Kumao – Ilocano Translation
*Note this poem is in Ilocano Maysa a kuko manipud kenni Tara, agay-ay-ayam idiay paraangan, Dua a kuko manipud kenni Kevin, napukaw iti kasipngetan, Tallo a kuko manipud kenni Leo,…
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*Note this poem is in Ilocano Maysa a kuko manipud kenni Tara, agay-ay-ayam idiay paraangan, Dua a kuko manipud kenni Kevin, napukaw iti kasipngetan, Tallo a kuko manipud kenni Leo,…
*Note this poem is in Ilocano Malagip ko tay kimat Ti ayamuom ti nakset a kudil Ti naraniag a panaggilap Ket naimatangak Tay buwaya Nga nangtakaw tay bagik…
Every night when I was a child I laid on my bed, oft beguiled I could not drift into sleep Because it would always creep By the foot of my…
Once when I was a child I wondered what it was to be wild To live in the forests and in the trees To befriend the boars and…
The moon came into the cloudless night In her garb of flowing silver. The small boy stares at her Through the still air The moon waves her gentle arms…
“I still look for her In the forests In empty fields Through the sky Beside the horizon On barren rocks And falling stars I wonder where She could be…
I wish to go where we shall meet, Together, in a silent retreat Alone is where my heart resides To see you is my last desire And in my…
They own the land of tooth and green Forever there and yet unseen Trampled underneath the feet Of those that worship Wall Street How the times where did they…
As I was walking home alone I saw a woman who made no sound My breath was heavy as stone When I saw her feet not touch the ground…
Its eyes were a glistening inferno And its tongue spoke, covered with 30 pieces of silver The smoke choked my senses The smoke made me see it for what…