Lyrics and translation Original Cast Recording - Walang Ilaw

Walang Ilaw

(Candida? Walang ilaw.)
(Subukan mo uli.)
(Ilang beses ko nang sinubukan nang sinubukan.)
(Subukan mo sa ibaba ng hagdanan, susubukan ko sa pasilyo.)

Wala ring ilaw sa hagdanan?
Wala. May ilaw ba sa pasilyo?
Wala. At wala ring ilaw sa kwarto ng Papa.
Naku, Candida! Pinutulan tayo ng kuryente.
Tawagin mo sina Manolo at Pepang.
Tawagin mo ang kumpanya ng ilaw.

Huwag kang maingay!
Gusto mong makitawag ako sa kanto?
Alam na ng lahat sa kalye nating
Pinutulan tayo ng kuryente
Dahil hindi tayo nakabayad!
Naku, Candida!
Naku, Candida!
Sarhan mo ang mga bintana.
Makikita ako ng mga kapitbahay.

Alam ko na ang tsismisan nila,
Tignan mo ang dalawang nagrereyna-reyna
Ni hindi makabayad sa kuryente nila.
Paano pa natin maihaharap
Mga mukha natin sa labas?
(Sarhan mo ang mga bintana!)
Makikita nila tayo!
Baka wala pang nakakapansin,
Madalim ang ating bahay.

Walang ilaw kahit saan.
Walang ilaw?
Madilim lahat ng bahay.
Madilim?
Madilim ang buong lansangan.
Anong nangyari?
Napakagaga natin!
Ano bang nangyari?
Wala nang nangyari!
Anong wala?
Nasa diyaryo nga pala, hindi tayo kasi nagbabasa!
Anong sabi sa diyaryo?

May blackout ngayon, nagpa-practice ng blackout.
Naghahanda para sa giyera.
At akala nating natatakot tayong magsara ng bintana,
Natatakot tayong matanaw ng kapitbahay.
Diba't isang pares tayong tonta't kalahati.
Isang pares na tonta.
Nakatatawa.
Nakatatawa.
(Candida!)
Hindi ko na kaya.
Hindi ko na kaya!

No Lights

(Candida? No lights.)
(Try again.)
(I've tried and tried again several times.)
(You try downstairs, I'll try the hallway.)

No lights on the stairs either?
No. Any lights in the hallway?
No. And no lights in Papa's room either.
Oh my, Candida! They've cut off our electricity.
Call Manolo and Pepang.
Call the power company.

Don't be so loud!
Do you want me to go and call around the corner?
Everybody in the street knows
That we've had our electricity cut off
Because we didn't pay the bill!
Oh my, Candida!
Oh my, Candida!
Close the windows.
The neighbors can see me.

I know what they're gossiping about,
Look at those two, acting like queens
And can't even pay their electricity bill.
How are we ever going to show our
Faces outside again?
(Close the windows!)
They'll see us!
Maybe nobody's noticed yet,
Our house is so dark.

There are no lights anywhere.
No lights?
All the houses are dark.
Dark?
The whole street is dark.
What's happened?
We're so silly!
What's happened?
Nothing's happened!
Nothing's what?
It was in the newspaper, but of course we don't read it!
What did it say in the newspaper?

There's a power outage, they're practicing a blackout.
Preparing for war.
And we were afraid to close the windows,
Worried about the neighbors seeing us.
Why, we're a couple of fools and a half.
A couple of fools.
It's funny.
It's funny.
(Candida!)
I can't take it anymore.
I can't take it anymore!