Friday, November 13, 2009

Handumanan sa Amahan Nako'ng Nahanaw



In Loving Remembrance of My Da
16 December 1937 - 14 November 2002




Siete na ba or sietenta na
Is it seven or has it been seventy
Ang mga tuig nga ninglabay
These years that have caressed
Ni'ining pagdagan sa panahon'g
The soul of time
Sama sa kabukidnon'g sapa
Like the river of yore,
Nga wala'y kaupusan? 
Relentlessly unheeding?






Ang kalibutan kanunay'ng nagatuyok;
Life goes on, the world--its pulse, its beat;
Nunca kini muhinay o muhunong para bisan kinsa.
Never stops, never pauses--not for anyone.
Pero wala gihapo'y kausaban:
But still nothing has changed:
Gimingaw gihapon ko kanimo,
I still miss you,
Amahan nako'ng nahanaw. 
My cherished Da--now lost. 
Kini lang gayud ang mga hagawhaw sa kagahapo'ng
But these are simply whispers to a yesterday
Karon'g dugay nang naanod
Long since forgotten
Ni'ining masulub'ong panganud.
By a mourning sky. 




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within us to be silenced. It is Man's sympathy with all creatures that first makes him a Man.

--Albert Schweitzer

Everything can be taken from a man or a woman but one thing: the last of human freedoms to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way.


--Viktor E. Frankl