Kasadya Ning Taknaa
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Kasadya Ning Taknaa is a Cebuano
Cebuano language
Cebuano, referred to by most of its speakers as Bisaya , is an Austronesian language spoken in the Philippines by about 20 million people mostly in the Central Visayas. It is the most widely spoken of the languages within the so-named Bisayan subgroup and is closely related to other Filipino...

 Christmas carol composed in 1933 by Vicente Rubi with lyrics by Mariano Vestil. Its famous counterpart is Ang Pasko Ay Sumapit, a modified version of the song written by Levi Celerio
Levi Celerio
Levi Celerio was a Filipino composer and lyricist who was born in Manila, Philippines. Celerio was a prolific song-writer, with over 4,000 songs to his credit. He is perhaps best-known for being a leaf-player, a feat for which he was put into the Guinness Book of World Records...

 with lyrics in Tagalog
Tagalog language
Tagalog is an Austronesian language spoken as a first language by a third of the population of the Philippines and as a second language by most of the rest. It is the first language of the Philippine region IV and of Metro Manila...

(but not as a translation of the original); however, Celerio is often given all songwriting credit without any acknowledgment of Rubi and Vestil.
Lyrics=
Preface:

"Kasadya ning taknaa

Dapit sa kahimayaan

Mao'y atong makita

Ang panagway nga masanglagon

Bulahan ug bulahan

Ang tagbalay nga giawitan

Awit nga halangdonon sa tanang Pasko

Magmalipayon!"


Chorus:

Preface, then

"Bag-ong tuig

Bag-ong kinabuhi

Duyog sa atong mga pagbati

Atong awiton ug atong laylayon

Aron magmalipayon!"


Preface

Chorus

Preface
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