In The Foreign Land (Sa Banyagang Lupa) Poem by Marites C. Cayetano

In The Foreign Land (Sa Banyagang Lupa)



In this foreign land
is where I live.

Here,
I am blessed
and never had
been hungry.

But,
to the land where I came from
is where my thoughts are.

I beg you not
to say anything
because in my heart
is already a great suffering.

I beg you also,
not to ask me to go home now
because I cannot bear
any more pain
of a hungry stomach
and bitterness of humilliation
from a fellow countryman
whose wealth is ill-gotten
and whose talent is not refined.

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Ency Bearis 03 March 2012

Good translation from the Tagalog version...

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