His name is Preap Sovath, and the title of the song is Tngai bak ro seal, meaning in the afternoon. Since you already got a translator I'll let that person translate the lyrics of the song.
That unless you want to do it. My khmer is average. I might miss some of the deep meaningful poetic lines they might have.
Okay...here is my version of the translation...someone else can add their's or correct mine. My dad was making fun of me. I keep asking him and he figure it out that I took it from a song and made fun of me. How embarrassing...miss a few words but the meaning is still there. I just translate to get you the meaning and not translate it literally. Well you got the meaning of the song. Some part I left it phonetically spelled (the ones with the underline) because I don't get the meaning of it eventhough my dad was explaining it to me.
In the Afternoon (the title)
Why be on time, why must rise and set (he's talking about the sun)
Day oh Day, making my heart sorrowful
When the afternoon comes, my mood changes and making me frustrated
My body gets weak,
Laeng ton being lost and confused by my self (here he's talking about doing labor, it's like a pun. labor to compare that he's body is tired and weak)
In the afternoon on the mountain, I cry myself out
I sadly contemplate, it's like a script from a folk tale
However, my story is real
The more I think about it, the more it hurts
I'm in pain alone, I'm only searching for you
Where are you at, where are you at
I miss you, miss you, miss you so much that my mind and body can't think straight
You love me or not, just tell me eventhough it's right or wrong
Why...why must you left quietly without me
The afternoon shining brightly like
doth vahah (I'm not sure what this means)
I get really depress and lonely when the afternoon comes
In the afternoon, I hide and cry
In the afternoon, I miss my darling
Whenever it gets noon... honey I miss you so much
Where are you at, where are you at
I miss you, miss you, miss you so much that my mind and body can't think straight
You love me or not, just tell me eventhough it's right or wrong
Why...why must you left quietly without me
The afternoon shining brightly like
doth vahah (I'm not sure what this means)
I get really depress and lonely when the afternoon comes
In the afternoon, I hide and cry
In the afternoon, I miss my darling
Whenever it gets noon... honey I miss you so much
