Manang Biday (Kurditan: ᜋᜈᜅ᜔ ᜊᜒᜇᜌ᜔) is a traditional Ilocano folksong in Northern Luzon, particularly in the province of

Ilocos Ilocos Region ( ilo, Rehion/Deppaar ti Ilocos; pag, Sagor na Baybay na Luzon/Rehiyon Uno; tl, Rehiyon ng Ilocos) is an administrative region of the Philippines, designated as Region I, occupying the northwestern section of Luzon and part of ...

. This song implies the courtship of a young maiden named Manang Biday. Serenading a love interest is a custom of the

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s. Until today, it is still practiced by the Ilocano. It is also a courtship dance. "Manang Biday" was originally composed by Florante Aguilar.

Lyrics

Original Ilocano lyrics

Manang Biday, ilukatmo man
Ta bintana ikalumbabam
Ta kitaem ‘toy kinayawan
Ay, matayakon no dinak kaasian Siasino ka, nga aglabaslabas
Ditoy hardinko pagay-ayamak
Ammom ngarud a balasangak
Sabong ni lirio, di pay nagukrad Denggem, ading, ta bilinenka
Ta inkanto ‘diay sadi daya
Agalakanto’t bunga’t mangga
Ken lansones pay, adu a kita No nababa, dimo gaw-aten
No nangato, dika sukdalen
No naregreg, dika piduten
Ngem labaslabasamto met laeng Daytoy paniok no maregregko
Ti makapidut isublinanto
Ta nagmarka iti naganko
Nabordaan pay ti sinanpuso Alaem dayta kutsilio
Ta abriem ‘toy barukongko
Tapno maipapasmo ti guram
Kaniak ken sentimiento

ᜃᜓᜇ᜔ᜇᜒᜆᜈ᜔᜶ (Kurditan transcription)

ᜋᜈᜅ᜔ ᜊᜒᜇᜌ᜔᜵ ᜁᜎᜓᜃᜆ᜔ᜋᜓ ᜋᜈ᜔
ᜆ ᜊᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜈ ᜁᜃᜎᜓᜋ᜔ᜊᜊᜋ᜔
ᜆ ᜃᜒᜆᜁᜋ᜔ 'ᜆᜓᜌ᜔ ᜃᜒᜈᜌᜏᜈ᜔
ᜀᜌ᜔᜵ ᜋᜆᜌᜃᜓᜈ᜔ ᜈᜓ ᜇᜒᜈᜃ᜔ ᜃᜀᜐᜒᜀᜈ᜔ ᜐᜒᜀᜐᜒᜈᜓ ᜃ᜵ ᜅ ᜀᜄ᜔ᜎᜊᜐ᜔ᜎᜊᜐ᜔
ᜇᜒᜆᜓᜌ᜔ ᜑᜇ᜔ᜇᜒᜈ᜔ ᜃᜓ ᜉᜄᜌ᜔-ᜀᜌᜋᜃ᜔
ᜀᜋ᜔ᜋᜓᜋ᜔ ᜅᜇᜓᜇ᜔ ᜀ ᜊᜎᜐᜅᜃ᜔
ᜐᜊᜓᜅ᜔ ᜈᜒ ᜎᜒᜇᜒᜂ᜵ ᜇᜒ ᜉᜌ᜔ ᜈᜄᜓᜃ᜔ᜇᜇ᜔ ᜇᜒᜅ᜔ᜄᜒᜋ᜔᜵ ᜀᜇᜒᜅ᜔᜵ ᜆ ᜊᜒᜎᜒᜈᜒᜈ᜔ᜃ
ᜆ ᜁᜈ᜔ᜃᜈ᜔ᜆᜓ ‘ᜇᜒᜀᜌ᜔ ᜐᜇᜒ ᜇᜌ
ᜀᜄᜎᜃᜈ᜔ᜆᜓ‘ᜆ᜔ ᜊᜓᜅ‘ᜆ᜔ ᜋᜅ᜔ᜄ
ᜃᜒᜈ᜔ ᜎᜈ᜔ᜐᜓᜈᜒᜐ᜔ ᜉᜌ᜔᜵ ᜀᜇᜓ ᜀ ᜃᜒᜆ ᜈᜓ ᜈᜊᜊ᜵ ᜇᜒᜋᜓ ᜄᜏ᜔‘ᜀᜆᜒᜈ᜔
ᜈᜓ ᜈᜅᜆᜓ᜵ ᜇᜒᜃ ᜐᜓᜃ᜔
ᜈᜓ ᜈᜇᜒᜄ᜔ᜇᜒᜄ᜔᜵ ᜇᜒᜃ ᜉᜒᜇᜓᜆᜒᜈ᜔
ᜅᜒᜋ᜔ ᜎᜊᜐ᜔ᜎᜊᜐ᜔ᜀᜋ᜔ᜆᜓ ᜋᜒᜆ᜔ ᜎᜁᜅ᜔ ᜇᜌ᜔ᜆᜓᜌ᜔ ᜉᜈᜒᜂᜃ᜔ ᜈᜓ ᜋᜇᜒᜄ᜔ᜇᜒᜄ᜔ᜃᜓ
ᜆᜒ ᜋᜃᜉᜒᜇᜓᜆ᜔ ᜁᜐᜓᜊ᜔ᜎᜒᜈᜈ᜔ᜆᜓ
ᜆ ᜈᜄ᜔ᜋᜇ᜔ᜃ ᜁᜆᜒ ᜈᜄᜈ᜔ᜃᜓ
ᜈᜊᜓᜇ᜔ᜇᜀᜈ᜔ ᜉᜌ᜔ ᜆᜒ ᜐᜒᜈᜈ᜔ᜉᜓᜐᜓ ᜀᜎᜁᜋ᜔ ᜇᜌ᜔ᜆ ᜃᜓᜆ᜔ᜐᜒᜎ᜔ᜌᜓ
ᜆ ᜀᜊ᜔ᜇᜒᜁᜋ᜔ 'ᜆᜓᜌ᜔ ᜊᜇᜓᜃᜓᜅ᜔ᜃᜓ
ᜆᜉ᜔ᜈᜓ ᜋᜁᜉᜉᜐ᜔ᜋᜓ ᜆᜒ ᜄᜓᜇᜋ᜔
ᜃᜈᜒᜀᜃ᜔ ᜆᜒ ᜐᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜒᜋᜒᜁᜈ᜔ᜆᜓ

