insinali dumma-ay Manbiag na dua ay ili

Dang dang-ay si Dong-ilay

Insinali dumma-ay Manpukay guranggurra

Pinnatoy manpatingga

Kablaaw iyebkas mi A-anak man-a-asawa

Dagup yo kabodong mi Takod panagkaykaysa

Naayat ay umili

Nanlapo ad Mangali Sapay koma kan ni Kabunian

Losan inna bendisyonan

Boliney na ili mi Ta adi mayaw-awan

Kan dakay mansangaili Intay nantutulagan

Maaari rin itong awitin bilang pamamaalam ng kalalakihan sa mga dalaga matapos ang isang
pagdiriwang o awitin para sa pakikipagkasundo.

Salidumay is an indigenous folk song associated with the Igorot and Kalinga natives of the Cordillera
Mountains in the northern part of the Philippines.

Salidumay is traditionally not sung in Tagalog; however, in the popular modern interpretation by Filipina
singer Grace Nono, the lyrics are translated into Tagalog.

Among the Itneg people, salidumay is the response song of young women to the kalkalimusta songs of
men during the weaving season. The salidumay are sweet melodies and expressions of gratitude.
Serving as indicators of acceptance or rejection, the songs play an important role in the lives of young
people of courtship age.
TAGALOG LYRICS ENGLISH TRANSLATION

Kalikasan Nature
Kayamanan Wealth
Kagandahan Beauty
Kabuhayan Livelihood

Ay, ay salidumay Ay, ay salidumay

Salidumay diway Salidumay diway

Yamang lupa Land riches

Yamang tubig Water riches
Yamang puno Tree riches
Yamang hangin Wind riches
Yamang tao People riches
Yamang diwa Essence riches
Yamang malay Consciousness riches
Yamang kaluluwa Soul riches

Ay, ay salidumay Ay, ay salidumay

Salidumay diway Salidumay diway

Kalinangan Resources
Kasaysayan History
Sulong, bayan Forward, country
Kalayaan… Freedom…
Savong Shi Bahong
Watay sahey marikit
jen nak-inam-amta
ka-it ta Ivadoy taga Bahong
nay-af-afil petteng to
angkangon sifen dahi
maysesmek jen shili
Tinaynan ko la
Tep in maharak da
nem sikatoy naha
nemnemnema
ekkak eshan dibdikan
sota to hapesing
son sikak alin nangningning
Arig mo’y sabsavong
nay-esek shi Bahong
manseng-ew tan
Tagalog Translation
Bulaklak sa Bahong
(Translated by Alex V. Abelos)
Mayroon isang magandang
dalaga
na aking nakilala
pareho kong Ibaloi na taga
Bahong
namumukod ang angking
ganda
maski sinong lalaki
mapapaamomg matindi
iniwanan ko muna siya
dahil ako’y papauwi na
kaso siya ang aking lagging
naaalala
di ko kasi makalimutan
ang kanyang pamamaraan
English Translation
Flower in Bahong
(Translated by Alex V. Abelos)
There’s one fair lady
whom I had known
she’s also an Ibaloi like me
from Bahong
who got a distinct beauty
needless to say-all men shall I
say
will fall on her ravishing
beauty
I left her for a while
since I went home not that
far
but really i always think of her
as I could not forget
the way she states
memmapteng ng pagtingin sa aking kabuoan
no kulta-en sha para kang bulaklak
ilaw shed Manila na namumukadkad sa Bahong
panpifingilan sha mabango pag nasamyo bukod
sa kagandahan
Man-iyank emmoshima
Bahong pag ika’y pitasin
shiman day nak pan sa Manila agad dalhin
“Gardenan”
at doo’y pag aagawang
wara e dason ko angkinin
may-asop son sikato Siguro titira na lang ako
say-ayshi en-afit so sa lugar ng Bahong
doon ako mag “garden”
nang may dahilan ako
papapalapit sa ginigiliw ko
para walang pipitas sa ganda
mo
my physical bearing
She seems to be a flower
like those planted n Bahong
with fair scent and rare
beauty
by the time it is cut and
harvested
immediately brought down to
Manila
there it is being swooned and
adored
Perhaps I’d better stay
there at your place in Bahong
then I will cultivate my own
garden there
so I all have the reasons
to stay closer beside her
so no one will “harvest” my
fairest flower.