Serga Mathang

An attempt to translate the song Lay la dey khan Mathang by Ata Yeshi. Hope I haven’t diverted from the real meaning of the song. 

Walking mildly away from the distant place

Is the beautiful Serga Mathang of mine?

Turn one time to have a glance.

The destined loving khodkin of yours’

Don’t let him feel poignant.

Galloping like the mild horse in best of your walking style,

Is my beloved Serga Mathang.

Better than the precious gem of the earth,

Think and reorganize the stature of me.

Slim is thy precious body like that of model,

Eyes like that of an angel of heaven,

Adorn with such beauty and novelty;

You walk like a mild gorgeous angel.

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Walking mildly away from the distant place

Is the beautiful Serga Mathang of mine?

Turn one time to have a glance.

The destined loving khodkin of yours’

Don’t let him feel poignant.

You are my Serga Mathang,

Do you have the intellect to think?

Think beyond the limitation of asset and ethnics.

When faith destine to merge us together,

That is why I love you further.

Give the best to think over the matter,

And talk with best to handle with me.

Don’t stay at a far flung place,

Think over and come nearer to my place,

Better than the thoughts of our parents

Let us merge to form unity.

Walking mildly away from the distant place

Is the beautiful Serga Mathang of mine?

Turn one time to have a glance.

The destined loving khodkin of yours’

Don’t let him feel poignant.

Sonam SOnam

The tune, and when I visualize its rhythm with someone, it’s so beautiful and I feel like my butterfly has got extra wings. 

This is my first of its kind to write Dzongkha lyrics in English. It is not as inspiring as I was inspired by it in Dzongkha. The tune, and when I visualize its rhythm with someone, it’s so beautiful and I feel like my butterfly has got extra wings.

Boy:

Exquisite girl that who poison the mind and mindset,

Once more have an endurance to listen to me please!

At times, visualization of you;

I never discern where I am......

Sonam my Sonam…. 

Girl:

SOnam my SOnam….

Boy:

In The way you smile physically;

Do you love me mentally?

Once I loved the beautiful blossomed flower;

Seems not the seeds within is poison.

Girl:

Distrust me not for my simple state of mind;

Suspicion me not for my simple dialogue;

Beautiful and sweet the flower will be;

Taste shall vary for mouths.

Boy:

Lengthy is my succinct love to you;

You’ll not show your beam to others;

After I loved the sweetness of thy love;

I’ll suffer to bait my life to suicide.

Girl:

The Mind that can’t be seen and feel;

After I gave to you with no regret;

Molded from the blood and bones; my precious bodied gem;

When and where..? it’s always for you…