{"id":408995,"date":"2024-05-31T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-05-31T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=408995"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T14:00:00","slug":"Poem-song-in-Tagalog-English-translations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/Poem-song-in-Tagalog-English-translations\/","title":{"rendered":"Poem\/song in Tagalog\u2014English translations"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here are two stanzas of a 20-stanza love poem written by Francisco Balagtas (b.1788-d.1862). Find the complete poem and his bio online.<\/p>\n

\u201cMagkaisa\u201d (Tagalog for \u2018Unite\u2019) is a 1986 Filipino pop song composed by Tito Sotto, sung by Vima Lisa Loberiza and associated with the People Power Revolution of 1986. Poem and song originally written in Tagalog.<\/p>\n

TO CELIA\u2014a love poem by Francisco Balagtas (an excerpt)<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2026 Not rarely now my vagrant grief sits under the mango tree we passed,<\/p>\n

and looking at the dainty fruits you wanted picked I forgot my ache\/<\/p>\n

The whole of me could only be intimate with sighs when you were ill;<\/p>\n

for I knew as Eden kept a room for us my hidden heart was heaven still.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2018MAGKAISA\u2019 (Tagalog for \u2018Unite\u2019)<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n

\u201cLET US UNITE\u201d (English translation from Tagalog)<\/p>\n

Now it is evident that the world\u2019s suffering\/What we need is understanding<\/p>\n

Let us give love and compassion to others\/We came from only one root<\/p>\n

We are all just humans\/In the midst of the storm and waves,<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t lose hope<\/p>\n

It is time (Hope is just around the corner) for Unity (a new morning,<\/p>\n

a new day) Even if this (He the Lord loves each of us)<\/p>\n

Is all pain and suffering<\/p>\n

Let us unite (Hope is just around the corner) And march together<\/p>\n

(A new morning a new day) Lets hold hands (He the Lord loves each of us)<\/p>\n

In the newly found Hope<\/p>\n

Now Hope can be seen\/A new day, a new morning\/God\u2019s everlasting love,<\/p>\n

Keep in mind always\/ (Repeat -\u2018It is time\u2026) (Repeat -\u2018Let us Unite \u2026)\u201d.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Joey aka “Pepe Batbon” Connolly is a retired educator who taught in the CNMI, NOLA, and LVNV. He is the Poet Laureate of Tinian and enjoys stargazing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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