This is one of my favorite songs from the Hmong rock band, The Sounders. It conveys a sort of nostalgic, haunting feeling of unfulfilled love between a couple in the old days. So while listening to it about two years ago, it became an inspiration for a subplot to my in-progress story, Nkauj Nog. Keep an eye out for that...
The Sounders – Puas Kho Koj Siab
Verse
1
Qaim lub hli
The moon is full
Es koj puas tseem nco txog
Do you still remember
(me)?
Kuv tseem nco koj xwb
I still remember you
only
Kuv tseem tshua koj xwb
I am still fond of you
only
Tus duab ntxoov ntxoo
The shadow
Uas nyob ntawm kuv ib sab
That stands beside me
Zoo li twb yog koj
It seems as if it is
you
Cas ho tsis yog koj
But it is not you
Hli ne hli
Moon, oh, moon
Hmo no koj ci thoob ntuj
You shine throughout
the sky (world) tonight
Es koj puas pom nws
So have you seen her?
Seb nws nyob li cas
How is she doing?
Txhua hmo tav nov
Every night about this
time
Nws yeej xub tuaj nyob nov tos
She would already be here
waiting (for me) first
Cas ho tsis pom nws
But she is nowhere to
be seen
Ntuj teb ntsiag moo to
The world is silently
still
Chorus
Hmo no puas kho koj lub siab
Is your liver (heart)
waning tonight?
Cas yuav ntxhov kub lub siab ua luaj
How come my liver
(heart) feels so much trouble?
Li no, li nov…
Like this, like this…
Verse
2
Koj puas nco
Do you remember?
Thaum kuv tuaj nrog koj nyob
When I came to
accompany you
Paub tias zoo li no
If I knew it was going
to turn out like this
Wb sib pus khiav thaum ntxov
We should have eloped
earlier
Txawm zoo thiab phem
Whether it turns out
good or bad
Los tsuav wb tau nyob ua ke
At least we would get
to be together
Ntshe nws yuav zoo tshaj
It would have been much
better
Lub sij hawm ziag nov
Than how things are now
Chorus
Hmo no puas kho koj lub siab
Is your liver (heart)
waning tonight?
Cas yuav ntxhov kub lub siab ua luaj
How come my liver
(heart) feels so much trouble?
Li no, li nov…
Like this, like this…
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