(Epiko ng Kalinga)
Ang kwento ay nagsimula sa nakatakdang kasal nina Ya-u at Dulaw nang makapulot ng nganga o ua (na tawag ng taga-Kalinga). Ang magkasintahan ay naanyayahan sa isang pistahan sa Madogyaya. Nang sila ay nasa Madogyaya, naakit ang pansin ni Dulliyaw si Dulaw hanggang si Dulaw ay magkagusto sa kanya. Read the rest of this entry »
(“Myth of Bohol”)
Salin ni Patrocinio V. Villafuerte
Ang mga tao noon ay naninirahan sa kabila ng ulap. Isang araw, ang kaisa-isang
anak na babae ng datu ay nagkasakit. Hindi mapalagay ang datu.
“Tanod, may sakit ang anak ko. Humayo ka, papuntahin mo rito ang manggagamot. Ngayon din!”
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Antonio K. Abad
Akasia
Jose Abreu
Kaibigan
Macario Adriatico
Amaori, C. Amabri and Felipe Malayo
Faustino Aguilar
Sinag-Ina
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An Excerpt (An Iloko Epic)
Listen then while I narrate at length
The life of Lam-ang
Because his mother conceived him that month.
She did not abstain from any edible fruit:
Tamarind fruits tender and thin as bamboo strings,
Kamias, daldaligan,
Oranges and pomelos; Read the rest of this entry »
an epic from Bicol
ni Estelito Baylon Jacob
Ibalon, kaipuhan mo an luma mong ngaran.
Dai mo na ipatangro siring sa pinabakal na Ibal
An Ibalyo o Ibaylo mong ngaran.
Dai mo itugot na an simong daga magkabaranga.
Dai mo itugot na magkaralapo an saimong tulang
Asin magkaralanog an saimong laman. Read the rest of this entry »
(Ang Kasaysayan ng Sampung Datu ng Borneo)
Sinugbuhan, isang pulo sa Panay na ang nakatira ay ang mga Ita, pinamumunuan ni
Datu Pulpolan. Sa katagalan ng panahon at dahil na rin sa kanyang katandaan upang
pamahalaan ang isang pulo, napagpasyahan niya na isalin ang kanyang kapangyarihan sa
kanyang anak na si Datu Marikudo. Tinataglay ng kanyang anak ang mga katangian ng isang
datu kaya’t ito naman ay sinang-ayunan ng lahat. Read the rest of this entry »
By Nick Joaquin
THE MORETAS WERE spending St. John’s Day with the children’s grandfather, whose feast day it was. Doña Lupeng awoke feeling faint with the heat, a sound of screaming in her ears. In the dining room the three boys already attired in their holiday suits, were at breakfast, and came crowding around her, talking all at once. “How long you have slept, Mama!” “We thought you were never getting up!” “Do we leave at once, huh? Are we going now?” “Hush, hush I implore you! Now look: your father has a headache, and so have I. Read the rest of this entry »
An Excerpt from: Ang Himagsikan Ng Mga Pilipino
‘La Revolucion Filipina’
Sinulat ni Apolinario Mabini
Dakilang Bayani at Utak ng Himagsikan
Isinalin sa Tagalog mula sa English translation by Leon Ma. Guerrero
Pagbitay Sa 3 Pari: Burgos, Gomez At Zamora
NAGTAGAL lamang ang ganitong pagkukubli hanggang kinakailangan pang umikot sa paanan ng Africa o ng America ang mga taga-Europa na nais maglakbay sa Dulong Silangan, nuong bago nagkaroon ng corriente at mga barkong di-makina, nuong mabagal at malayo pa ang pagpunta sa Pilipinas. Read the rest of this entry »
by Carlos P. Romulo
I am a Filipino – inheritor of a glorious past, hostage to the uncertain future. As such, I must prove equal to a two-fold task – the task of meeting my responsibility to the past, and the task of performing my obligation to the future.
I am sprung from a hardy race – child many generations removed of ancient Malayan pioneers. Across the centuries, the memory comes rushing back to me: of brown-skinned men putting out to sea in ships that were as frail as their hearts were stout. Read the rest of this entry »
Long, long ago only gods lived in this world. The earth, the sea, and the sky were ruled by three different powerful gods.
The sun god who ruled the sky had a very beautiful daughter, Luna, the moon. Luna enjoyed going around the heavens in her golden chariot. One day she found herself taking another path which led her outside her kingdom. She wandered on until she reached the place where the sky met the sea. Beautiful and unusual sights greeted her eyes. As she was admiring the beautiful things around, a voice startled her. It asked, Where has thou come from, most beautiful one?”
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