She's My Sister

by Muhammad Alshareef


*Translated by Muhammad Alshareef from the book Azzaman Alqaadim compiled by Abdulmalik Al-Qasim.

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Her cheeks were worn and sunken, and her skin hugged her bones. That didn't stop her because you could never catch her not reciting Qur'an. She was always vigil in her personal prayer room that our father had set up for her. Bowing, prostrating, raising her hands in prayer, was the way she was from dawn to sunset and back again; boredom was for other people.

OH KADUNAN KO...

Oh… kadunan ko ampuna ako sang mga kadusan ko
Way layin hadap aw panganganay ko yasatabiya ampunon mo


Madaig da na kadusan yang yama-gawbok ko
Sa uriyan sinyan kadyaw aw luy gyapon yang pyaga-baras mo


Sang putika na yaga-kadumdum ko yang mga dusa ko
Tullo’ mag-kakagat ko sabap sang pag-susu’ aw sobra na alluk kanmo


Kariko nang kawtawan yaga-dumdum na madyaw ako
Ako da yang mat na otaw kung sang kaampunan pakawatun mo


Kabinban sang panginus nang dunya ika-tamanan ko
Kabuwi yabus sang kadaruwakan aw mga gaawbok na kabunsiyan mo


Kamatay aw kaduggum sang pakuboran yang pyaga-pangadapan ko
Kisum,sangkallaw narka yang paguya atawa surga apabila kawyan mo


Oh… kadunan na mawyanun ka-ampunan idto yang panganganay ko
Sang narka ma-lindung aw pangayu-ngayun ko na sang surga pasudon mo