Cambodian Songs/Lyrics

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Please Give Me a Kiss

បងអើយអឺយបង សូមបងថើបអូនមួយខ្សឺត។
Oh baby Oh baby, please give me a kiss.

បងអើយអឺយបង សូមបងថើបអូនតាមចិត្ត។
Oh baby oh baby, please kiss me as much as you want.

មានតែរូបបងដែលអូនប្រគល់ជីវិត ប្រគល់ទាំងស្នេហ៍ទាំងចិត្ត។
You are the only one who i give my life, love and heart.

ថើបមកថើបមកកុំគិត មេត្តាអាណិតឈប់ខឹងទៅបង មេត្តាអាណិតឈប់ខឹងទៅបង។
Please just kiss, please just kiss and don’t think about anything. Please stop mad at me, please stop mad at me baby.

បងអើយអឺយបង ពីដើមមិនឱ្យថើបមែន បងកុំច្រណែនសង្ស័យថាអូនមានថ្មី ព្រោះអូននៅក្មេងអូនអៀនអូនខ្លាច អូនភ័យ មិនទាន់ដឹងចិត្តចរណៃ។ ឥឡូវដឹងហើយណាថ្លៃ ព្រហ្មចារីទុកជូនបង។ ព្រហ្មចារីទុកជូនបង។
Oh baby, oh baby. Before i didn’t let you kiss me, so please don’t think that i have someone else, but because i was young, i was shy and i was afraid, moreover i didn’t really know you. Now i know you more and my virginity is for you. my virginity is for you.

បងអើយអឺយបង សូមបងថើបអូនមួយខ្សឺត។
Oh baby Oh baby, please give me a kiss.

បងអើយអឺយបង សូមបងថើបអូនតាមចិត្ត។
Oh baby oh baby, please kiss me as much as you want.

មានតែរូបបងដែលអូនប្រគល់ជីវិត ប្រគល់ទាំងស្នេហ៍ទាំងចិត្ត។
You are the only one who i give my life, love and heart.

ថើបមកថើបមកកុំគិត មេត្តាអាណិតឈប់ខឹងទៅបង មេត្តាអាណិតឈប់ខឹងទៅបង។ មេត្តាអាណិតឈប់ខឹងទៅបង។
Please just kiss, please just kiss and don’t think about anything. Please stop mad at me, please stop mad at me baby.

បងអើយអឺយបង ពីដើមមិនឱ្យថើបមែន បងកុំច្រណែនសង្ស័យថាអូនមានថ្មី ព្រោះអូននៅក្មេងអូនអៀនអូនខ្លាច អូនភ័យ មិនទាន់ដឹងចិត្តចរណៃ។ ឥឡូវដឹងហើយណាថ្លៃ ព្រហ្មចារីទុកជូនបង។ ព្រហ្មចារីទុកជូនបង។
Oh baby, oh baby. Before i didn’t let you kiss me, so please don’t think that i have someone else, but because i was young, i was shy and i was afraid, moreover i didn’t really know you. Now i know you more and my virginity is for you. my virginity is for you.

បងអើយអឺយបង សូមបងថើបអូនមួយខ្សឺត។
Oh baby Oh baby, please give me a kiss.

បងអើយអឺយបង សូមបងថើបអូនតាមចិត្ត។
Oh baby oh baby, please kiss me as much as you want.

មានតែរូបបងដែលអូនប្រគល់ជីវិត ប្រគល់ទាំងស្នេហ៍ទាំងចិត្ត។
You are the only one who i give my life, love and heart.

ថើបមកថើបមកកុំគិត មេត្តាអាណិតឈប់ខឹងទៅបង មេត្តាអាណិតឈប់ខឹងទៅបង។ មេត្តាអាណិតឈប់ខឹងទៅបង។
Please just kiss, please just kiss and don’t think about anything. Please stop mad at me, please stop mad at me baby.

