This song is kind of catty, and I kind of love it. It works for my petty little heart. 😁
Plus, contrasting voices and nostalgia.
Lyrics
Verse 1 Dang
Leej muam dai siab
Sister of my heart,
Koj mus nyob sab ntuj twg
which part of the world did you go to?
Ua cash nub no
Today, why did
Koj ho tshwm hauv fev
you suddenly show up on Facebook?
Koj noog kuv tias
You asked me
Puas kam ua koj phooj ywg
if I would be your friend.
Kuv twb xav tias
I thought
Koj mus tau lub neej zoo
you had a good life.
Los koj tus fev
On your Facebook,
Nws tias koj single
it said that you are single.
Es koj tus txiv
And your husband,
Nws mus rau qhov twg lawm
where did he go?
Xav nrog koj tham
Want to talk to you,
Los tau ua twj ywm
but have to do nothing.
Ntshai ib tsam
Afraid that
Kuv poj niam ho paub
my wife might know.
Chorus
Ntsia koj daim duab
Look at your picture
Tseem pom koj luag ntxhi
and see you smiling.
Nco txog thaum ib
Remember long ago
Thaum coj koj mus ua si
when I took you out.
Ntuj teb tag hmo
At night,
Koj nyob hauv kuv xub ntiag
you were in my arms.
Wb txoj kev hlub
Our love
Uas nws twb tu los ntev
that ended long ago.
Leej muam dai siab
Sister of my heart.
Verse 2 Jay
Leej muam dai siab
Sister of my heart,
Es koj nyob li cas
how are you doing?
Thauv ntawv
Back then,
Hlub hlub los nim tsiv tau
Loved you so much but couldn’t have you.
Lub kua muag
Tears
Twb poob rau koj ntau zaus
fell for you many times.
Muab xav los mas
Come to think of it,
Tsis tsim nyog wb bua phooj ywg
we shouldn’t be friends.
Txij hnub ntawd los
Since that day,
Kuv twb ua tau ib siab
I was able to let go.
Kuv twb muab
I left
Txhua yam ntawm wb tso ca
everything with us behind.
Kheev lam thaum ntawd
If back then
Es kuv cia li xaiv koj
I had chosen you,
Ntshe hnub no
Maybe today
Kuv twb single li koj
I would have been single like you.
Chorus Dang
Chorus Jay
Notes
- Leej muam dai siab is literally translated as “sister hung heart” but that doesn’t make sense. The better phrasing is probably “sister who holds my heart,” but that’s really long, so “sister of my heart” it is.
- Leej muam is “sister.” In Hmong, it is the respectful way for a man to address a woman who is unrelated to him.
- This song is a nod to this phenomenon (if it can be called as such) in the hmong community where older folks are getting onto Facebook and reconnecting with family and friends and past lovers after a long time and across great distance. Shenanigans can and did happen. There are implications within the song that the relationship could be rekindled if given the chance.