Little Chicken and Bird

YouTube has been sending me this video for several days and I take it as a sign that I better translate what is said in this video.

It is about little chickens and birds . . .

goi1 ziao2 giaⁿ2, tiao3 zioⁿ6 iⁿ2, tiⁿ1geng1 zao2ki2 sim1 huaⁿ1hi2

suêh4uê7 zo3se7 Zu2 bang1zo6 bo2 ua2 dong1sêng5 cong5 tiang1li2

chicks, hatchlings jump on a chair, wake up at sunrise and is happy

pray, work (with) God’s help, bless and protect me (that I am) faithful to the Laws of Heaven

goi1 ziao2 giaⁿ2, tiao3 loh8 iⁿ2, rig8am3 aiⁿ3 ug8 sim1 huaⁿ1hi2

mao6huam6 sig4co3 Zu2 sia3miang2 bo2 ua2 lêng5hung5 hua5 sing1ti2

chicks, hatchlings jump down from a chair, early evening, want to sleep, is happy

(If I have made any) offenses (or) mistakes, God forgives

bless and protect my soul and body.

雞鳥囝 ，跳上椅  天光走起心歡喜    說話做事主幫助   保我忠誠從天理

雞鳥囝 ，跳落椅  日暗慾夗心歡喜    冒犯失錯主赦免   保我靈魂和身體｜

鸡鸟囝 ， 跳上椅  天光走起心欢喜   说话做事主帮助   保我忠诚从天理 

鸡鸟囝 ， 跳落椅  日暗欲夗心欢喜   冒犯失错主赦免   保我灵魂和身体

Teochew	English	Mandarin
suêh4uê7 說話	to pray	qi2dao3 祈禱｜祈祷
Zu2 主	God	Tian1zhu3 天主
bang1zo6 幫助｜帮助	help	bang1zhu4 幫助｜帮助
bo2 保	short for bo2ho7
bo2ho7 保賀｜保贺	bless and protect	bao3you4 保佑
dong1sêng5 忠誠｜忠诚	faithful	zhong1cheng2 忠誠｜忠诚
cong5 從｜从	to obey	cong2 從｜从
tiang1li2 天理	the laws of heaven	tian1li3 天理
rig8am3 日暗	early evening as the sun is setting	tian1hei1 天黑
mao6huam6 冒犯	to offend	mao4fan4 冒犯
sig4co3 失錯｜失错	make mistakes	shi1cuo4 失錯｜失错
sia3miang2 赦免	pardon, absolve	she4mian3 赦免
lêng5hung5 靈魂｜灵魂	soul	ling2hun2 靈魂｜灵魂
sing1ti2 身體｜身体	body	shen1ti3 身體｜身体

What is interesting is the person who is reading this go1iao5 歌謠 has mixed accents! For the most part, he read with a Swatow accent. And then when it comes to sleep, he said it was a Teochew City accent which is ug8.

Then when it comes to body, he says it with a Gig’Ion accent and said it as “sêng1ti2” instead of sing1ti2 which people from Swatow and Teochew City would say.

Note: go1iao5 歌謠 could be translated as folksong, ballad or nursery rhyme