rediscovering poetry, remembering… remembering…
Jenny kissed me when we met,
Jumping from the chair she sat in;
Time, you thief, who love to get
Sweets into your list, put that in:
Say I’m weary, say I’m sad,
Say that health and wealth have missed me,
Say I’m growing old, but add,
Jenny kissed me.
–Rondeau, Leigh Hunt
look what i found!!!
my first and only attempt at poetry writing in filipino!
i found it on a polsci test booklet.
and must’ve been too ashamed to pass my paper waaaaayyyy ahead of my classmates as a sign that i didn’t have that much answers to the test questions…
here goes…
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06.29.00
hindi kita tatawagan ngayon.
kahit na kating-kati na akong
humawak ng telepono,
kahit na sabik na sabik na akong
marinig ang boses mo,
kahit na may sangkatutak akong kwentong
para lang sa’yo,
at kahit na ang pagsambit mo ng ingat ako
ang tanging bubuo ng araw ko,
hindi pa rin kita tatawagan ngayon.
bukas na lang siguro.
