Vual / Sin-Thé
Lbax ka nawnamu / Thâu-phiⁿ

 

Duration : 15min 45s  & 13min 44s    |   Tape + Digital   |   Stereo   |   2025

 

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​​​​(text written in Siraya, Taiwanese, and English)

Kaumang ka mavulas, hmavung ta kaawlung?
Pasilalaen ta kavulasan, pa’ialalamen tu maalam mama ki mang, ka upanaxen tu vual ?
Vual, mibalay ki kilikalikaan mama ki mang?
Vual, pairingayen mama ki mang?
 

Milingix ki vual, 

   tu   su, vare, nay, uma, ralum, pak, nipaiapingit, hala, rikat.
Kawvual, 

   ka akumea ki 

   vukux, vungo, haway, babiratun, mata, xongos, tangira, mutus, rapal.

Vual, mawaxa.

Vati, patimawaxa.

 

Sī-án-chóaⁿ lâng ē pi-siong, ū thòng-khó͘? 

Pi-siong, thòng-khó͘  án-chóaⁿ choàn-chò pēⁿ-thiàⁿ hoán-èng kàu sin-thé?

Sin-khu án-nóa ū kì-sîn, kì chia--ê chêng-sū?

Sin-khu án-chóaⁿ lâi--ê?

Thiaⁿ sin, 

   tī gú, hong, thô͘, chhân, chúi, bí, khak, chiú, tiān--ni̍h!
Lia̍p thé,
  siⁿ thâu-mn̂g, thâu, thâu-hia̍h, ba̍k-bâi, ba̍k-chiu, phīⁿ, hīⁿ-á, chhùi, kha.

Sin-khu, oa̍h--khí-lâi

Lêng-hûn, chhíⁿ--khí-lâi

 

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Body

Prologues and The First

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Why do people experience grief and suffering?

How do grief and pain manifest as physical ailments in the body?

How does the body remember emotions?

How is the body formed?

I wondered.

 

Listening to the body,

in language, wind, soil, fields, water, rice, yeast, wine, electronic circuits.

Shaping the form,

grow forth hair, head, forehead, eyebrows, eyes, nose, ears, mouth, feet.

 

Body, come alive.

Soul, awaken.

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Recorded & Composed & Vocals by Cia Himiân Lí

Mastered by Francesco Covarino

Language of Siraya Translated by Seyluf Tama-Tavali