បងអើយអឺយបង ពីដើមមិនឱ្យថើបមែន បងកុំច្រណែនសង្ស័យថាអូនមានថ្មី ព្រោះអូននៅក្មេងអូនអៀនអូនខ្លាច អូនភ័យ មិនទាន់ដឹងចិត្តចរណៃ។ ឥឡូវដឹងហើយណាថ្លៃ ព្រហ្មចារីទុកជូនបង។ ព្រហ្មចារីទុកជូនបង។ព្រហ្មចារីទុកជូនបង។ព្រហ្មចារីទុកជូនបង។ព្រហ្មចារីទុកជូនបង។ព្រហ្មចារីទុកជូនបង។
Oh baby, oh baby. Before i didn’t let you kiss me, so please don’t think that i have someone else, but because i was young, i was shy and i was afraid, moreover i didn’t really know you. Now i know you more and my virginity is for you. Now i know you more and my virginity is for you. my virginity is for you. my virginity is for you. my virginity is for you. my virginity is for you. my virginity is for you.
បើសិនធ្វើចេះ ចេះឲ្យគេកោត បើសិនធ្វើឆោត ឆោតឲ្យគេអាណិត។

If you know a lot, know enough to make them respect you, if you are stupid, be stupid enough so they can pity you.
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Samouth wrote:

Please Give Me a Kiss

បងអើយអឺយបង សូមបងថើបអូនមួយខ្សឺត។
Oh baby Oh baby, please give me a kiss.

បងអើយអឺយបង សូមបងថើបអូនតាមចិត្ត។
Oh baby oh baby, please kiss me as much as you want.

មានតែរូបបងដែលអូនប្រគល់ជីវិត ប្រគល់ទាំងស្នេហ៍ទាំងចិត្ត។
You are the only one who i give my life, love and heart.

ថើបមកថើបមកកុំគិត មេត្តាអាណិតឈប់ខឹងទៅបង មេត្តាអាណិតឈប់ខឹងទៅបង។
Please just kiss, please just kiss and don’t think about anything. Please stop mad at me, please stop mad at me baby.

បងអើយអឺយបង ពីដើមមិនឱ្យថើបមែន បងកុំច្រណែនសង្ស័យថាអូនមានថ្មី ព្រោះអូននៅក្មេងអូនអៀនអូនខ្លាច អូនភ័យ មិនទាន់ដឹងចិត្តចរណៃ។ ឥឡូវដឹងហើយណាថ្លៃ ព្រហ្មចារីទុកជូនបង។ ព្រហ្មចារីទុកជូនបង។
Oh baby, oh baby. Before i didn’t let you kiss me, so please don’t think that i have someone else, but because i was young, i was shy and i was afraid, moreover i didn’t really know you. Now i know you more and my virginity is for you. my virginity is for you.

បងអើយអឺយបង សូមបងថើបអូនមួយខ្សឺត។
Oh baby Oh baby, please give me a kiss.

បងអើយអឺយបង សូមបងថើបអូនតាមចិត្ត។
Oh baby oh baby, please kiss me as much as you want.

មានតែរូបបងដែលអូនប្រគល់ជីវិត ប្រគល់ទាំងស្នេហ៍ទាំងចិត្ត។
You are the only one who i give my life, love and heart.

ថើបមកថើបមកកុំគិត មេត្តាអាណិតឈប់ខឹងទៅបង មេត្តាអាណិតឈប់ខឹងទៅបង។ មេត្តាអាណិតឈប់ខឹងទៅបង។
Please just kiss, please just kiss and don’t think about anything. Please stop mad at me, please stop mad at me baby.

បងអើយអឺយបង ពីដើមមិនឱ្យថើបមែន បងកុំច្រណែនសង្ស័យថាអូនមានថ្មី ព្រោះអូននៅក្មេងអូនអៀនអូនខ្លាច អូនភ័យ មិនទាន់ដឹងចិត្តចរណៃ។ ឥឡូវដឹងហើយណាថ្លៃ ព្រហ្មចារីទុកជូនបង។ ព្រហ្មចារីទុកជូនបង។
Oh baby, oh baby. Before i didn’t let you kiss me, so please don’t think that i have someone else, but because i was young, i was shy and i was afraid, moreover i didn’t really know you. Now i know you more and my virginity is for you. my virginity is for you.

