Ben&Ben is an award-winning, fast-rising , Folk-Pop band from Manila. They have been making waves across their home country as one of the leading bands with electrifying shows for audiences of all ages, and chart-topping singles. Their music blends folk, world, and indigenous stylings with pop sensibilities.
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Pasalubong
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Sa salaming nagtatanong sakin
Kailan kaya
Makakamit
Pagsuyo na hindi binabalik
Maghihintay ako
Pasalubong naman
Sa'king nararamdaman
'Pag umamin sayo
Sana ay mapagbigyan
Kaibigan
O kaya bang mag-ibigan
Kapalaran ka ba
O pangarap lang
'Di ko alam
Kung may pag-asa pa sayo nalilito
O malay natin pareho lang tayong natatakot kaya
Idadaan
Sa tawanan
Ang palaisipang kung kaya bang
Maidahan-dahang
Ika'y makatuluyan
Pasalubong naman
Sa'king nararamdaman
'Pag umamin sayo
Sana ay mapagbigyan
Kaibigan
O kaya bang mag-ibigan
Kung kapiling ka na
Hindi na sasayangin pa
Aaminin ko na
Gusto kita
Hm (oh)
The song "Pasalubong" by Ben&Ben talks about the feelings of a person who is uncertain about their chances of being loved back by someone. The singer is contemplating whether they should confess their love or not, fearing rejection and losing the friendship they already have. The first line of the song, "Mga gabing nakatingin sa salaming nagtatanong sakin", sets up the mood of contemplation and introspection.
The song's chorus, "Pasalubong naman sa'king nararamdaman, 'Pag umamin sayo sana ay mapagbigyan", expresses the singer's desire for reciprocation of their love. The term "pasalubong" in the lyrics means a gift or souvenir brought by someone returning from a trip, but in this context, it represents the singer's plea for their feelings to be acknowledged and rewarded.
The bridge of the song, "Idadaan sa tawanan ang palaisipang kung kaya bang maidahan-dahang ika'y makatuluyan", suggests that the singer wants to ease the tension and seriousness of the situation by turning their concerns into a lighthearted joke. At the same time, the lyrics convey the message that the transition from friendship to romance can be a delicate and gradual process.
Overall, "Pasalubong" is a poignant and relatable composition that captures the emotional struggle of confessing one's romantic feelings to a friend. The song's lyrics show how complex and challenging it can be to navigate the uncertainty and risk of rejection.
Line by Line Meaning
Mga gabing nakatingin
Nights spent staring in contemplation
Sa salaming nagtatanong sakin
Mirror asking me questions
Kailan kaya
When will
Makakamit
I attain
Pagsuyo na hindi binabalik
An unreciprocated love
Maghihintay ako
I'll wait
Hanggang mapasayo
Until you're in my arms
Pasalubong naman
A gift
Sa'king nararamdaman
For what I feel
'Pag umamin sayo
When I confess to you
Sana ay mapagbigyan
I hope you'll consider it
Kaibigan
Are we just friends?
O kaya bang mag-ibigan
Or can we be lovers?
Kapalaran ka ba
Are you destiny?
O pangarap lang
Or just a dream?
'Di ko alam
I don't know
Kung may pag-asa pa sayo nalilito
If there's still hope, I'm confused
O malay natin pareho lang tayong natatakot kaya
Or maybe we're both just scared
Idadaan
We'll get through it
Sa tawanan
With laughter
Ang palaisipang kung kaya bang
The question of whether we can do it
Maidahan-dahang
Slowly but surely
Ika'y makatuluyan
We'll end up together
Aaminin ko na
I'll admit now
Gusto kita
I like you
Hm (oh)
Hm (oh)
Lyrics © O/B/O APRA AMCOS
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@jonbenedictobras7331
"Kapalaran ka ba o pangarap lang?"
