"Pagbalik ng Tagsibol" ni Fernando Pessoa

Pagbalik ng Tagsibol

Fernando Pessoa (aka Alberto Caeiro)

 

Pagbalik ng Tagsibol
Marahil nilisan ko na itong daigdig.
Ngayon, gusto kong isiping tao si Tagsibol
Upang maharaya kong tumatangis siya para sa akin
Nang makita niyang wala na ang kanyang tanging kaibigan.
Ngunit ni hindi bagay ang Tagsibol:
Isa lamang itong paraan ng pagsasalita.
Maski ang mga bulaklak o mga luntiang dahon ay hindi bumabalik.
May mga bagong bulaklak, bagong luntiang dahon.
May mga bagong maaliwalas na araw.
Walang bumabalik, walang umuulit, dahil ang lahat ay tunay.

7 Nob 1915

-    Salin sa Filipino ni Louise Vincent B. Amante
22 Peb 2017 

From:

Pessoa, Fernando. Fernando Pessoa & Co.: Selected Poems. Edited and translated from the Portuguese by Richard Zenith. New York: Grove Press, 1998. p 76.

Tatlong Diona

1. 'Pag malayo ang tanaw

'Pag malayo ang tanaw,
Ang kamay sa sorbetes
Biglang matutunaw.

2. Nabutas ang guwantes

Nabutas ang guwantes
Na sa pobre hiningi
Kamot na lang sa testes.

3. Pagkahaplos sa bungi

Pagkahaplos sa bungi
Kita ko nang malinaw
Mga ngiping tiningi.


14 Pebrero 2017
Kalye Limotkona

"Umaga" ni Arthur Rimbaud

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Umaga 
Arthur Rimbaud 

             Noong unang panahon, hindi kalugod-lugod, kaygiting, kahanga-hanga, karapat-dapat itala sa mga gintong dahon ang aking pagkabata-anong palad! Anong krimen o pagkakamali ang nagpaparusa sa akin at nagpapahina sa akin ngayon? Sa inyong mga naniniwalang lumuluha ng hapis ang mga hayop, na nagdurusa ang mga maysakit, na binabangungot ang mga patay, subukin ninyong ipaliwanag ang aking pagbagsak, at ang aking paghimbing. Hindi ko na lubusang maipaliwanag ang aking sarili higit sa isang pulubing bumibigkas ng Ama Namin at Aba Ginoong Maria. Hindi na ako makapagsalita! 

            At, ngayon, naniniwala akong nabigkas ko na ang aking impiyerno. Tunay ngang impiyerno; tunay na tunay, na ang anak ng tao ang nagbukas sa mga pinto niyon. 

            Mula sa katulad na disyerto, sa gabi ring iyon, walang hanggang nakatitig ang mga pagal kong mata-sa bituing pilak, ngunit hindi nito pinakikilos ang mga Hari ng buhay, ang tatlong mago-puso, kaluluwa, diwa. Kailan, higit sa mga bundok at ilog, natin yayakapin ang pagsilang ng mga bagong pagpupunyagi, bagong karunungan, ang paglisan ng mga tirano at demonyo, ang wakas ng mga pamahiin, at maging mga unang sasamba sa Pasko sa buong mundo! 

            Ang awit ng langit, ang pag-unlad ng mga bayan! Mga alipin, huwag sumpain ang buhay na ito.

- Salin sa Filipino ni Louise Vincent B. Amante

From:

Rimbaud, Arthur. Rimbaud Complete Volume 1: Poetry and Prose. Trans. by Wyatt Mason. New York: Modern Library, 2002. p 218.

Haplos sa Apoy

Nang haplusin ko ang apoy,
napasò ang aking palad.
Minsan ay bughaw
at minsan ay dilaw
                   ang ningas
na aking namamalas.
Madalas, pula ang hugis
nitong aking nasasalat.
At nang dumaiti
ang aking hintuturo
                   sa liyab,
nadama ko
ang iyong nakadadarang
na pag-irog.


4 Pebrero 2017
Lungsod Quezon

Paghanap sa Mahiwagang Himig

Hangad kong masulyapan
ang himig sa hangin
ng mahiwagang daigdig
ng iyong lawas na mahiwaga.
Kung bakit ay makasasagot
ang bawat mong galaw
at bakas patungo sa lawag 
ng mga landas
na walang ngalan.