English translation

Dear Biday, please open
Open your window
So you can see the one who adores you
Oh, I will die if you will not care Who are you who keeps passing by?
In my garden where I play
You know I'm a lady
My flowers has not bloomed Listen my dear so I can tell you
Just go south
Get a mango fruit
Even lanzones and other kinds. If it's low, do not grab it
If it's high, don't reach for it
If it fell, don't pick it
But pass by it My handkerchief if I drop it
Whoever finds it will return it
My name is written in it
Also embroidered is a heart Get that knife
To open my chest
To pass your anger
to me and sadness

In popular culture

In 1954, Filipina actress

Gloria Romero Gloria Romero may refer to: *Gloria Romero (actress) Gloria Anne Borrego Galla (born December 16, 1933), known professionally as Gloria Romero (), is a multi-awarded Filipino actress, regarded as the “Queen of Philippine Movies”, her care ...

played the role of Biday in the movie Dalagang Ilokana with Filipino actor Ric Rodrigo. The movie was produced by

Sampaguita Pictures Sampaguita Pictures was a Philippine film production company. It was named for the Philippine national flower, sampaguita. Though no longer functioning, the company's Sampaguita Compound remains in Quezon City. History Sampaguita Pictures was es ...

and the folksong ''Manang Biday'' was used as a theme song sung by

herself. Manang Biday was the title of a Filipino comedy film directed by Tony Cayado and was released by Lea Productions 17 April 1966 starring Amalia Fuentes and

Luis Gonzales Luis F. Mercado (June 21, 1928 – March 15, 2012) also known as Luis Gonzales, was a Filipino actor who appeared in more than 100 films during his career, most of them by Sampaguita Pictures. Early life Raised in Tondo, Manila, Gonzales may ...

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Ilocano folk song which is all about courtship
* Philippine folk songs {{folk-song-stub