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Pahiyom gihapon bisan nagkagidlay

Rowena Ranoco

Pahiyom gihapon bisan nagkagidlay

Basta adunay bag-o nga tahas
Naa kanunay ang kulba-hinam sama niini…
Basahi ko bisan unsa sa lain nga lenggwahe
Di ba ka-ubo ka sa sakto nga aksent ug mensahe.
Apan, pahiyom gihapon bisan nagkagidlay.
Paminawa ang mga kukabildo nga nagpalibot nimo sa kalsada
Ug masunggo ka sa estilo sa pagsyagit ug pamalikas nga nagkadaiya
Sultihi sila nga interesado ka sa storya sa ilang kinabuhi
Ang uban maghilom lang apan ang kadaghanan moingon “pahawa diha bi”.
Unsa pa, pahiyom gihapon bisan nagkagidlay.
Ipasulat ang mga pulong ug mga kasinatian nga nagpakita sa ilang mga nakat-onan
Mas mosugot pa sila nga mostorya ug ikaw ilang sekretarya
aron dili masukna ang dako nga kakulangon sa pagtagik sa mga letra.
Ginhawa og lawom, pahiyom gihapon bisan nagkagidlay.
Pamugna og proyekto nga sila mainteresado aron mohandus nila sa kalamposang gipangandoy
Dakung kadaugan kung ang kadaghanan magtamod sa talamdan nga giasoy.
Sama usab kanako karon
Nagmugna ning balak, nanikaysikay
Aron ipamantala sa unang panahon
Dili sayon, apan pahiyom gihapon bisan nagkagidlay.

Lost in translation

Smile despite the odds (Translation)

When there is a new task
There is always the sense of thrill and anxiety just like this…
Read to me something in a foreign language
And you will cough up for the right accent and message.
Yet, smile despite the odds.
Listen to the conversations that surround you at the streets
And you nosebleed at the different styles of yelling and profanity
Tell them you are interested in the story of their lives
Few will be silent but most will say ”get off my face”.
What else, but smile despite the odds.
Let them write the vocabulary and experiences reflecting what they have learned
They would rather verbalize and ask you to jot down like a secretary
to cover up the big deficiency on spelling correctly.
Breathe deeply, smile despite the odds
Let them work on projects that they find interesting, to push them towards their dream of success
A big victory if majority will follow the schedule as declared.
And just like me today
Striving to create this poem
To be published for the first time
It is not easy, but smile despite the odds.

(Photo credit: Jeff Stern)

(Rowena teaches high school in Baltimore City. She is a teacher without borders.)

Apr 10, 2013justcliqit
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Comments: 3
  1. pahayahay nagkagidlay
    5 years ago

    salamat! igo kaayo sa akong fb...and shared.

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  2. joymontebon
    8 years ago

    nice poem i like it. more to come rowena. congratulations.

    ReplyCancel
    • Admin
      6 years ago

      Thank you for your kind thoughts, Joy Montebon

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