បងអើយអឺយបង សូមបងថើបអូនមួយខ្សឺត។
Oh baby Oh baby, please give me a kiss.

បងអើយអឺយបង សូមបងថើបអូនតាមចិត្ត។
Oh baby oh baby, please kiss me as much as you want.

មានតែរូបបងដែលអូនប្រគល់ជីវិត ប្រគល់ទាំងស្នេហ៍ទាំងចិត្ត។
You are the only one who i give my life, love and heart.

ថើបមកថើបមកកុំគិត មេត្តាអាណិតឈប់ខឹងទៅបង មេត្តាអាណិតឈប់ខឹងទៅបង។ មេត្តាអាណិតឈប់ខឹងទៅបង។
Please just kiss, please just kiss and don’t think about anything. Please stop mad at me, please stop mad at me baby.

បងអើយអឺយបង ពីដើមមិនឱ្យថើបមែន បងកុំច្រណែនសង្ស័យថាអូនមានថ្មី ព្រោះអូននៅក្មេងអូនអៀនអូនខ្លាច អូនភ័យ មិនទាន់ដឹងចិត្តចរណៃ។ ឥឡូវដឹងហើយណាថ្លៃ ព្រហ្មចារីទុកជូនបង។ ព្រហ្មចារីទុកជូនបង។ព្រហ្មចារីទុកជូនបង។ព្រហ្មចារីទុកជូនបង។ព្រហ្មចារីទុកជូនបង។ព្រហ្មចារីទុកជូនបង។
Oh baby, oh baby. Before i didn’t let you kiss me, so please don’t think that i have someone else, but because i was young, i was shy and i was afraid, moreover i didn’t really know you. Now i know you more and my virginity is for you. Now i know you more and my virginity is for you. my virginity is for you. my virginity is for you. my virginity is for you. my virginity is for you. my virginity is for you.
HAHAHA YES thanks Samouth!! Love this song :bow:
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Pan Ron - Kamlos Chres Chab
I hate how modern men,
Always rely on swearing,
If you are honest it is not necessary to swear,
To prove that you are single.

Don't try to flirt as i will be angry,
If you still insist, don't say that i didn't warn you,
A pock-faced single man,
A single man with lots of children!

I hate how modern men,
Always rely on swearing,
If you are honest it is not necessary to swear,
To prove that you are single.
And you think that i don't know!

Don't try to flirt as i will be angry,
If you still insist, don't say that i didn't warn you,
A pock-faced single man,
A single man with lots of children!

I hate how modern men,
Always rely on swearing,
If you are honest it is not necessary to swear,
To prove that you are single.
And you think that i don't know!

Don't try to flirt as i will be angry,
If you still insist, don't say that i didn't warn you,
A pock-faced single man,
A single man with lots of children!

Hey,
If you are in a hurry to buy milk for your children
Go right ahead,
Dont follow me
And dont flirt with me
Bye bye
Hahahaha
:tophat: Mean Dtuk Mean Trei, Mean Loy Mean Srey
Punchy McShortstacks School of Hard Knocks :x
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Samouth wrote:
prahkeitouj wrote:You are welcome and thank you that rewrite it. I hope Samouth and everyone will correct us.
no worry little salary, your translation is good. Well done.
Thanks , Samouth! You did a good job. I can learn from your translation too.
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Mtes Na min hel : What kind of chili that is not spicy

តើម្ទេសឯណា ដែលថាមិនចេះហឺរ។ បើមេ្ទសមិនចេះហឺរ អូនក៏មិនប្រចណ្ឌដែរ។ តែគ្មានទេៗ ម្ទេសត្រូវតែហឺរហើយ។

Ter mtes eav na del min chas hel ber mtes min chas hel oun kor min bro chan del. Te kmean te kmean te mtes trov te hel hery.

What kind of chili that is not spicy. If the chili wasn’t spicy, I wouldn’t be jealous with you., but no no no chili must be spicy.