This line really hits me. She was my mahiwaga, my happy pill, my happiness, my everything, my greatest love. Sabi ko eto na yung para sa akin. I confessed my feelings and we got together. Akala ko habang buhay na. Despite with her being unstable, i chose to love her.
It was very difficult dealing with someone like that pero mahal ko eh. Takot ako na mawala siya sa akin. Akala ko kapag mas minahal ko siya ay mas makatutulong at mas magiging okay siya.
I loved her so much to the point na I compromised for everything she wants, to the point that even my own happiness is nasasacrifice ko na.
Akala ko kapag binigay ko lahat ay kaya ko siya gawing okay at mapagstay. Totoo nga na kung aalis ang tao, aalis. Kung talagang di para sayo, hindi. Pero if mabasa mo man to, know that I love you so much. Ikaw ang kapalarang pinapangarap ko. Nawa'y pagbigyan tayo nang nasa Taas sa susunod na habang buhay :>
@edwardvaldez1857
Ang pinakamasakit jan is yung paulit-ulit kana lang nare-reject. I've experienced it several times. Kaya nagkaroon ako ng trauma at natakot akong manligaw ulit.
I stayed single for several years. I prayed and I took my chances at naghanap. And I'm glad nakahanap din ako ng taong tatanggap sa akin.
Yung linyang: "Pasalubong naman sa aking nararamdaman" eh hindi sinalubong nung mga babaeng niligawan ko noon.
Tapos yung linyang: "Pangarap kaba o kapalaran". Well hanggang pangarap ko na lang talaga sila.
Nakakarelate ako sa mga linyang yun dahil naaalala ko yung mga struggles ko nung single pa lamang ako.
@user-u64251o
I have this very special person in my heart. Pero the thing is I can't tell kung kaya n'yang masalubong 'yung nararamdaman ko sa kan'ya.
I could tell so many great things why I fell to her, pero what I love the most is that she inspires me to strive to continously be my better self.
I want her to be mine, and I want me to be hers. Pero it's lovely that she helped me feel the type of love that's freeing rather than possessive.
Type of love na magaan sa paghinga, na masarap pakinggan, na parang yakap na madiin, na parang araw na nagbibigay ng buhay.
Iba siya, at nag-iisa lang siya. She's truly 1 out of 1, and I feel blessed na nakilala ko siya. She gives me hope, peace, and serenity. She radiates life.
Sa oras na dumating ang mga sagot sa mga tanong ko, I would still be thankful sa kan'ya kasi tinulungan n'ya ako na masalubong 'yung sarili ko.
@user-xc9pi5in1v
This is so relatable and grabe makahugot 😅
A story why:
I loved someone from my barkada.
You know that feelings like these can't be stopped easily bc the more u spend time w/ them the more that ur feelings will grow.
I thought maybe it'll be possible to be together if I'd just wait a little longer..
Until I couldn't bear my feelings anymore. I decided to confess to him but was so afraid that he'll be gone forever that I said
"I had a crush on you before. It’s nothing serious, it was just for a short time. I just have to let it out of my system"
I tried to laugh it off as if it wasn't even worth anything.. when I loved him too much that it's torturing me inside.
I tried moving on, even had to pretend that I like someone else later on so that I can bear to tell him that I'm happy for him.
It wasn't easy to move on quickly so I decided that I'll just love him without expecting anything in return. We stayed as bestfriends and the love that I was suppressing before no longer hurts.
Loved him for 5 years and finally moved on :)
-🍓👩
@sachisolveiga5976
since everyones telling their story,here's mine.
this person was my bestfriend for a long time, i confessed to her and she told me that she likes me too.
she was my moon, my yellow, the person that i know na panghabangbuhay na.
she was also my dream and the love of my life pero ang labo talaga ng tadhana.
minsan nasa tamang panahon tayo pero nasa maling tao naman, minsan nasa tamang tao pero nasa maling panahon.
we choose to broke up para hindi na namin mas lalong masaktan yung isa't-isa even though we love each other so much.
