Translated from Kong Bun Chhoeun Memoir's "Golden Love Poem" by Borisot Khmer
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| Sinn Sisamouth |
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| Has Salan |
Sing by: Sinn Sisamouth
Arrangement by: Has Salan
Released in: 1974 with album
"Komlos Hond Kanha P.C."
Battambang province was where i was born and raise in a situation of inadequacy. Songkae River was my source of livelihood in which I used my writing to make a living as a poet and author. Not only that, it was a place where i had countless memories of love during my adolescence and teenage years.
Among the a group of coconut trees that was situated in a straight row across the river on the west bank, there was one tree that stood directly in front of a temple in an open field. There was also a stone bench that i used to sit and relax every time when the water was flooding or receding.
This song started as an incident in my life during my writing back in 1969 but i just kept it as a log in my journal not released to any singers yet. It was the lowest point of my life, my mom had gotten sick and died under someone's house. I gave up my writing and was unemployed subsequently...
There was this neighbor's daughter that we had secretly fell in love with and she had swear and promised me that she would only love me too. It turned out that she abandoned me with no remorse. One time, we had set a meeting at the bank of the Songkae River under the shade of the 10th coconut tree but she did not show up even though i had reminded her in the daytime to promise to show up. I waited and waited.
The water floods, rapids wildly in the river, making a bubbly spray and mists as it makes its way to the Tonle Sap River never to return. And with it my hopeless love, leaving my heart bruised and injured...
It was not until 1972 that I started to gather everything up once again and get ready to work on recording this song. Mr. Sinn Sisamouth was the singer of this song. He sang this song as though he was reliving my pain of a lost love that had begun and ended at the bank of the Songkae River.
This song appears in the album " Komlos Honda Kanha P.C." that is much loved by music lovers then and now.
ម្លប់ដូងទីដប់
និពន្ធបទភ្លេង / ទំនុកច្រៀង សម្រួលតន្រ្តី ច្រៀងដោយ
គង្គ-ប៊ុនឈឿន ហាស់-សាឡន ស៊ីន-ស៊ីសាមុត
គង្គ-ប៊ុនឈឿន ហាស់-សាឡន ស៊ីន-ស៊ីសាមុត
I. មើលស្ទឹងសង្កែ មើលខ្សែទឹកហូរ រគាំងវត្តពោធិ
លាយនឹងជំនោរ ថ្ងួចថ្ងូរផ្តាំទឹកជំនន់
រៃយំទ្រហ៊ឹង លាស្ទឹងកវីនិពន្ធ
សុរិយាទោរទន់ ពួនក្រោយផ្ទះស្រី ។
II. ដើមដូងទីដប់ ម្លប់គ្របមាត់ស្ទឹង បងឈរស្ងៀមធ្មឹង
ឈរចាំព្រលឹង ស្ងាត់ឈឹងលុះលង់រាត្រី
អូនភ្លេចវាចា ដែលបានសន្យាពីថ្ងៃ
ថាម៉ោងប្រាំបី ស្រីមកជួបបង ។
ទឹកកួចសំណាត់ ហូរលឿនកន្លង
បុណ្យផ្កាវត្តពោធិ នៅមិនទាន់ឆ្លង
មិនគួរនួនល្អង បែ្រខ្នងសូន្យសោះ ។
IV. ភ្លេងការគ្រឹមៗ ពីទួលតាឯក ក្លាយពីខ្លងខែក
នារីពស់វែក បិទភ្នែករៀបការនឹងប្រុស
បងឈរមាត់ស្ទឹង ប្រឹងយំរងំក្នុងពោះ
លាស្រីស្រោមងោះ ឈ្មោះក្នុងជាខ្លា ។
បន្ទរ៖ III-IV