អូនប្រចណ្ឌប្រុសស្នេហ៍ ព្រោះតែស្រឡាញ់ថ្លៃ។ អូនប្រចណ្ឌរាល់ថ្ងៃ ខ្លាចចរណៃបានទៅគេ។ ទេអូនមិនព្រមទេ អូនត្រូវតែប្រចណ្ឌ។

Oun pro chan pros tlay pros te srolang tlay. Oun pro chan ral thnaig klach choronay ban tov ke. Te oun min prom te oun trov te brochan.

I am jealous with you because i love you. I am jealous with you every day, because i am afraid that i will lose you to someone. No i am not okay with it. I have to be jealous with you.


តើម្ទេសឯណា ដែលថាមិនចេះហឺរ។ បើមេ្ទសមិនចេះហឺរ អូនក៏មិនប្រចណ្ឌដែរ។ តែគ្មានទេៗ ម្ទេសត្រូវតែហឺរហើយ។

Ter mtes eav na del min chas hel ber mtes min chas hel oun kor min bro chan del. Te kmean te kmean te mtes trov te hel hery.

What kind of chili that is not spicy. If the chili wasn’t spicy, I wouldn’t be jealous with you., but no no no chili must be spicy.


អូនប្រចណ្ឌប្រុសស្នេហ៍ ព្រោះតែស្រឡាញ់ថ្លៃ។ អូនប្រចណ្ឌរាល់ថ្ងៃ ខ្លាចចរណៃបានទៅគេ។ ទេអូនមិនព្រមទេ អូនត្រូវតែប្រចណ្ឌ។

Oun pro chan pros tlay pros te srolang tlay. Oun pro chan ral thnaig klach choronay ban tov ke. Te oun min prom te oun trov te brochan.

I am jealous with you because i love you. I am jealous with you every day, because i am afraid that i will lose you to someone. No i am not okay with it. I have to be jealous with you.


តើម្ទេសឯណា ដែលថាមិនចេះហឺរ។ បើមេ្ទសមិនចេះហឺរ អូនក៏មិនប្រចណ្ឌដែរ។ តែគ្មានទេៗ ម្ទេសត្រូវតែហឺរហើយ។

Ter mtes eav na del min chas hel ber mtes min chas hel oun kor min bro chan del. Te kmean te kmean te mtes trov te hel hery.

What kind of chili that is not spicy. If the chili wasn’t spicy, I wouldn’t be jealous with you., but no no no chili must be spicy.


អូនប្រចណ្ឌប្រុសស្នេហ៍ ព្រោះតែស្រឡាញ់ថ្លៃ។ អូនប្រចណ្ឌរាល់ថ្ងៃ ខ្លាចចរណៃបានទៅគេ។ ទេអូនមិនព្រមទេ អូនត្រូវតែប្រចណ្ឌ។អូនត្រូវតែប្រចណ្ឌ។អូនត្រូវតែប្រចណ្ឌ។អូនត្រូវតែប្រចណ្ឌ។អូនត្រូវតែប្រចណ្ឌ។អូនត្រូវតែប្រចណ្ឌ។អូនត្រូវតែប្រចណ្ឌ។

Oun pro chan pros tlay pros te srolang tlay. Oun pro chan ral thnaig klach choronay ban tov ke. Te oun min prom te oun trov te brochan. oun trov te brochan. oun trov te brochan. oun trov te brochan. oun trov te brochan. oun trov te brochan. oun trov te brochan.

I am jealous with you because i love you. I am jealous with you every day, because i am afraid that i will lose you to someone. No i am not okay with it. I have to be jealous with you. I have to be jealous with you. I have to be jealous with you. I have to be jealous with you. I have to be jealous with you. I have to be jealous with you. I have to be jealous with you.
បើសិនធ្វើចេះ ចេះឲ្យគេកោត បើសិនធ្វើឆោត ឆោតឲ្យគេអាណិត។

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you are a legend Samouth thank you so much!
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ទទាកយំឆ្លង Toteak Youm Chhalong : Partridge sings

ទទាកយំឆ្លង ត្រយងបងអើយយំឆ្លើយ។ សង្សារបងអើយ ភ្លេចអូនហើយឬនៅ?

