Song of the Week

(I thought this was a really nice Hmong Chinese song, to be exact the singer is Ahmao, but it was a bit of a challenge to understand and translate because the singer has an accent.  I couldn't really make out some of the words she was singing in the chorus in particular, so I tried my best to translate so that it makes some sense.)

Luo Na Yi - Koj Tias Kuv Tsis Hlub

Koj tias, kuv zoo xws rev paj tawg

You said that I am like a blooming flower

Tsuas yog pom kuv luag ntxhi

As long as I smile

Koj tsuas zoo siab

You are happy

Koj tias, koj tsuas hlub kuv ib leeg

You said that you would love only me

Yuav hlub txog hnub uas kawg koj lub neej

Love till the last day of your life

Tsuas hlub kuv ib leeg

(You) will love me only

Tsuas nco kuv ib leeg

(You) will miss me only

Tsis txawj hnov qab kuv rev paj na

(You) won’t forget this flower

Yog tias muaj ib hnub koj yuav ncaim kuv mus

If there comes a day when you have to leave me

Koj yuav tsis txawj hnov qab kuv

You won’t ever forget about me

Chorus

Kuv rev paj tawg ntawm koj ib sab

This flower that blooms beside you

Koj puas hnov kuv tsw qab ntawm koj ib sab

Can you smell my scent beside you?

Yog tias koj khiav kuv ib sab mus (The subtitles said: Yog tias koj khaws kuv ib xov hmoo, which I don’t know what it means but what I wrote is what I thought I heard her say)

If you leave me to another place

Kuv yuav hu ib zaj nkauj koj mloog

I will sing a song for you to listen to

Yog tias koj paub tias kuv hlub koj

If you knew that I love you

Kuv yeej tsis txawj tuaj ntawm koj ib sab quaj

I won’t have to cry beside you

Yog tias koj paub tias kuv nco koj

If you knew that I miss you

Kuv yeej tsis txawj tuaj ntawm koj xub ntiag

I won’t know how to come to your bosoms

(Music Break)

Koj tias, kuv zoo xws rev paj tawg

You said that I am like a blooming flower

Tsuas yog pom kuv luag ntxhi

As long as I smile

Koj tsuas zoo siab

You are happy

Koj tias, koj tsuas hlub kuv ib leeg

You said that you would love only me

Yuav hlub txog hnub uas kawg koj lub neej

Love till the last day of your life

Tsuas hlub kuv ib leeg

(You) will love me only

Tsuas nco kuv ib leeg

(You) will miss me only

Tsis txawj hnov qab kuv rev paj na

(You) won’t forget this flower

Yog tias muaj ib hnub koj yuav ncaim kuv mus

If there comes a day when you have to leave me

Koj yuav tsis txawj hnov qab kuv

You won’t ever forget about me

Chorus

Kuv rev paj tawg ntawm koj ib sab

This flower that blooms beside you

Koj puas hnov kuv tsw qab ntawm koj ib sab

Can you smell my scent beside you?

Yog tias koj khiav kuv ib sab mus

If you leave me to another place

Kuv yuav hu ib zaj nkauj koj mloog

I will sing a song for you to listen to

Yog tias koj paub tias kuv hlub koj

If you knew that I love you

Kuv yeej tsis txawj tuaj ntawm koj ib sab quaj

I won’t have to cry beside you

Yog tias koj paub tias kuv nco koj

If you knew that I miss you

Kuv yeej tsis txawj tuaj ntawm koj xub ntiag

I won’t know how to come to your bosoms

Chorus

Kuv rev paj tawg ntawm koj ib sab

This flower that blooms beside you

Koj puas hnov kuv tsw qab ntawm koj ib sab

Can you smell my scent beside you?

Yog tias koj khiav kuv ib sab mus

If you leave me to another place

Kuv yuav hu ib zaj nkauj koj mloog

I will sing a song for you to listen to

Yog tias koj paub tias kuv hlub koj

If you knew that I love you

Kuv yeej tsis txawj tuaj ntawm koj ib sab quaj

I won’t have to cry beside you

Yog tias koj paub tias kuv nco koj

If you knew that I miss you

Kuv yeej tsis txawj tuaj ntawm koj xub ntiag

I won’t know how to come to your bosoms

Kuv yeej tsis txawj tuaj ntawm koj xub ntiag

I won’t know how to come to your bosoms