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Haruko is my aunt, she lives in Salo, a hamlet close to Tafalong. She evokes her childhood memories.
(Transcription in English of the video excerpt)
[Haruko singing]
[Amis]
I'm breathless...
Because my body is weak
I cannot sing well
This song was sung after my mother died
Crying all the way to the field for work
[Chinese]
That's in my childhood
I just entered the elementary school
My mother died
My sister was only six months old
My mother left
My grandma was so miserable
Working alone in the field
Your grandpa and... granduncle
They were...
[Amis]
Still in school
They were not there
One in the Normal School
And one in the School of Police
Only my mother worked in the field
With my grandmother, two of them
After my mother died
It was only my mo...
My grandmother that stayed home, farming...
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