Toteak youm chhalong troyourg bong ery youm chhalay. Songsa bong ery pledg oun howie re nov?

Partridge sang and the giant ibis sang back. Oh my boyfriend do you still remember me?


ទឹកហូរកាត់ខ្សាច់ ចិត្តអូនមិនដាច់អំពីប្រុសពៅ ស្ពានក៏បាក់ ទឺកក៏ជ្រៅ ធ្វើម្ដេចបានទៅរកគូរសង្សារ។

Tek ho kat kasach chet oun min dach ampi pros pov spean kor bak tek kor chrov twer modach ban tov ro kor songsa.

The water flows accross the sand and i can’t help myself from thinking about you. The bridge is broken and the water is so deep, so how can i go to see you.


ទទាកយំឆ្លង ត្រយងបងអើយយំឆ្លើយ។ សង្សារបងអើយ ភ្លេចអូនហើយឬនៅ?

Toteak youm chhalong troyourg bong ery youm chhalay. Songsa bong ery pledg oun howie re nov?

Partridge sang and the giant ibis sang back. Oh my boyfriend do you still remember me?



ទឹកហូរកាត់ខ្សាច់ ចិត្តអូនមិនដាច់អំពីប្រុសពៅ ស្ពានក៏បាក់ ទឺកក៏ជ្រៅ ធ្វើម្ដេចបានទៅរកគូរសង្សារ។

Tek ho kat kasach chet oun min dach ampi pros pov spean kor bak tek kor chrov twer modach ban tov ro kor songsa.

The water flows accross the sand and i can’t help myself from thinking about you. The bridge is broken and the water is so deep, so how can i go to see you.



ទទាកយំឆ្លង ត្រយងបងអើយយំឆ្លើយ។ សង្សារបងអើយ ភ្លេចអូនហើយឬនៅ?

Toteak youm chhalong troyourg bong ery youm chhalay. Songsa bong ery pledg oun howie re nov?

Partridge sang and the giant ibis sang back. Oh my boyfriend do you still remember me?


ទឹកហូរកាត់ខ្សាច់ ចិត្តអូនមិនដាច់អំពីប្រុសពៅ ស្ពានក៏បាក់ ទឺកក៏ជ្រៅ ធ្វើម្ដេចបានទៅរកគូរសង្សារ។

Tek ho kat kasach chet oun min dach ampi pros pov spean kor bak tek kor chrov twer modach ban tov ro kor songsa.

The water flows accross the sand and i can’t help myself from thinking about you. The bridge is broken and the water is so deep, so how can i go to see you.



ទទាកយំឆ្លង ត្រយងបងអើយយំឆ្លើយ។ សង្សារបងអើយ ភ្លេចអូនហើយឬនៅ?

Toteak youm chhalong troyourg bong ery youm chhalay. Songsa bong ery pledg oun howie re nov?

Partridge sang and the giant ibis sang back. Oh my boyfriend do you still remember me?


ទឹកហូរកាត់ខ្សាច់ ចិត្តអូនមិនដាច់អំពីប្រុសពៅ ស្ពានក៏បាក់ ទឺកក៏ជ្រៅ ធ្វើម្ដេចបានទៅរកគូរសង្សារ។

Tek ho kat kasach chet oun min dach ampi pros pov spean kor bak tek kor chrov twer modach ban tov ro kor songsa.

The water flows accross the sand and i can’t help myself from thinking about you. The bridge is broken and the water is so deep, so how can i go to see you.
បើសិនធ្វើចេះ ចេះឲ្យគេកោត បើសិនធ្វើឆោត ឆោតឲ្យគេអាណិត។

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thanks, nice song samouth! :) i recognise this song from another song, cant quite remember where i hear before, i will try and find
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A Couple more i've done Astronomy Class that need the Khmer bits translating....

