*Note this story is in Pangasinan / Pangasinense
- Amay bii ëd tindaan. Ag to inyan ëd pananginan iray pising.
- Amay malukon a angala ëd paparaën kon luluganan. Aliwan lapo’d alingo ka ët ondakmomo ak ëd sika.
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Amay draybër na jeep ya akatalapos lawari ëd siyak. Ag to nëpëg so man-drive.
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Aman a bii ya inunaan to ak ëd pila. Say amta to nagawaan to lan amin lapo labat ëd wala so bag ton Louis Vuitton.
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Atan a ugaw ya aga ontondan mansalita. Iitdan to ak na sakit na ulo.
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Amay ugaw ya imukok ëd abay ko. Syupa so makan-amta ëd sakit to. Ibangat da kumon na dugan kagagawa.
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Amay guwardiya ëd estasyon a tren. Sumpalën to lan nengnengen iya so bag ko. Atilak ak lawari lapud sikato.
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Amay managlako na pisbol. Singa labat mantatakëw ëd kamablian a lako to.
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Atan a bii. Nonot to gawa to’y intiron dalin lapo’d magana. Unsabi-sabi so agëw mo.
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Araratan a turista. Abalang da makapanlastog ira? Aga ak umpayag. Dapat naamtaan da ya say respeto ët mangipawil na respeto.
Inlëksab to may akulaw so lapis to insan imëngas na aralëm. Makapakësaw iyan agëw, amayamay so simubok ëd pasensiya to, balët, amin akayanan to. Nimnëngnëng sikato ëd bintana insan ninonot so amin a ginawa tan inarap to piyan makasëmpët. Piyan nabwas mas maabig la.
- Amay ugaw ya wala so kaiban aso. Ag to naparëën may aso ton man-ilol ëd siyak.
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Araman a bëngër ya ugugaw ya manlukso diyad parki. Inalagar kon wala so nabëtagan a lapislapis na ulo, balët anggapo so agawa.
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Amay umbabatik ya akadumbo ëd siyak. Nëngnëngën to kumon so dadalanan to.
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Amay drayber na taxi ya nanpatnubang ëd siyak. Inleksab toy bintana na luluganan tan nanngisiw ëd biin dimalan. Nayari lasi ya!
15.Amay man-iitër na impawit. Imbaga to onsabi imay pawit ko na alas-kwatro ya ngarëm balët inalagar ko anggad alas-singko. Makapoy a serbisyo.
Mas onaaliwa so nagagawa. Amay listaan kumon, para’d panagpaway na saray labay ton nagawa piyan ag la man-usar na mahika. Balët diyad inagëw-agëw ton panagpaway, wala ’ray arum a nasasabat to. Iramay say nonot da maamta ira anggano anggapo so otëk da, iramay say nonot da gawa ra so intiron dalin.
Kabusol to iran amin, anggano iramay anggapo so ginawa ra ëd sikato. Ta unsansia, nasabat to ira lamët, insan man-akop ya lima to pian ag to nitagëy ‘san nituro to so gamët to ëd tawën. Amimpiga da lan pinapaway sikato ëd amayamay lan balëy nen naamtaan da so aliwan gagawaën to.
Balët ag la naulit. Insipan to la ëd sikato. Man-arum labat ëd listaan pian nabalang so pëtang-na-ulo. Kaukolan iyan ontonda.
- Atan a pusa ya nanbangon ëd siyak. Inagëw-agëw itan ya wadtan.
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Aramay atapis kon kaonay. Ag da ak tondaan ëd panagbilay ko. Akin ët ag ira ontondan mibabali?
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Amay managlako ya taho. Aga ontotondan man-ëyag ëd kabwasan. Wala la lanti so pusan aarapën ko, imarum ni anggad sikato.
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Araman a nandi-bibliyan misyonero. . .
