The dancing girl did not learn her Konkani from the
cooks and butlers (or the Brahmins) of Bardez.What she sang (in Saxtti!) could
have sounded like this:
1. Aum saiba peltorhi voitam
Damulea
lognanko voitam
2. Paiantulim painzonn'm ditam
Tariry
voichi vatto dakoi
3. Atantuleo pattuleo ditam
Tariry
voichi vatto dakoi
4. Golleantuli gollsori ditam
Tariry
voichi vatto dakoi
5. Nakantuli noti ditam
Tariry
voichi vatto dakoi
Chorus: Maka saiba
vatto dakoi
Maka
saiba vatto kollonam!
