Koj Tsis Nco Qab Kuv Lub Npe (original)

Chords: Verse: Cadd9 G C Am Chorus: Dm G C Am Bridge: Fmaj7 G C Am

Koj tsis nco qab kuv lub npe
Tias' koj, tiamsis koj nco kuv muag
Koj puas nco qab kuv hais dabtsi?
Ua ntej koj mus... kuv hais...

Tagkis kuv tsis zoo li qub
Kuv cogtseg li no
Tias kuv yuav hloov
Koj yuav pom kuv tiamsis yuav tsis ntseeg
Koj yuav tsis paub
Koj yuav tsis paub

Kuv paub kuv zoo dua hnub no
Tias' koj, Koj xav tias kuv zoo li qub
Kuv hais tsis taw tias tim koj
Nws yuav tsis muaj qab hau dabtsi

Tagkis kuv tsis zoo li qub
Kuv cogtseg li no
Tias kuv yuav hloov
Koj yuav pom kuv tiamsis yuav tsis ntseeg
Koj yuav tsis paub
Koj yuav tsis paub

Koj yog leej twg?
Koj yog nkauj xwb tsis yog kuv 'tswv
Kuv yuav zoo li kuv
Thiab kuv yuav tsis tig ntsej lus nug ntxiv

Tagkis kuv tsis zoo li qub
Kuv cogtseg li no
Tias kuv yuav hloov
Koj yuav pom kuv tiamsis yuav tsis ntseeg
Koj yuav tsis paub
Koj yuav tsis paub

Tagkis kuv tsis zoo li qub
Kuv cogtseg li no
Tias kuv yuav hloov
Koj yuav pom kuv tiamsis yuav tsis ntseeg
Koj yuav tsis paub
Koj yuav tsis paub




You don't remember my name
But you... but you remember my face
Do you remember what I said?
Before you left.... I said...

I'll be different tomorrow
I promise you this
That I will change
You will see me and not believe
You don't know
You don't know

I know I'm better today
But you... you think that I am the same
Though I can't say I blame you
It doesn't matter anyway

I'll be different tomorrow
I promise you this
That I will change
You will see me and not believe
You don't know
You don't know

Who are you?
You're just a girl and not my god
I am who I am
And I'm not listening anymore

I'll be different tomorrow
I promise you this
That I will change
You will see me and not believe
You don't know
You don't know

I'll be different tomorrow
I promise you this
That I will change
You will see me and not believe
You don't know
You don't know

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Hmoob
• Hmong
• hlub
• love
• zaj nkauj
• song
• original
• acoustic
• guitar
• music

[Silliesunflower]

iam pretty amaze! how look did it take you to learn hmong? i'm hmong and you know more hmong than me :X!

[NeegDawb]

@Silliesunflower Well, I'm still learning, but I guess I've been learning for about a year and four months now.

[yellbuttflyaway]

I think I'll be trolling your videos and you will hate me for it...lol...

...You can't shorten Hmong words like how you can in English. It makes no sense. I understand you're trying to fit it to the melody, but it won't work. 'But' is always 'tiamsis' and 'face' is always 'ntsejmuag'...you can't shorten it because the meaning will be lost... :/

[NeegDawb]

@yellbuttflyaway I had a friend from Laos who teaches Hmong help me to translate this song. And my understanding is that there are certain Hmong words can be shortened without losing meaning because of the context, particularly in music.

[xaolikoj]

YOUR HMONG SUCK!!!! BUT YOUR STYLE OF SINGING RULE!!!! :D YOU ARE PRO AT SINGING. JUST WORK ON YOUR HMONG A BIT AND YOU WILL DO GREAT!! LOVE YOUR STYLE.

[NeegDawb]

@xaolikoj Um.... Thank you? hehe I appreciate the input and I'll definitely work more on my Hmong every day. Glad you enjoyed the song.

[RAREhmongsongs]

you sing better than most hmong bands out there! thump UP

[janvoos]

oh wow... i'm gonna have to tell all my non-hmong friends to come look at this videos...they always ask me "what is hmong?" because i'm from the NW and noone knows what hmong is... Great job! did u write this song?

[Silliesunflower]

@NeegDawb was it hard for you to learn Hmong? i mean what made you want to learn how to speak hmong?

[nkaujhnubcilisxyooj]

@NeegDawb I think that u r good. For a caucasian thats not bad at all. True! U have to work harder on ur hmong pronunciation, but from what i see, U r on the right track. Hey! peb cov hmoob uas sau ntawv rau tus mis kas dawb no txhob hais lus siab tsis tau nws nawb mog vim nws yeej keej kawg lawm es nws thiaj li hu tau li no yog muab xav txog peb ib cov tub ntxhais hluas hmoob uas twb yog lawv cov lus hmoob kiag lawm twb tsis paub hais tsis paub sau li na. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK MISTER NEEGDAWB.

[oinkSsOink]

Even though your Hmong is not very clear, you still sing better in Hmong than me. =)

[pakthao]

@yellbuttflyaway

I'm gonna have to agree with you on this. It does sound kind of weird that you shorten it; it's rather a bit confusing. And yes, we do understand it base on the context so it's not like the whole meaning is lost; but it feels incomplete, and it doesn't give the whole feeling to the words. But overall, I admire that you are taking the time to learn and understand the Hmong Language. It really makes me happy. :) And I still love the song.

[DoWnAzZAzN]

Hi NeegDawb! You are great! (Your style reminds me of Green Day circa '94 to '96) Keep up the wonderful work ! I'm also a little envious - lol, I'm a Hmong girl and my Hmong isn't as good as I'd like it to be... and I can barely sing an entire Hmong song. You're inspiring me to keep practicing as well!

PS my boyfriend said you're making him look bad! haha

[yellbuttflyaway]

@NeegDawb No, no, I understand why you would shorten words and sometimes the meaning can be taken from the context given that it's music and still understandable. But at the same time, Hmong is a language that is monosyllabic so when you shorten words, you get different meanings and unless someone was really paying attention to the lyrics they wouldn't know. (And because the language is already monosyllabic, people don't really shorten words.) -- I hope I'm not offending you. >.<