Kasih Tak Sampai

Kasiah Tak Sampai


Iyo, iyo, taluak bayua ikannyo banyak
Baok mamapeh, baok mamapeh, hai dari sampan
Iyo, iyo, taluak bayua ikannyo banyak
Baok mamapeh, baok mamapeh, hai dari sampan

Ayam saikua, ayam saikua, musang kok banyak
Raso ka lapeh, raso ka lapeh hai dari tangan
Ayam saikua, ayam saikua, musang kok banyak
Raso ka lapeh, raso ka lapeh hai dari tangan

Iyo, iyo, rang Parik Putuih balapau randah
Mambaok balam dalam sarangnyo
Iyo, iyo, rang Parik Putuih balapau randah
Mambaok balam dalam sarangnyo

Kasih putuih, kasih putuih, sayang tak sudah
Lauik nan dalam, lauik nan dalam nan dihadangnyo
Kasih putuih, kasih putuih, sayang tak sudah
Lauik nan dalam, lauik nan dalam nan dihadangnyo

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Taluak bayua ikannyo banyak: Taluak Bayua (a place) with abundant fish
Baok mamapeh hai dari sampan: Go out fishing with a boat
Ayam saikua, musang kok banyak: one single chicken, with many foxes around (ready to catch it)
Raso kalapeh hai dari tangan: Feels it slipping away from hands

It symbolizes how a girl deals with a lot of suitors. One of those admirers feels he could barely grip the possibility to be together with the girl. Hence, "raso kalapeh hai dari tangan" or "feels it slipping away from hands".

Rang Parik Putuih balapau randah: People of Parik Putuih build low houses
Mambaok balam dalam sarangnyo: Bringing a bird in its nest
Kasiah putuih, sayang tak sudah: A romance ends, a love without a good end
Lauik nan dalam nan dihadangnyo: A deep ocean lies before it

As the result of the situation explained in the first stanza, what happens next is narrated in the final stanza.