Dayad Gid Inta Lagen

(It Should Be Good What Is Seen)

lyrics by Jehu P. Cayaon, Sr., music by Engr. Sergio S. Tapalla

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I

Dili ko malipatan kultura pang Cagay-an

(I can’t forget the culture of Cagay-an)

na may anen pag-ugyon kiten na Kagayanen

(that we Kagayanen have cooperation.)

II

Pugya sa may saugay ta lunday man o blangay

(In-the-past when there was the first-launching-into-the-water of an outrigger-canoe or a brigantine-sailing-boat)

maski ilakted balay, dali ta gatabangay.

(or even a house that would be moved, (we Kagayanen) were quick to help-one-another.)

Refrain:

Dayad gid inta lagen kiten na Kagayanen.

(It should be that good (customs) is what (people) see in us Kagayanen.)

Daw makita pag-ugyon, lipay Dyos an ki kiten.

(If (we) are seen cooperating-with-one-another, God will be happy with us.)

III

Sadya man naan uma tak galuy-on a duma.

(It’s a happy thing being in the field because (we) help-one-another-with-the-clearing-of-our-fields.)

Gakali ta kamuti patabangan palot ti.

(Those who have-harvested cassava are-helped with the peeling-of-them.)

IV

Naan ta panimalay ula gid man kabellay

(In a family no one person bears the load)

tak maski ta pag-asod gatabangay mag-utod.

(because even in the pounding-of-rice siblings help-one-another.)

Repeat Refrain & Coda:

Lipay Dyos an ki kiten. Lipay Dyos an ki kiten.

(God will be happy with us. God will be happy with us)