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MARNE KILATES
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from
Antinostalgia & the Tokhang
Rhapsodies
from
Antinostalgia & the Tokhang
Rhapsodies
From Mga Biyahe, Mga Estasyon
From Journeys, Junctions
(a collection of travel poems)
from
Antinostalgia & the Tokhang
Rhapsodies
Poems 2022
Poems 2022
Poems 2022
Poems 2022
From Mga Biyahe, Mga Estasyon
From Journeys, Junctions
(a collection of travel poems)
From Mga Biyahe, Mga Estasyon
From Journeys, Junctions
(a collection of travel poems)
From Mga Biyahe, Mga Estasyon
From Journeys, Junctions
(a collection of travel poems)
From Mga Biyahe, Mga Estasyon
From Journeys, Junctions
(a collection of travel poems)
From Mga Biyahe, Mga Estasyon
From Journeys, Junctions
(a collection of travel poems)
From Mga Biyahe, Mga Estasyon
From Journeys, Junctions
(a collection of travel poems)
From Mga Biyahe, Mga Estasyon
From Journeys, Junctions
(a collection of travel poems)
TALES OF ANCIENT IBAL:
The Deluge and the Visit of the Celestial Siblings, p.2
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From the Verses of Kadunung
When Halíya and Búlan, the Celestial Siblings,
Ascended back to the firmament of Kamurawayan,
Just beyond the jagged summits of Isarog,
They left the land in care of the Tawong Lipód,
The Translucent Beings
Who always stood behind
The people, and whispered in their ears
The inspirations for their inventions:
The syllabary and pen for Sural,
Engraver of the Stone of Libong,
The loom and bobbin for Hablon,
The pot and trivet for Dinahon,
The plow, sail, and other tools for Kimantong.
Ever the Translucent Beings stood
Behind the heroes of Aslong
In taming the wilderness
In the taming of beasts, in the calming of breasts.
Baltóg was the first mentioned in the verses
Of Kadunung, recalling the ancient land
Among the mountains of Asog, Masaraga,
And the abode of the Gugurang in Isarog.
Fair-haired Baltóg blazed the trails of old
As he ruled Tondol. His famous adversary
Was the Tandayag boar that wrought havoc
On the people’s linsa plants. In bone-breaking combat,
Baltóg engaged the snorting Tandayag
And after a long grapple the boar expired.
Baltóg vanishes in the haze of the legend
And is never mentioned again.
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Handyóng
Handyóng the name in legend
Arrived with his brave and loyal
Henchman Bantóng.
Handyong the name in legend
Keeper of the Moog
The shelter above the floods
Writer of laws
Who taught the people
The cultivation of rice
The cultivation of manners
But first he had to purge the land
Of more of its brutes and ogres:
The cyclopean beasts on the banks of Ponong
The colossal crocodiles with their gaping maws
The swift sharks of the deep later called tiboron
The rampaging buffaloes of Lingyon
The saber-tooth sarimao growling on the Kulasi cliffs
In ten full moons he had to quell their ranks
In ten full moons Handyóng sought out
What eluded him most
She of the Golden Voice & Sweetest Song
The Serpent Sorceress Oryol
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In the caverns of Hantik,
Among the trunks of kamagong,
Handyóng heard his name uttered
In the most mellifluous manner
Mari na, magsarô kita, O maisogon, madunungun na Handyóng
Ipupundar ta an mahiwas na siyudad kan Aslong
Duman gabos na lalaki, babayi, buda mga akì
Magdadanay sa ginhawa buda daing pagkatakot
Buhay na matalobo sa pagkamoot asin paggalang sa kada sarô
Mari na, magsarô kita, O maisogon, madunungun na Handyóng
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