Tonda la. Tonda la ‘ya. Ag to ni ingen makasumpal na kabwasan a ag umpëpëtang so ulo to. Manlalapo lagi iya’d dalem a dalin. Kaukolan ton umpawil ëd tuwan sikato pian makalinawa ‘san ipanëngnëng ëd saray totoo no inër so kanëpëgan da.
Inlokas to so pinto insan to intagëy so lima to, akaturo ed tawën so sakëy a gamët.
Umpisaan to ëd samay pusa insan to la isublay iramay arum.
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English Version
1.The girl at the market. She didn’t pack the vegetables right.
2.The pregnant woman that took the taxi I was hailing. Just because you made a mistake doesn’t mean I have to bow to you.
3.The jeepney driver that almost ran me over. He doesn’t deserve to drive.
4.That woman that cut the line at the train. She thinks that just because she has a Louis Vuitton bag that she can do what she wants.
5.That little boy that wouldn’t stop talking. His incessant yapping gave me a headache.
6.That teenager that coughed beside me. Who knows what kind of diseases he might have. Someone should teach him manners.
7.The security guard at the train station. Just look through my bag and be done with it. Because of him I nearly missed my train.
8.The fishball vendor. His prices were robbery, plain and simple.
9.That girl. Thinking she can own the world because she’s beautiful. Wait and see, one day you’ll get what’s coming to you.
10.Those tourists. Thinking that they can be rude in my town? I will not let that happen. They need to know that respect begets respect.
The old woman put her pen down and sighed. Today was so tiring, there were so many people that tested her patience, and, of course, all of them had failed. She gazed outside her window and imagined all the things that she had to go through just to get back home. Maybe tomorrow would be better.
11.That boy with the dog. He couldn’t keep his animal under control and it slobbered all over me.
12.Those brats that were jumping around at the park. I waited for the moment one of them would crack their skulls but it never came.
13.That jogger that bumped into me. She should look where she’s going.
14.The taxi driver that brought me home. He rolled down the window and catcalled a woman passing by. The nerve of him!
15.The deliveryman. They said my package would arrive at 4pm and I waited until 5. Such shoddy service.
It was getting worse. The list was supposed to be an outlet, one way where she could sublimate her desires and release them without resorting to her magic. But day in and day out there were those that got in her way. Those that thought they knew better even if there wasn’t anything inside their heads, those that thought the world belonged to them.
She hated all of them, of course, even the ones that did nothing to her. Because eventually, they would cross her path and she would have to ball her hand into a fist to make sure she didn’t raise her finger. She had been chased out of many towns when the people found out what she was.
It wouldn’t happen again. That’s what she promised herself. Just keep adding to the list and all the anger would eventually stop. She needed it to stop.
16.That cat that woke me up. Every single morning it’s there.
17.My stupid neighbors. They won’t stop snooping into my life. Can’t they just leave an old woman alone?
18.The taho vendor. He won’t stop shouting in the morning.
Bad enough the cat is there, I have to deal with him too.
19.Those Bible bearing missionaries—————-
Enough. It was enough. She couldn’t even make it though the morning without boiling over in rage. Maybe this was a sign from down below. She needed to be herself again, to let loose and make the humans know their place.
She opened the door and raised her hand, one finger to the sky.
She’d start with the cat and work her way up from there.
*Pangasinan (Salitan Pangasinan) – sometimes called Pangasinense is one of the major languages of the Philippines. It is the language spoken in the province of Pangasinan, on the west-central seaboard of the island of Luzon along the Lingayen Gulf, the northern portion of Tarlac and southwestern La Union, most of whom belong to the Pangasinan ethnic group. Pangasinan is also understood in some municipalities in Benguet, Nueva Ecija, Nueva Vizcaya, and by the Aeta or Aeta of Zambales.
Written by Karl Gaverza
Translation by Dean Alfred Narra
Copyright © Karl Gaverza
Translation Copyright ©Dean Alfred Narra
Inspired by the Tagalog Hukloban legends
Hukloban Illustration by Kristienne Amante
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