Karlo Avenido

Doon sa tabing-dagat
kung saa'y minsang humalik
ang dagat sa dalampasigan,
hawak niyaring kamay na pawisan, kabahin
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Hameme, hamena.
Habilin ng lola
sa aking inay.
Hameme, hameme;
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Pagaspas
at indayog
ng niyugan
at manggahan
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Ikaw
sa tabing-dagat
sa karimlan ng gabi
sa lamig ng dapit-hapon
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Karangyaan sa ilalim ng tulay
sa tabi ng ilog tuwing taglamig,
niyebe't yelo ang aking kama't unan,
bubong ng semento'y init ang hatid.
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The bells

were singing your praise.
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Under the moonlight
you pass by
gazing emptily
upon the entities
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I won't sleep.
I won't shut my eyes.
I won't dream
if dreaming of you
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I tried to write beauty.
I have in my hands
my pen
which was my weapon
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Beneath the starry skies of the endless
night, beneath every fine line of reason,
I see a greater change in each season,
as they pass by, each seemed so priceless.
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Whisper upon me
the very words you say
to the shore
that you loved
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