My English version of my original in Filipino IHAHASA NAMIN ANG ITAK. WELL SHARPEN OUR BOLOS well sharpen our bolos when fear lurks in the heart when the stars are bleak and sad and the suns rays are cold and pale. well sharpen our bolos when withering are the flowers when the trash is not on fire when the dews glitter not on the grass and not a single firefly twinkles in the night. yes, well sharpen our bolos when more fortunate are the rats than the poor like us we, the wretched of the earth we, the workers and peasants enslaved by the soil and machine of the gluttonous ruling class yet our belly groans most of the time while they wallow in the blessings coming out from our sweat and blood. well sharpen our bolos especially when feverish are our tots their stomachs aching through the night and not a drop of milk comes out from the sagging breasts of their moms long tormented by poverty and despair well sharpen our bolos when even the cold, cooked-rice in our pots is devoured by our avaricious landlords and our anemic coffee and arms sweat are gulped by our predator ruling class. well sharpen our bolos when your justice is elusive as the clouds when slow-paced as the crawling snails with no pangs for the rich and powerful and plunderers of public funds but repressive for the weak and poor sharp spears they are piercing our hearts bulldozers trampling upon our sacred rights stunting our growth and dimming our hopes for a better, peaceful, democratic life. yes, well sharpen our bolos when our beloved la tierra pobreza is rapaciously being raped when foreign masters are mashing her luscious, milky breasts and her sacred sovereignty is being disgraced and sold by the lords of power and gold yes, well sharpen our bolos till social justice reigns till our beloved land is set free from the clutches of injustices and penury till the rampaging waves of change and the hurricane of discontent demolish and pulverize her prison walls! --- ROGELIO L. ORDONEZ ---
Posted on: Fri, 11 Jul 2014 08:07:05 +0000
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