Tsim Laj Muas & Mog Mim Yaj - Kev Hlub Yam Dej Ntws Tsis Rov
Guy:
Kuv tau hlub nrog koj ib zaug
I have loved you once
Los yuav tsis tau koj coj los ua kuv tug
But I don’t have the luck of getting you to be mine
Wb txoj kev hlub
Our love
Kuv yuav muab khaws zoo cia
I will keep it well
Cim koj tseg rau nruab siab
You will be imprinted in my heart (the literal translation is “You will be imprinted in my liver" because for the Hmong people, to love comes from the liver and not the heart; heart in Hmong is "plawv" and the word "plawv" sounds harsh to the ear)
Cim koj cia rau ntsiab muag
Girl:
Koj yog tus ua kuv hlub tshaj
You are the one that I love the most
Lub kua muag ntshav
Blood tear drops
Thiaj ntws teev yees tawm los
Flow gracefully out
Vim tias hnub no kev hlub tsis zoo li thaum ub
Because today (our) love is not the same as before
Wb txoj me kev sib hlub
Our little love
Yam dej ntws mus tsis rov
Is like the irreversible flowing river
Guy:
Xav txog koj tej lus tau hais thaum ub
Reminiscing of the words you’ve said to me in the past
Yuav nrog kuv mus
(That) you will go (and become)
Ua kuv niam tus me nyab
My mother’s daughter-in-law
Kev hlub hais zoo tshaj
(In our) love (relationship) we communicate best (with one another)
Yog ntuj tsis pub wb los sib yuav
(But maybe it is) the heavens that is preventing us from being
together
Cas tsis txhob cia wb los sib ntsib sib cuag
(If that is the case) it shouldn’t let us meet
Kom wb mob lub siab lub ntsws
So our hearts (or livers and lungs) won’t get hurt
Girl:
Txoj kev hlub hais zoo luaj no
(In our) love (relationship) we communicate well
Tsis sib tau los
(Since we are unable) to be together
Ntshe yog wb hmoov tsis txog
Maybe it is our fate
Wb thiaj tau hlub wb thiaj tsis tau sib yuav
We can love but we cannot be together
Tsuas los hlub ib vuag dua
As long as we’ve loved once
Hlub cia ua lub chaw tshua
(Let us cherish our) love as a piece of memory
Guy:
Xav txog koj tej lus tau hais thaum ub
Reminiscing of the words you’ve said to me in the past
Yuav nrog kuv mus
(That) you will go (and become)
Ua kuv niam tus me nyab
My mother’s daughter-in-law
Kev hlub hais zoo tshaj
(In our) love (relationship) we communicate best (with one another)
Yog ntuj tsis pub wb los sib yuav
(But maybe it is) the heavens that is preventing us from being
together
Cas tsis txhob cia wb los sib ntsib sib cuag
(If that is the case) it shouldn’t let us meet
Kom wb mob lub siab lub ntsws
So our hearts (or livers and lungs) won’t get hurt
Girl:
Txoj kev hlub hais zoo luaj no
(In our) love (relationship) we communicate well
Tsis sib tau los
(Since we are unable) to be together
Ntshe yog wb hmoov tsis txog
Maybe it is our fate
Wb thiaj tau hlub wb thiaj tsis tau sib yuav
We can love but we cannot be together
Tsuas los hlub ib vuag dua
As long as we’ve loved once
Hlub cia ua lub chaw tshua
(Let us cherish our) love as a piece of memory
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