Astronomy Class - Four Barrangs in a Tuk Tuk
'This is where mad men, missionaries, relief workers,
journalists and backpackers and westerners come to behave badly'

(Khmer).........

Here's a story, Four in the morning,
Four in a tuk tuk, get stalling,
With the rain of the old gods falling,
Spirits of Angkor calling,
Wine is pouring,
Opium boiling,
Streets of Siem Reap
BBQ smoke and sticky green,
Back in the bar its act part,
Last the mist of global slackers,
Whiskey and chang i'm tipsy,
Then the Pan Ron banger hits me,
Road of the ancient see right beside her,
Right where the old and the new collided,
Running a muck with our luck just holding,
Racing through in a light that's golden,
In the jungle beholding to unseen hands,
Twisted grin in an strange land,
Im keeping the streets i'm adamant,
Twist in the bush by bush i am a man,
Sinn Sisamouth playing in the background,
Asleep in the back of the cab when i come around,
Now were getting towed through to Kampong,
If it could have gone wrong then it has gone wrong,
Couldn't give a damn,
So hand me the papers,
Stoned release touch in the spaces...

(Khmer)........

Trying to figure out what it all means,
Street scenes are dreams,
Before the figurines,
Lying in the highway,
Dogs and hens,
Wide eyed kids in a light thats heaven sent,
Present me,
These blasted gents might well be spent,
High class representing our defenses,
We open the 3rd eye with 6th senses,
Inventive and even tempered,
Smile and Riley,
Apache memories,
Khmer dream in a mythical entity,
Witches became realities enemies,
It was meant to be,
Created eventually,
Transported to the 13th century,
Visions of Vishnu was sent to me,
As Kali whispers gently,
Naga twisted around the drama,
Dropped in a real life Ramayana,
Karma ends just before the dawn,
Speaking the words but not hear at all,
Were lost at a critical junction,
Functioning,
Only just,
Trust that were dustier down the road home,
Four Barrangs in a tuk tuk,
We call that a white load....

(Khmer).......
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i love this song, its a sad hopeless tale of a beautiful girl from a rich family falling in love with a poor farmer boy who she wanted to marry, but her father didn't approve of him, many other men tried with her but she turned them away but to respect her father she tried to go with many rich men (cleverly quoted from different eras in the kingdoms history) but is left unhappy and mistreated, she then thinks about the farmer boy she loves but he ended up being a victim to the Khmer Rouge.... :sorry:


Astronomy Class - Rumdul
Yo yo...
She was the Belle of the Kampong,
Before this one song,
Shes reminiscing of a Summer long gone,
Furtive glances, naive plans of marrying,
Of stealing kissing underneath the Frangipani tree,
Timbered in the street but on her own in fact candid,
All about her Fam(family) where respect is demanded,
And she was asking for little more than loyalty,
And tenderness in return you get treated like Royalty
Fell (in love with)for the farmers son, well below her station,
Rejected every suitor until her father got inpatient,
They came from many places to win this Pearl of Asia
Her lips touched with Rumdul, intoxicated fragrance,
Fame is dangerous, fortune hunters come calling,
A strong sense of who she was stopped her falling,
Still stalling, and despite her fathers strong warnings,
She rendezvous with her lover before the light of morning...

(Khmer)........

A Funanese diplomat the first to take his chances,
Gifted her an ivory necklace inscribed in Sanskrit,
A rich Chenla gave Kouprey, a breeding pair,
Perfumed with a domesticated sun bear,
Maintained her composure for the Javanese Prince,
But sensed devious motives and left unconvinced,
Entertained a sailor from the Spanish merchant Navy,
Less interested in trading, more so in taking,
A solider from Siam another from Vietnam,
Who fought furiously and didn't care if she was harmed,
A white Knight from France vowed to protect her,
But ultimately left her, to be disrespected,
The American G.I. said a savior was his calling,
But her bruised her, even more than the abuser before him,
Her thoughts turn again to the son of the farmer,
And her heart breaks picturing him in the black pajamas...

(Khmer).......
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