Siak ken ti Baro nga Agsapa

Gagemko unay iti agawiden Claveria

Agsubli Oh, lugar a timmanuran ken nakayanakan

Ngem piman maikariak pay ngata nga agsubli kenka?

Ta ti kinapudnona saanen a siak daydi dati a siak.

Wen, kailiwko daydi dati a siak

Ngem saan a ti dati a kayatmo a pagbalinak

Ta saanen a siak daydi dati a siak

Ngem siakon ti nangmulian ti panawen kaniak.

Awatennak kadi a Claveria

Ta dagiti banbanag ket saanen a kas iti dati

Adun ti namalbaliwan ti amin

Nagluposen daydi dati a patanormo.

Kas iti kinaagdama, inton sumuno nga aldaw saanen nga ita

Ngem ketdi maysan a naglabas a kalman.

Baro nga agsapa ngem sabalin a bigat

Kas kaniak, saanakon a kas iti dati – daydi dati a siak ket paseten ti napalabasko.

Ti kinaagpayso ket saanen a siak daydi kayatmo a pagbalinak.

Ngem maawatmo kad’ pay ti kinasiasinok ita nga agdama?

Yester-ME

I always want to go back home

Home where I always long to be.

But I can’t take the usual me with me

For I am not anymore the man I used to be.

Yes, I miss the man I was that I used to be

But not the man I can’t be that they expect me to be.

I am not anymore the man who you wanted me to be

But I am now what time made me.

Please accept me for being me now

Because things weren’t like they were before anymore.

Just like today, it won’t anymore be today tomorrow

But it will be yesterday.

Tomorrow is another day but not the same as today.

Just like me, the usual me is not me anymore me – it’s yester-ME.

The truth is - I’m not anymore who you wanted me to be.

Can you still accept me for being me?