Translated from Kong Bun Chhoeun Memoir's "Golden Love Poem" by Borisot Khmer
R. តែកម្មអាក្រក់ ដក់ត្រាំងដួងចិត្ត
ដូចមេឃងងឹត ព្រាត់ពីដួងខែ
កុលាបឆើតស្រស់ មានសម្ផស្សស្នេហ៍
ផលកម្មបំបែរ ឱ្យគនិយាយមិនរួច ។
III. បងអារឈាមស្រោច ក្នុងស្ទឹងសង្កែ
ក្រោមពន្លឺដួងខែ ផ្សងឱ្យជួបស្នេហ៍កុលាបថ្ពាល់ខួច
កុលាប វត្តកែវនេត្រាមុតស្រួច
សូមឱ្យបាននិយាយរួច ឱ្យដឹងថាបងលួចស្នេហ៍ ។
Sing by: Sinn Sisamouth
Arrangement by: Has Salan
Released in: 1974 with album
"Komlos Hond Kanha P.C."
I wrote this song in memory of my mom and to commemorate her birthplace of Khoum Preak Loung. Even though I had left this place since I was young, everytime i went back to visit, I always hear people say that I have relative all over the place in this village.
That is why every time I went from Phoum Doun Teav to Phoum Preak Loung I would always see this beautiful woman of my dream taking me across the river with her paddle boat. A single man when set sight at a beautiful woman would naturally have that tendency to want to start something romantic. But this woman that paddled me across the river not only made me secretly fell in love with her, but I also felt sympathetic towards her as well since she was deaf, unable to speak.
After doing some digging and asking around, I found out that this woman was somewhat a distant relative, very distant that we were merely strangers.
Nevertheless, I would always dream of those days, of the scenery and the simple, sad and lonesome lifestyle that those villagers lead along the river banks. Through those memories that I had gathered, I came up with this song to remind me of those days that I rode on a paddle boat to visit my village when I met a beautiful woman that was deaf and could not speak.
To clarify, those that have visited Phoum Doun Teav in Battambang province, would know exactly what this paddle boat would look like. It is a small boat. It has one or two paddles. It has a roof for transporting passengers/visitors across the river and the fair is based upon the distance traveled.
និពន្ធបទភ្លេង / ទំនុកច្រៀង សម្រួលតន្រ្តី ច្រៀងដោយ
គង្គ-ប៊ុនឈឿន ហាស់-សាឡន ស៊ីន-ស៊ីសាមុត
I. ជិះទូកតាមស្ទឹង ប្រឹងលបមើលស្រី
ធម្មជាតិស្រស់ខៀវខ្ចី ក្តាំងងារព្រែកស្តី ព្រៃវាលអន្លក់
ស្ទឹងចាស់ ព្រែកហ្លួង ទ្រូងជាប់ជ័រឆក់
ក្រោមភ្លៀងរលឹមតក់ៗ ជួបផ្កាខ្ចីល្ហក់ ឆើតឆាយ ។
II. បងជាទេសចរ ជិះទូកដរអូន
គន់មើលផ្កាស្រពោន ដៃតូចស្រឡូនគាស់ទឹកបែកខ្ចាយ
កុលាប វត្តកែវ ល្អគន់មិនណាយ
ខ្ចីល្ហក់សក់ខ្មៅរំសាយ បងតែងចុតហ្មាយសុំស្នេហ៍ ។