Dionela “Akala” Lyrics + English Translation

[Verse 1]

Nanlalamig
Growing cold

Hinihintay na bumalik
Waiting for you to come back

Pangakong tinangay ng hangin
A promise carried away by the wind

Nagtataka
I’m wondering

Ba’t lumisan ka na lang bigla
Why you suddenly left

Na para bang walang nangyari?
As if nothing ever happened?

Minahal ngunit kunyari
Loved me, but it was just pretend

[Pre-Chorus]

Nangakong habang buhay kang kasama
You promised to be with me forever

O, bakit hanggang dulo’y ‘di sumama?
So why didn’t you stay until the end?

[Chorus]

Akala ko ay tayo na
I thought it was going to be us

Umaasang wala nang luluha pa sa ‘ting dalawa
Hoping that neither of us would cry again

Inakalang ikaw ang sagot sa dalangin
I thought you were the answer to my prayer

O, ba’t ngayo’y wala ka na?
So why are you gone now?

Akala ko’y hindi na mawawalay pa sa isa’t isa
I thought we’d never be apart from each other

Akala lang pala
Turns out it was just an assumption

[Verse 2]

‘Di umiimik
I stay silent

Luha’y tago sa ‘king mga ngiti
My tears are hidden behind my smiles

Puso’y pangalan mo ang sinasabi
My heart keeps saying your name

Kay hirap tanggapin
It’s so hard to accept

Ako’y bigo sa ‘king mga hiling
That my wishes have failed

Nakatadhanang ‘di ka para sa akin
It’s fate that you’re not meant for me

Mga bulong ng pusong sinungaling
Whispers from a lying heart

[Pre-Chorus]

Nangakong habang buhay kang kasama
You promised to be with me forever

O, bakit hanggang dulo’y ‘di sumama?
So why didn’t you stay until the end?

[Chorus]

Akala ko ay tayo na
I thought it was going to be us

Umaasang wala nang luluha pa sa ‘ting dalawa
Hoping that neither of us would cry again

Inakalang ikaw ang sagot sa dalangin
I thought you were the answer to my prayer

Ba’t ngayo’y wala ka na?
So why are you gone now?

Akala ko’y hindi na mawawalay pa sa isa’t isa
I thought we’d never be apart from each other

Akala lang pala
Turns out it was just an assumption

Akala lang pala
Turns out it was just an assumption