my apologies to my dearest readers.
today is the Philippine Labor Day,
and I have decided
that it is only proper to use
our national language, Filipino,
to express my respect to all
my co-Filipino Workers!
manggagawang Pilipino
ni hindi ka na ata napapansin
o napagtutuunan ng pansin.
nakakalungkot na sa araw-araw
tayong mga manggagawang Pilipino
ang siyang patuloy na nagdadala ng
pasanin ng ating inang bayan
para lamang patuloy itong lumaban
sa hirap ng kanyang pinagdaraanan.
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aking dalanginna sana ay tunay na tayo
ay magkaisa
sa paghahanap ng tunay
na MakaDiyos,
Makabayan
at makataong lider.
Di lamang ng ating maliit
na pamayanan
kundi ng buong bansang Pilipinas.
Manggagawang "Overseas"
Dumating nawa ang panahon
na hindi na natin kailangang naisin
o gawing lisanin ang ating bayan,
at tumalikod sa pinakamalaking bahaging responsibilidad na pagtaguyod
at paggabay sa ating mga mahal sa buhay.
akin ding dalangin
na sana ang lahat
ng manggagawang Pilipino
ay makaranas ng ginhawa sa buhay
dahil sila ang tunay na yaman ng bansa.
Amen...
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i will try to translate later after work...
thank you very much!
photos taken from google
smiles...i look forward to the translation but love the sentiment of it as well jj...happy labor day to you and you co labourers
ReplyDeleteknowing you.....I know what it says
ReplyDeleteyou are so kind and good and caring and sentimental....bless you and your people
...but you know I have a big soft spot in my heart for them...my little grandchildren being half ....wonderful people
I think Filipino always sounds very beautiful when spoken. You should do a recording of your voice so we can hear the sexiness therein.
ReplyDeleteuh hum...you mean to hear the beauty...
Delete...ang ganda at tunay na kaaya-aya pong pakinggan sir... i can feel your heart in here JJ... siguro po dahil your poem speaks in behalf of the many of us(Filipinos) who chose to be away from their families to work abroad and to give their loved ones a much favorable way of living in this world. I just hope na maraming Pilipino ang makabasa nito. You're a real inspiration sir.
ReplyDeleteGood luck and never forget our country in your heart. Come home soon!!!(:
~Kelvin
Hello.
ReplyDeleteHappy Philippine Labor Day!
I wish you would have put up the translation or had it enabled here...I am sure whatever you wrote is beautiful. Thanks for sharing.
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Dear JJ: Thank-goodness for online translation~!...What? No Phillipino translation..on Bing? Go to Google then..."aking dalangin
ReplyDeletena sana ay tunay na tayo
ay magkaisa
sa paghahanap ng tunay
na MakaDiyos,
Makabayan
at makataong lider"
akin ding dalangin
na sana ang lahat
ng manggagawang Pilipino
ay makaranas ng ginhawa sa buhay" ~love joy bliss~