Module 4:Cebuano Poetry Posted by: Alma Erana
Sources: Cebuano Poetry/Sugbuanong Balak:Editors Erlinda K.Alburo, Simeon Dumdum,Jr.,Vicente Bandillo, and Resil B. Mojares
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This Module is intended to:
- Show some pieces of Cebuano Poetry
- Talk about Cebuano Poetry
- Appreciate the Cebuano Poetry
Introduction: This module is served to be an educational supplement, to enhance the learners in promoting our own Cebuano Poetry.
Discussion:
Sugbuanong Balak
Sugbuanong Balak
Sinugdan ug Kataposan
by:Francisco Candia
Nakita mong dunay nagsugod
Dunay sinugdanan
Nakita mong dunay natapos
Dunay kataposan
Apan ang kamatuoran
Ang kataposan sinugadn
Ang sinugadn kataposan
Kon ang duha mao ang usa
Unsay duna?
Nakita mong dunay nagsugod
Apan walay nasugdan
Nakita mong dunay natapos
Apan walay kataposan
Apan ang kamatuoran
Kon dunay sinugdan
Ug dunay kataposan
Ang duha nga maoy usa
Nia lang sa kalibotan
Ang tanan manggialamon
Nagtuon sa kahingpitan
Apan ang ilang sangkoan
Mao ray ilang aboton
Ug ang tinuod
Wala gani makasugod
Ug wala pay sinugdan
Unsa gani ang sukod
Mao ray ilang tugkaran.
Beginning and End
Translated by Simeon Dumdum Jr.
You have seen someone begin
There is a beginning
You have seen something end
There is an end
But the truth is
The end is the beginning
The beginning end
If the two are one
What's there?
You have seen someone begin
But nothing has been started
You have seen something ended
But there is no end
But the truth is
If there is a beginning
And there is an end
The two which are one
Are in this word only
All learned men
Have studied perfection
But what they will end up with
Is all they can reach
And the truth is
No one has started
Nothing has been started
whatever their depth
Is all they can fathom.
Sa Humot Mong Buhok
ni: Eugenio A. Viacrucis
Nangalimyon, ahay!
Samoyaw ug kadlum;
Sa buhok mong itum,
Labong pinadunghay,
Lab-as nga kahumot -
Kalalim sa baho!
Di ko gyud igsaho
Sa langyawng pahumot.
Lubosa paghagkum,
Sa puting tangkugo;
Ayaw lag itago,
Panit mong matahum.
Pangkoa sa hinay,
Ampinging kaamyon;
Bayag pagalamyon
Sa hangin haruhay!
Yuna pag isalum -
Ipagba sa adlaw,
Aron mangalisngaw:
Samoyaw ua kadlum.
Kini lay palihog -
Diyut da god lamang -
Una ka moundang,
Tagbawang kaibog.
Kon daw ikatugot -
Kon di mo katak-an -
Sagdi akong hagkan
Ang buhok mong humot!
On Your Fragrant Hair
Translated by: Vicente Bandillo
It exudes, ahay!
Samoyaw and kadlum;
Your black hair
Flowing profusely down,
Fresh fragrance -
How sweet the smell!
I won't exchange it
For imported perfume.
Claspit with the hand
By the white nape;
Don't hide
Your lovely skin.
Bun it slowly,
Mind the essence;
It might be swallowed
By the careless wind!
Before you dip it -
Dry it in the sun,
So it exhales:
Samoyaw and kadlum.
I ask this only -
Just a trifle -
Before you finish
Sate my desire.
If you permit me -
If you don't begrudge it -
Let me kiss
Your fragrant hair.
Didto Diin wala nay Ugma
Wala ko na bukha kining mga mata,
Kay lahi na ang buntag. Wala na ang tuktugaok
Nga mohadla sa kahimatngon; ug hain na ang bidlisiw
Nga mangusi pagpukaw sa katapol nga pagmuok?
Parat ug matigmi ang huhop sa hangin
Nga gibulhot sa ginhawaan sa kangitngit;
Nahipadpad kining kalag sa suok maalingning,
Nag-usara sa pakigharung sa kasakit.
Kining lawak nga langit atop ug pulos bintana
Nag-anago ang lugsanayng kahayag nga way Adlaw.
Way bulan. Way bituon.
Ug ang amihan nakigkuros sa habagat.
Nadungog ko apan wala lamang makita
Ang balinsay sa mga bagal sa kaagi
Naghuni ug dandansoy sa subo nga pahandum
Sa hiagiang katahom nga di na gyod moagi!
Pasagdan ko ang mga yatot sa akong tiilan
Nangitkit sa mga kubal sa kanhi kong panlimbasog;
Ila na ako karon - ug unsa pay ako ning dapit
Nga wala nay ugma ug paglaom?
