Mga Bukad Ha Mayo
Kan Eduardo Makabenta
(Region 8 dialect: Waray)
Magpakaruruyag ngan pinili
Burak ngan tsampaka marol nga hamili,
Rosas,asusenas, rosal ngan mahambot
Nga nagangalimwag sa hangin talambot,
An ira alimyon abot ha hirayo…
Magpakawiwili nga bukad ha May.
Bukad nga kadam’an luob at’tuna,
Magpakabibihag ha panhunahuna,
May walingwaling ngan may mga manan-aw
Nga makalilipay ha mata pagtan-aw,
May sangyaw, may diri, mga masarayo,
Magdamit Malaya, di’ bukad ha Mayo.
Inin tarukanga nga labi kahayaw
Ha pagkakaaga dawn a naparayaw,
Bis’an katatsutsi, bisan an surangga,
May hamo’t may dagway nga sadang ibangga:
Di’na mapakadto lain nga ibayo,
Damo an bukad ta ha bulan ha Mayo.
Magpakadilain nga kabukaranan,
Di na kinahanglan ngatanan ngaranan,
May bukad hin kahoy, may bukad nga buhi
Nga say rayandayan hinin kinabuhi;
Bukad nga nasunog sugad han kalayo,
Hinin kasingkasing, kun bulan ha Mayo
May ada kada’an nga di’taga dinhi,
Nga mga minamat ha lain nga bingi,
Ha iba nga tuna nganhi ihinalit…
Kundi di’ko gugma an taga hirayo
Asay ko an aton mga bukad ha Mayo.
Flowers of May
(English Version)
How lovely and how choice
Are the ilang-ilang, champaca and sampaguita
The fragrant roses, rosal and azucena:
Their scent fills the air
And is wafted faraway…
Sweet flowers of May.
Flowers cover our native land
So exquisite the captivate the mind
The waling-waling and other orchids
With colors to delight the eyes
Loved or not, they are still admired
Though they wither fast, they are flowers of May.
Even the common gumamela
In the morning very proudly blooms,
The calachuchi, the marigold,
Have beauty and fragrance to rival others,
We don’t have to go other places,
We have many flowers of May.
Flowers of all kinds have we
No need is there to name them,
There are plant flowers, too,
Who are the adornment of our existence,
Flowers that can burn our hearts
Like fire in month of May.
Many of these flowers come from afar
They have blossomed from alien seeds
Of have been transplanted from other lands
Their beauty has no price…
Yet they are not my choice
I prefer our own flowers of May.
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