@ngiemnienonline8269
Siya yung reason ko bakit ko ulit ginustong kumanta kahit matagal ko nang tinalikuran yun.
He was the man who taught me how to love my talent.
He made me fall inlove with music again dahil sakanya ko narinig at naramdaman ung support na matagal ko nang hinahanap sa mga taong nakapaligid sakin.
I loved him without him knowing nung college.
It's funny how I admitted to myself na gustong gusto ko sya kasi hindi ko sya magawang landiin nung college pa kami.
I was just staring at him happy with his girl, kaya never ko silang ginulo. I am contented to that, as long as he is happy. Masaya na ko pag sya ung nag gigitara kapag nakanta ako sa mga intermissions. I set a barrier to myself at hanggang doon lang talaga yun.
The bad thing is my feelings for that man has grown fondly nung mas lalo kong tinago. I distracted myself to forget him but I never expected na mas lalalim yun even after I graduated.
Akala ko Infatuation lang noong college. Akala ko wala na.
I found him 4 years ago and he was fooled by the girl she used to love unconditionally noong college kami, and by that, he purposely forgets music. I was so frustrated nung nalaman ko yun and even told to myself na sana sa akin na lang sya. His happiness is all that matters to me. Gusto ko siya ulit marinig na kumanta o tumugtog ulit ng gitara.
Up until this day, I never had a chance to tell him what I really wanted to say.
I was just looking from a far, wishing na sana maging okay na sya..
na sana mahanap na ulit niya ung reason niya para sumaya.
Kaya naman..
To the man that I never got a chance to love,
Kahit gusto kong kantahin sayo to..
"Pasalubong naman sa 'king nararamdaman
'Pag umamin sa 'yo, sana ay mapagbigyan
Kaibigan o kaya bang mag-ibigan?
Kapalaran ka ba o pangarap lang?"
hindi ko kailan magagawa.
Basta all I know,
If you think na wala kang kasama sa worst days mo, You're wrong.
I am always here praying for your safety and happiness. I am always here, waiting to hear your music again.
Hanggang sa muli.
@maineciaburri3633
(3/3) Masaya ka na ngayon at masaya ako para sa'yo, para sainyo. Dasal ko pa rin na sana maabot mo lahat ng mga pangarap mo, at patuloy na maging masaya kahit hindi ako ang nasa tabi mo. (:
Hindi man ako ang sinalubong mo, alam ko may dahilan lahat ng ito. Tunay na minahal kita, aking kaibigan, ngunit hanggang dito na lang ang ating kuwento.
"The time may not be prime for us,
though you are a special person.
We may be just two different clocks,
that do not tock in unison."
-Lang Leav
@mandudurog3941
Minsan talaga, kahit na ikaw yung taong nakukuha yung halos lahat ng gusto mo, mayroong darating sa buhay natin na gugustuhin natin, ng sobra, but this time, ipagdaramot na sa‘yo ng mundo at ng tadhana. Mga bagay na kahit umiyak ka pa ng dugo, kung hindi para sa‘yo, hindi para sa‘yo.
I like this girl, matagal na rin. Pero patago because she isn't aware of my existence. Well, yea, friends kami sa fb but we barely have any interactions at all. She's been the topic and concept of my poems and proses, she's so inspiring. Tapos hindi ko na kinaya, napaamin ako pero using my dummy account and not my real account. And ewan ko, it is evident naman na kasi na she likes someone else. I fell in love with someone who likes someone else. Ako lang ata talaga problema. After ko umamin sa dummy ko, nag reply naman agad siya ng "thank you and I really appreciate it kung sino ka man" and as days pass by, I'm trying to establish an interaction or a communication between the two of us, doon sa dummy ko, pero ang hirap kasi patagal nang patagal, pasakit nang pasakit kasi palinaw nang palinaw yung katotohanan na hindi talaga siya interesado saakin. I even sent her the poem that I made for her. Pero madami pa, kulang pa, madami pa akong hindi nasabi na siguro, hindi ko na lang rin sasabihin. Of course, dummy account ‘yun e, baka medyo hesitant siya magtiwala pero can't blame her. Tsaka she already likes someone else so I shouldn't be surprised.
