Dalitiwan

Lagaslas mo ay eternal
Na pagkabasag ng kristal;
Banyaga kong talampakan
Ay naakit, nasugatan.
Sa daloy mo ay lumahok
Ang tumagas kong himutok;
Sa pampang nang makaabot,
Ang dibdib ko’y nagkalumot.

Your rustling: the eternal

Breaking of crystal;

My alien feet

Are seduced, bruised.

Into your stream

Spill my resentment;

As I reach your bank,

My heart gathers moss.

(Translation by Marne L. Kilates)

*Dalitiwan - A place name in the town of Majayjay in the province of Laguna, actually a river, which combines, felicitously, the words dalit (a Tagalog poetic form of lament) and iwan (which means to leave or abandon).

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