Where There is No Tomorrow
Translated by: Vicente Bandillo
As yet I do not open these eyes,
For morning has changed. Gone is the cockrow
That would tease my senses; and where is the sunbeam
That would pinch to waken this early languor?
Salty and chilly is the gust of wind
Exhaled by the maw of darkness;
My soul is blown to a humid corner
To face sorrow all alone.
Into this room, all window, with the sky for roof,
Faintly filters light from no Sun.
No moon. No stars.
And the north wind contends with the south wind.
I hear but do not see
The stirrings of the remnants of the past
Singing a song of sad remembering
Of lost beauty that will not come again!
I will ignore the strange beings at my feet
Chewing up the calluses of my former struggles;
I am theirs, now - and what else is there for me
Here where hope has no tomorrow?
Analysis
We need to appreciate and acknowledge our own Cebuano Poems so that we Cebuano's become will known to our culture, and preserved our identity as a Cebuano's.
ni: Eugenio A. Viacrucis
Nangalimyon, ahay!
Samoyaw ug kadlum;
Sa buhok mong itum,
Labong pinadunghay,
Lab-as nga kahumot -
Kalalim sa baho!
Di ko gyud igsaho
Sa langyawng pahumot.
Lubosa paghagkum,
Sa puting tangkugo;
Ayaw lag itago,
Panit mong matahum.
Pangkoa sa hinay,
Ampinging kaamyon;
Bayag pagalamyon
Sa hangin haruhay!
Yuna pag isalum -
Ipagba sa adlaw,
Aron mangalisngaw:
Samoyaw ua kadlum.
Kini lay palihog -
Diyut da god lamang -
Una ka moundang,
Tagbawang kaibog.
Kon daw ikatugot -
Kon di mo katak-an -
Sagdi akong hagkan
Ang buhok mong humot!
On Your Fragrant Hair
Translated by: Vicente Bandillo
It exudes, ahay!
Samoyaw and kadlum;
Your black hair
Flowing profusely down,
Fresh fragrance -
How sweet the smell!
I won't exchange it
For imported perfume.
Claspit with the hand
By the white nape;
Don't hide
Your lovely skin.
Bun it slowly,
Mind the essence;
It might be swallowed
By the careless wind!
Before you dip it -
Dry it in the sun,
So it exhales:
Samoyaw and kadlum.
I ask this only -
Just a trifle -
Before you finish
Sate my desire.
If you permit me -
If you don't begrudge it -
Let me kiss
Your fragrant hair.
Didto Diin wala nay Ugma
Wala ko na bukha kining mga mata,
Kay lahi na ang buntag. Wala na ang tuktugaok
Nga mohadla sa kahimatngon; ug hain na ang bidlisiw
Nga mangusi pagpukaw sa katapol nga pagmuok?
Parat ug matigmi ang huhop sa hangin
Nga gibulhot sa ginhawaan sa kangitngit;
Nahipadpad kining kalag sa suok maalingning,
Nag-usara sa pakigharung sa kasakit.
Kining lawak nga langit atop ug pulos bintana
Nag-anago ang lugsanayng kahayag nga way Adlaw.
Way bulan. Way bituon.
Ug ang amihan nakigkuros sa habagat.
Nadungog ko apan wala lamang makita
Ang balinsay sa mga bagal sa kaagi
Naghuni ug dandansoy sa subo nga pahandum
Sa hiagiang katahom nga di na gyod moagi!
Pasagdan ko ang mga yatot sa akong tiilan
Nangitkit sa mga kubal sa kanhi kong panlimbasog;
Ila na ako karon - ug unsa pay ako ning dapit
Nga wala nay ugma ug paglaom?
Where There is No Tomorrow
Translated by: Vicente Bandillo
As yet I do not open these eyes,
For morning has changed. Gone is the cockrow
That would tease my senses; and where is the sunbeam
That would pinch to waken this early languor?
Salty and chilly is the gust of wind
Exhaled by the maw of darkness;
My soul is blown to a humid corner
To face sorrow all alone.
Into this room, all window, with the sky for roof,
Faintly filters light from no Sun.
No moon. No stars.
And the north wind contends with the south wind.
I hear but do not see
The stirrings of the remnants of the past
Singing a song of sad remembering
Of lost beauty that will not come again!
I will ignore the strange beings at my feet
Chewing up the calluses of my former struggles;
I am theirs, now - and what else is there for me
Here where hope has no tomorrow?
Analysis
We need to appreciate and acknowledge our own Cebuano Poems so that we Cebuano's become will known to our culture, and preserved our identity as a Cebuano's.
Guide Questions:
- Why there is a need in promoting our Cebuano Poetry?
- How do we promote our own Cebuano Poetry?
- What are the important aspects if we promote our native Cebuano Poetry?
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