way out

Way Out.

you call me a bitch like there's something wrong with that.

April 19, 2005

it has been awhile since i've written in tagalog. here's my recent attempt....

one day... isang araw...

habang ang ulan ay pumapatak
sa tuktok nang kabukidan
and puso ko'y bumibiyak
puno nang kalungkutan.

yaong araw na pinalad
nagpaalam ang aking hirang
at sa kanyang paglisan
puso at kaluluwa ko’y kanyang sinaktan

ngayon, heto ako
hindi na makontento
buhay ko’y hindi kompleto
ngayong wala na ang hirang ko

G. @ 4/19/2005 -- 11 comment(s) -- Post a Comment

Comments:

Your tagalog is very galing.

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Anonymous : April 19, 2005 11:26 PM

esteeb - and urs, not so much!

# posted by

G. : April 19, 2005 11:27 PM

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David : April 20, 2005 12:45 AM

ay sus marusep. gusto ko yoong bagoong mo. diba? talaga!

# posted by

Rayray : April 20, 2005 7:59 AM

goodness... my friends are a bunch of dorks!

david - thanks for that uhm interesting translation.

rayray - i'm going to make ur ass walk from the airport! ok, maybe not.

# posted by

G. : April 20, 2005 9:37 AM

Wow, I'm so impressed. I'm guessing "yaong araw" means "that day"? Is yaong a variation of "yung"? My tagalog is rusty!

Ray, you're such a dork! You and Jolly could probabably construct tagalog sentences together!

# posted by

Anonymous : April 20, 2005 11:05 AM

C!!!!!!!!!!!

*mwah*mwah*mwah*mwah*mwah*

i think that 'yung' is actually derived, or a slang of, 'yaong'. i used some old tagalog in the poem...

# posted by

G. : April 20, 2005 11:32 AM

that was only 1/2 a translation. if your poem was in mandarin or cantonese i probably would have known more words. hehe

anyway, take care. really though, nice work.

# posted by

David : April 20, 2005 12:29 PM

damn girlie. i don't even understand half the words of the poem! pero, maganda naman.

napaka lalim ang vocabulary mo!

kudos!

# posted by

kat : April 21, 2005 10:00 AM

don't hurt yourselves trying to translate. here's a good one emailed to me from a friend who was actually the inspiration for the poem(and he's not even filipino!):

one day... isang araw...
while the rains pour
on the farmlands
my heart is breaking apart
full of sadness

at the appointed day
my love leaves
and with her departure
my heart and soul suffer

now I am here
no longer contented
no longer complete
now that my love is gone

# posted by

G. : April 21, 2005 1:58 PM

that is a great translation!
i'll be a Junior Editor then.
Line 4 should read "ang" not "and"?
I'm asking, not telling.

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David : April 21, 2005 5:01 PM