Song: "Lubuak Basuang Malereang Tabiang"
Translation of Title: "Malereang Tabiang" means "to skirt the edge of the slope," which means metaphorically to sidestep around an issue by using metaphor. "Lubuak Basuang" in the title refers to a place affiliation, the regional capital of Agam, Lubuak Basuang.
Composer: This song has been attributed to multiple different people. The most frequent is Mak Sawir. He himself told me this was one of his compositions--a pop Minang song. It was clearly later adapted for saluang.
Type of song: Gembira.
Place affiliations:
- Nagari: Lubuak Basuang
- Kecamatan: Lubuak Basuang.
- Luak: Agam.
- Darek or Rantau: Darek.