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Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Eraserheads: Tindahan ni Aling Nena




Tindahan ni Aling Nena (The Store of Aling Nena),  a song which tells a story about a guy who bought vinegar from Aling Nena’s store and  found the most beautiful girl there. She was Aling Nena’s daughter and eventually he had fallen in love with her. He had asked Aling Nena to introduce him to her, the store owner agreed on the condition that he would buy something from her store everyday. He agreed and he was very happy that he would finally be introduced to the girl. The chorus sings about the guy’s wonderful moment in the store which in his mind was alike a movie story when he had met the girl. He describe that Tindahan ni Aling Nena has a lot of items to sell but the one he wanted cannot be bought with money. However when he was introduced, the girl just looked at him and shrugged.  The end of the story was just another disappointment for the guy because, “anong nangyari? (what happened?)” “Wala (nothing).”


Pumunta ako sa tindahan ni Aling Nena
Para bumili ng suka
Pagbayad ko aking nakita isang dalagang
Nakadungaw sa bintana
Natulala ako, laglag ang puso ko
Nalaglag rin ang sukang hawak ko

Napasigaw si Aling Nena
Ako naman ay parang nakuryenteng pusa
Ngunit natanggal ang hiya nang nakita ko na
Nakatawa ang dalaga
Panay ang sori ko, sa pagmamadali
Nakalimutan pa ang sukli ko.
Pagdating sa bahay, nagalit si nanay
Pero oks lang, ako ay in-lab nang tunay.

Chorus:
Tindahan ni Aling Nena
Parang isang kuwentong pampelikula
Mura na at sari-sari pa ang itinitinda
Pero ang tanging nais ko ay 'di nabibili ng pera.

Pumunta ako sa tindahan kinabukasan
Para makipagkilala
Ngunit sabi ni Aling Nena
Habang maaga'y huwag na raw akong umasa
Anak niya'y aalis na, papuntang Canada
Tatlong araw na lang ay babay na.

(Repeat Chorus)

Hindi mapigil ang damdamin
Ako'y nagmakaawang ipakilala
Payag daw siya kung araw-araw
Ay meron akong binibili sa tinda niya.
Ako'y pumayag at pinakilala niya
Sa Kanyang kaisa-isang dalaga
Ngunit nang makilala, siya'y tumalikod na
At iniwan akong nakatanga.

(Repeat Chorus)

Chorus 2:
Tindahan ni Aling Nena
Dito nauubos ang aking pera
Araw-araw ay naghihintay
O Aling Nena, plis naman, maawa ka

Alam ninyo'ng nangyari?

Finale:
Wala... wala... ahh...
O Diyos ko!
Wala... wala... ahh...


*video from youtube.com
  lyrics from lyricsmode.com
  images from google

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