Bak Hu Aunty Hokkien Rap

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A member of Learn Penang Hokkien Facebook Group shared with me this video of the aunty selling bak1hu4 (meat floss), so I thought it would be fun to transcribe selections from her rap into Penang Hokkien in Taiji Romanisation with translation in English.

Lang3-lang2 khnua1 tiok1,
Lang3-lang3 o3lo4 boh3 lang3 tau2!
People who see,
People praise, nobody complains.

Ho1liau33,
Ciak1 ka1 lu1-eh3 kha3chnui1 kokh1 e22 khniau3 ah3!
Excellent,
Eat till your backside juts up!

Ciak3 pa4 kokh1 be33 long1 tien33hoay1thiau3,
Sniau3 tiok3 wah1-eh3 bak1hu4 kokh1 cin3 cnia1 liau33!
Eat full won't run into a lamp post,
Think of my meat floss with all original ingredients.

Wah1 si33 thak3chaek3 boh3 gau2;
Be33 co1 cikgu;
Kin3jit1 chut3 lai2 beh33 bak1hu4!
I didn't study well,
Cannot become a teacher,
Have to come out to sell meat floss!

Ta3pi1 wah1 kio33 lu4 ciak1 ti33-ti33 yio3 thau2,
Ta3pi1 wah1 uh33 cu4 lu1-eh3 giak1,
Seng3 ciak1 mah1 seng1 ho1giak1,
A1boey3 seng3 ciak1 nia33 yio3 thau2!
But I ask you to try, you keep shaking your head,
But I prepared your portion,
The sooner to eat, the sooner you get rich,
Before trying, already shaking your head!

Na33si33 ho1ciak1 lai3 ka3 wah1 beh4,
Ciak3 pa4 pnua2 mien1 say4,
Am1meh2 uh33 lat1 cniau3 karaoke!
If it's good buy from me,
After eating don't have to wash the dish,
Tonight have strength to sing karaoke!

Cit3 tiau3-cit3 tiau2,
Lu1-eh3 bin33 be33 tiau2, Lu1-eh3 sen1chai2 e33 niau1tiau2,
Am1meh2 lu1-eh3 Darling khnua3 tiok3 lu4 lam1 tiau1-tiau2!
Eat one by one,
Won't stick to your face,
Give you a lovely complexion,
At night your Darling see you will hold you tight!

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