Akha Song-Ya Sm Ga Ma

Akha hill-tribe song and music video from Northern Thailand.

Lyrics and translation

Ga hu ya sm ga ma e dta ngeh,
- When we used to walk to the fields together,

naw ngah ja myaw ti bpo myaw.
- you lied to me once.

Ga dui wer dui dui nya leh eh-eu.
- You said that you loved me and felt very close to me.

E nawn, naw pyaw ma ya maw.
- Today I never see you.

Mi cha hkoe dta, nga ha i sa.
- Wherever I go on this earth, I have hardship.

Pyu shui ma dja. Mya pyaw nyi nya.
- I have no silver or gold. I have little importance.

Eh hkaw naw ngah, ga ma leh eh-eu
- But you said that you would love me.

Naw ngah bya dzeh-aw, naw mi ya sui saw nga.
- You left me and have married a wife already.

Ga hu ya sm ga ma o dta ngeh,
- When we used to come back from the fields together,

bala u cha u mo naw
- under the moonlight,

ga dui wer dui dui nya leh eh-eu
- you said that you loved me and felt very close to me.

E nawn, geu ni ma ner ngeh.
- I never thought I would see this day.

Mi cha hkoe dta, nga ha i sa.
- Wherever I go on this earth, I have hardship.

Pyu shui ma dja. Mya pyaw nyi nya.
- I have no silver or gold. I have little importance.

Eh hkaw naw ngah ga ma leh eh-eu
- But you said that you would love me.

Naw ngah bya dzeh-aw, naw mi ya sui saw nga.
- You left me and have married a wife already.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Akha
• karaoke
• Thailand
• traditional
• hill
• tribe

[nicktowers1]

Akha people aren't part of hmong, they're a distinct ethnic group.

[itsjacob]

Check the Lahu tribe out... i am a lahu from America!!!

We are all hilltibes; Hmong, Akha, Lahu....

[kirwelouis]

My wife is Akha from the mountains of Chiang Rai (Changwat). I´m sooooo loving it up there.

I guess i´m the only man in the world who actually yearns to visit his in-laws:)

[palmisano]

I was lucky to live with the Akha for a few days. There was this lady with a guitar that would sing this song daily. I really liked the song =)

[FREEGARYMCKINNON]

very nice ; )

[herrapaj]

Their front skirt, skirt, and the coins is similar to Hmong costumes.

[StudLife28]

Who was gonna oppose Mao right? Also, I think the Hans are tired of fighting Yao-Zu peoples. We are stubborn hard headed ass PitBulls. They call us Dogs. They're still mad our Warrior King Pan Wang took their King's head 2000 yrs ago.

And yes, we are children of the Blue Wolf from the Mongolian Steppes. Our stories say our original stock, child, we were raised from and lived with Wolves. Talk about some crazy cavemen huh? Sitting in Caves in the Norse Mountains suckling from a Wolf's Teet was I

[StudLife28]

O yea, a Yao General was Mao Zedong's body guard and the Yaos of Southern China were instrumental in Mao's plight in the very beginning stages. His home base. That General representing the Yaos asked Mao for autonomous rule in Yao lands in the Mountains and a bill immediately was past with no nays in their house.

[StudLife28]

However, the PRC, since the last 60 years have made strides in treating all Chinese Citizens with equality. Some groups like the Yao of Yunan and Gaung Xi, yes my group, we got special treatment and self local autonomous rule. Lately it's actually fashionable and cool to be a Maio or Yao Decent from the mountains. Better water, healthier life style, lighter skin and prettier girls says the rich businessmen.

[StudLife28]

Actually Akha are Han Chinese that rather live on the outskirts of main Han Civilization just like us Mien and Hmong People. We are rocky mountain hicks who practice Taoism and peace while the greedy Hans who don't care what God tells them have suppressed all ethnic Minorities of China for Milleniums.