Umaalingawngaw rito
ang mahiwagang himig.
Inaawit ang iyong mukha,
ang iyong dibdib,
ang iyong baywang,
ang iyong hita...

Sasabay ako sa iyo
sa pagtunton at pagtungtong.
Dahil naniniwala akong naroon
ang hangad kong mahanap.
Sabi ng matatanda,
sundin ko ang aking kalooban
ay masusumpungan
ko ang aking pangarap.

Lalakad, tatakbo,
aakyat, gagapang ako
kung ibig mo -- masulyapan lamang
ang himig sa hangin
ng mahiwagang daigdig
ng iyong lawas na mahiwaga.



4 Pebrero 2017
Lungsod Quezon

"Isang Ulat" ni Kenji Miyazawa

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Isang Ulat

Kenji Miyazawa

Ang “apoy” na kanina’y nagpabahala sa marami ay isa lamang hablondawani

Isang oras na mahigpit na nakatali sa magkabilang dulo ng langit

Salin sa Filipino ni Louise Vincent B. Amante


From: Miyazawa, Kenji. Strong in the Rain: Selected Poems. Translated by Roger Pulvers. Northumberland: Bloodaxe Books Ltd., 2007, p. 89.

Piece

You're not created by a genius,
but most of the geniuses genuinely
crafted your harmony, your melody.
Each note rightly placed on the staves.
Every chord rings, poco a poco,
the players played
your music passionato.

Since your aural journey,
there were audiences pleased
and there were not.
Your crescendos and decrescendos
cause them to shake their heads.
Some of your allegros and fortes
cause them to walk away.
They preferred music of the old times --
those that lulled them to some faraway
kingdoms in their sleep.

But you knew that your notes
were meant to give them
something to think of.
Your melody
is made of the sounds of gongs,
spears thudding the earth,
the thumping of feet.
Sopranos, altos,
baritones,
tenors, and basses
travel and echo far and wide
to every corner of this world.

Those ears who are eager
for something new, for change
heard you.
They sing your song.
They play you.
And they are many.


26 December 2016
 
 

On Heroism Today

Before Jose Rizal was executed by firing squad in 1896, he was already regarded as a hero by his fellow countrymen. And all the more when he was martyred on that fateful day, 30 December. But he did not want this for himself. His request to his family was for a simple grave with an epitaph marking his name, date of birth, and date of death. No anniversaries.

Years after his death, his bones were interred from the Paco Cemetery to the monument erected in his honor at the Luneta. And we commemorate every December 30 his martyrdom.

Question: Did his family seek the State's recognition to bestow a hero's burial for Jose Rizal?

Recently, the Marcos family won a Supreme Court (SC) decision favoring their dead patriarch to be buried - finally - at the Libingan Ng Mga Bayani (LNMB). Due to the information that he was a World War 2 veteran, Former President Ferdinand E. Marcos has basis to be buried there. After 20 years in Malacañang, he was ousted by a popular uprising dubbed Edsa 1 in 1986. Before he died in Hawaii as an exile, it was reported that he wanted to be buried next to his mother in Batac, Ilocos Norte. Then President Fidel Ramos allowed the return of the late president's remains provided that Marcos be buried there. The Marcos family returned to the country but sought the State that their patriarch be buried at the LMNB. And they requested for it since then.

Countless court cases and motions were filed prohibiting the move because of the horrors brought about by Marcos's proclamation of Martial Law in 1972 and even after its official lifting in 1981. The SC justices then affirmed history's judgment that Marcos was ousted and served as dictator thereby denying State burial.

Upon the assumption of Rodrigo Duterte as president, a State burial for Marcos began to ring again since the term of former President Joseph Estrada. Another round of cases and motions were submitted to the SC again. But with the present SC, a 90 degree turn occurred. The dictator Marcos will now be buried with State honors. And his family, of course, rejoiced. They are now saying that the country can move on.

The Marcos family sought the State's recognition to regard their patriarch as a hero. But did they seek the Filipino people's affirmation?

Now, let Rizal's bones be removed from his monument in Luneta. He was regarded as "a traitor to Mother Spain," right? Therefore, it is not correct to call him a hero.

But a tyrant Marcos can now be called as such. Thanks to the State.

Thanks, but no thanks.