Tanga ko lang kasi sabi ko sa sarili ko, gusto kong umamin pero once na umamin ako, I should keep this promise to myself na hindi ako kailanman mag eexpect ng anything from her, na hindi ako aasa, na hanggang confession lang then I'm out. Ang mahalaga masabi ko. But I was wrong, trinaydor ako ng sarili ko at ng bugso ng damdamin ko. If I only knew na ganito pala ang mangyayari kapag nakaamin na ako...
Now, I always listen to this song. Every day and every night, almost every hour because it always reminds me of her and the 'pagsalubong' that I'm expecting from her pero malabo, sobrang labo. Ang malinaw lang, ay malabong magka interes siya saakin, kahit kaunti. Nakikinig sa kantang ‘to habang tulala lang, habang iniisip siya. Ang lala ko na, I always see and remember her in every love songs I got to hear. Nonetheless, she'll always be the concept to represent my poems and will always be my inspiration, though she doesn't know.
I know na hindi lang ako nakakaranas ng ganito. Ever since I've felt this heavy thing in my chest, when I already accepted na malabo talaga, naging safe space ko na ‘yung comment section ng kantang ‘to, witnessing ppl who has the same experience as mine. Makakaamin rin kayo, ako rin takot, pero nagawa ko, kaso mas masakit pala yung post confession sa pre-confession stage chariz ahahahaha. Sorry ang haba pero ayun, just want to share it. Ty b&b and moira for this song.
//Because of you, I started believing in parallel universe and what if there's really one? I hope that there's you and me in that dimension.
Nakaka corny talaga kapag inlove, ano?
@benandbenmusic
thank you for all your love for Pasalubong. nawa'y mahanap ninyong lahat ang sasalubong sa inyo, araw-araw. 💛💙
@towfee
pag hineart to ng ben&ben aamin ako ulet
@sikorsky7597
Nakahanap ako kaso nag laho siya
@ma.ninafranciagimeno2916
see you later Ben&Ben via zoom!✨
@zyraquinxieabelo4636
Praying and hoping 💞🙏😁
@maineciaburri3633
Sasalubong sa akin, cutieeee
@jonbenedictobras7331
"Kapalaran ka ba o pangarap lang?"
This line really hits me. She was my mahiwaga, my happy pill, my happiness, my everything, my greatest love. Sabi ko eto na yung para sa akin. I confessed my feelings and we got together. Akala ko habang buhay na. Despite with her being unstable, i chose to love her.
It was very difficult dealing with someone like that pero mahal ko eh. Takot ako na mawala siya sa akin. Akala ko kapag mas minahal ko siya ay mas makatutulong at mas magiging okay siya.
I loved her so much to the point na I compromised for everything she wants, to the point that even my own happiness is nasasacrifice ko na.
Akala ko kapag binigay ko lahat ay kaya ko siya gawing okay at mapagstay. Totoo nga na kung aalis ang tao, aalis. Kung talagang di para sayo, hindi. Pero if mabasa mo man to, know that I love you so much. Ikaw ang kapalarang pinapangarap ko. Nawa'y pagbigyan tayo nang nasa Taas sa susunod na habang buhay :>
@ellaniolie
Pasalubong Saxophone Cover ⬇️
https://youtu.be/oYpKiFFoo-8
Palike and subs na din po kung pwede :)
@gamingfarmer7852
hope you're okay man focus muna sa goal at sarili hope makamove on ka in gods time
@bernadettefayelol5941
Aww..your story really reminds me of Astronomy..."Stop trying to keep us alive
You're pointing at stars in the sky that already died"