Kolvontam Ami Borie Sokoilim (Hatak Ghalun Kanknnam) - Dekhni
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Kolvontam Ami Borie Sokoilim (Hatak Ghalun Kanknnam)[बदल]
We are dancing girls from Lower Borim (Wearing bangles on our hands)
Type: Deknni
Source: Lourdinho Barreto. Goemchem Git. Pustok
Musical form: Binary
Literary form: Ethnological aspects
Translated by Romano Abreu, Moira, Goa, June 2003
Kolvontam ami Borie sokoilim
We are dancing girls from lower Borim.
Borie vetanam ami
When we were going to Borim,
Marvank(u) sampoddllim.
We were caught by Marva [40].
Amguel jevonn(u) tup ani lonni
Our meal butter and cream.
Almusak khatai ami pan(u) supari.
We eat betel leaves and betel nuts for breakfast.
Hatak ghalun kanknnam, paink painzonnam
Wearing bangles in hands and anklets with bells on our legs,
Choi, choi, choi, choi, choiai rê tumi ami
You look, look, look, look at us,
Deknni nachtanam.
While we are dancing deknni dance.