{"id":12,"date":"2023-05-04T19:36:35","date_gmt":"2023-05-04T23:36:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vanhvue.com\/?p=9"},"modified":"2023-05-04T19:36:35","modified_gmt":"2023-05-04T23:36:35","slug":"leej-muam-dai-siab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vanhvue.com\/?p=12","title":{"rendered":"Leej Muam Dai Siab"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This song is kind of catty, and I kind of love it. It works for my petty little heart. \ud83d\ude01<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Plus, contrasting voices and nostalgia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Leej Muam Dai Siab official audio by Dang Thao &amp; J Vang\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Flx9_xfU_mY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Lyrics<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Verse 1 Dang<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Leej muam dai siab<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sister of my heart,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Koj mus nyob sab ntuj twg<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>which part of the world did you go to?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ua cash nub no<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today, why did<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Koj ho tshwm hauv fev<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>you suddenly show up on Facebook?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Koj noog kuv tias<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You asked me<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Puas kam ua koj phooj ywg<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>if I would be your friend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kuv twb xav tias<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I thought<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Koj mus tau lub neej zoo<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>you had a good life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Los koj tus fev<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On your Facebook,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nws tias koj single<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>it said that you are single.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Es koj tus txiv<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And your husband,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nws mus rau qhov twg lawm<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>where did he go?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Xav nrog koj tham<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Want to talk to you,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Los tau ua twj ywm<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>but have to do nothing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ntshai ib tsam<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Afraid that<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kuv poj niam ho paub<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>my wife might know.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chorus<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ntsia koj daim duab<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Look at your picture<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tseem pom koj luag ntxhi<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>and see you smiling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nco txog thaum ib<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Remember long ago<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thaum coj koj mus ua si<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>when I took you out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ntuj teb tag hmo<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At night,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Koj nyob hauv kuv xub ntiag<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>you were in my arms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wb txoj kev hlub<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our love<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Uas nws twb tu los ntev<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>that ended long ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Leej muam dai siab<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sister of my heart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Verse 2 Jay<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Leej muam dai siab<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sister of my heart,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Es koj nyob li cas<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>how are you doing?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thauv ntawv<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Back then,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hlub hlub los nim tsiv tau<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Loved you so much but couldn\u2019t have you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lub kua muag<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tears<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Twb poob rau koj ntau zaus<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>fell for you many times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Muab xav los mas<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Come to think of it,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tsis tsim nyog wb bua phooj ywg<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>we shouldn\u2019t be friends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Txij hnub ntawd los<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since that day,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kuv twb ua tau ib siab<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I was able to let go.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kuv twb muab<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I left<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Txhua yam ntawm wb tso ca<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>everything with us behind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kheev lam thaum ntawd<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If back then<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Es kuv cia li xaiv koj<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I had chosen you,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ntshe hnub no<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Maybe today<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kuv twb single li koj<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I would have been single like you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chorus Dang<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chorus Jay<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Notes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\n<li>Leej muam dai siab is literally translated as \u201csister hung heart\u201d but that doesn\u2019t make sense. The better phrasing is probably \u201csister who holds my heart,\u201d but that\u2019s really long, so \u201csister of my heart\u201d it is.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Leej muam is \u201csister.\u201d In Hmong, it is the respectful way for a man to address a woman who is unrelated to him.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>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.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This song is kind of catty, and I kind of love it. It works for my petty little heart. \ud83d\ude01 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 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanhvue.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanhvue.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanhvue.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanhvue.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanhvue.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vanhvue.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanhvue.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanhvue.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanhvue.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}