LIRIK LAGU SUMBA TIMUR 1

ERI RAMBU MBALU (Oh my love whom I adore)

Eri rambu mbalu
Tundunyai pa wuku hi lupa tundunyia
Ai harui mbiada nya
Dji Albai i nna laimapa ana dai rambu
Napa ana lai tupa milla

Eri rambu mbalu
Tundunyai pawuku hi lupa tundunyia
Aiharui mbiada nya
Nata wuru lai kara bata mu rambu
Mupa bata lai eti ango mu mu

Eri rambu mbalu
Tundunyai pa wuku hi lupa tundunyia
Mbaku nganya lai napa nga ngu nai rambu
Napa paita laii kapu dalangungu
Milli tuana kata mban nyal ya nai eri
Ma la witi lai Mada dangu

Oh my love whom I adore

Because I follow my desire, I become like this
Finally we are in misery
If mother delivers our child
in a poor situation

Oh my love whom I adore
Because I follow my desire, I become like this
Finally we die in misery
The jeweled ring is shattered

You break your lover’s heart, oh my love
I follow my heart
Because I follow my desire, we are in misery
The food I eat tastes like bile
Finally, that is enough, my love
That’s all I have in my heart to tell you

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