College of Teacher Education
LESSON 8: READINGS OF PHILIPPINE
LITERATURE: All About Kinar ay-a Literature
Pulaw sa Tag-arani
ni Alex C. Delos Santos
Pagsamput kang sirum
Mapungko kami Palibot sa sartin
nga pinggan
Sa salug nga kawayan.
Mahamot nga kan-un
Isamo sa sampudyot nga asin,
Pus-an kang kamatis,
Alex C. Delos Santos born on
September 24, 1967 in San Jose, Antique is a Kag laktan kang yuhum.
Karay-a writer and theater artist based in San
Jose, Antique, the Philippines. He completed
his Master of Education with an academic Kon mabusog gani
excellence award from the University of the
Philippines in the Visayas. His research and Mahumlad kang banig,
writing interests are in culture and arts and
Mahulat sa ugsad kag mamati
gay literature. His first recognition as a poet
came in 1992 when he was awarded the CCP Sa paglitik kang paray.
Literature Grant in Kinaray-a poetry for his
collection "Dandansoy: Mga Kanta kang
Pagbiya kag iban pa nga Panghayhay" Kag sa amun katurugon Ginaisip
(Dandansoy: Songs of Leaving and other
Sighs), which contained poems about the ang kada pasi
plight of the "layas nga Antiqueños" -
Nga inugbayad
Antiqueños who, by choice or by
circumstance, leave home in search of Sa amun mga utang.
greener pasture. Etc.
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Harvest Vigil by Alex C. Delos Santos
Once we are full
When dusk comes
We spread our straw mats,
We gather
Wait for the full moon, listen
Around tin plates
On the bamboo floor. to the rice stalks kiss the ground.
There's fragrant rice And in our sleep
Taken in handfuls We count every grain
With which to pay
With salt and crushed tomatoes,
Our debts.
They go well with a smile.
Mga Panahon
ni Alex C. Delos Santos
Raad indi mabugto,
Ukon makasab-it.
Tapos run ang panahon
Raad indi maabtan
Kang pagtugpo kang mga burador.
Kang tinguran.
Ang mga nabilin daw mga sikag
Sa alambre kang kuryente.
Ugaring tapos run ang panahon
Kang pagpalupad kang mga damgo.
Kato nga maalwan pa ang hangin
Ang nabilin sikag lamang
Sari-sari ang dagway kag duag Kang
Sa tubug kang handumanan.
mga burador - daw mga isda
Nagasibad sa dagat kang kahawaan.
Samtang ang mga bata
Sa langit nagatangra,
Hugut ang pagpangyaput
Sa manipis nga higot.
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Seasons
by Alex C. Delos Santos
The season or flying kites
Has ended. We can see
kites like skeletons
Hanging from electric lines.
There was a time when the wind
Was more generous.
John Iremil Teodoro is from San Jose
Kites were of all forms and colors, de Buenavista, Antique. He is
Associate Professor and the
Like fishes in heaven's blue ocean. Graduate Program
Coordinator at the Literature
Department in the College of Liberal
While the children Arts of De La Salle University. He is a
multi-awarded writer in Kinaray-a,
Look up the sky,
Filipino, Hiligaynon, and English. He
Holding the thin is the author of more than 12 books
and his collection of short essays
string so tight. Pagmumuni-muni at Pagtatalak ng
Sirenang Nagpapanggap na Prinsesa
won the National Book Award from
Hoping it won't break, the Manila Critics Circle and the
National Book Development Board.
Or the kites won't crash.
Teodoro is also a scholar of
Hoping the season of rain Hiligaynon Literature. He contributes
reviews, travel pieces, and cultural
Never comes. reportage to AGUNG, The Daily
Tribune, and Liwayway. He is
presently the Secretary General of
But the season for casting dreams Unyon ng mga Manunulat sa
Pilipinas
Has ended. (UMPIL or the Writers Union of the
What's left are fishbones Philippines.) On weekdays he lives in
a condominium unit with a view of
Aslant in memory's throat Manila Bay and on weekends he lives
in Pasig City where he owns a small
garden with bougainvillea.
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Sëlnga ang mga
tanëm sa palibot.
Parehas dya kang
mga tanëm sa hardin
ni Lola Kanit.
Bebek Bengil, Jakarta Nami magkaën nga nagaalima.
By: John Iremil Teodoro Mas naganamit ang pagkaën
(Kinaray-a) bisan sa diin kita.
Rëgya ginarekomendar (Para kanday Ambassador Maria
nga magkaën nga Lumen Isleta, Consul Shirlene
nagaalima. Mananquil,
kag Cultural Attaché Remee Alcazar)
Sa atën pinggan may
santënga nga bibi nga
ginlâgâ sa mga sangkap nga Bebek Bengil, Jakarta
Indones kag ginprito ka tigî. By: John Iremil Teodoro
Nadekorasyunan dya kang (English)
ginisa nga mga laswa halin
sa Bali. Daw kulang gid ang Here, we are told we
sangka tasa nga puti nga should eat with our
kan-ën. hands.
Samtang ginadilapan ko On our plates, half a
ang mantika kang bibi sa steamed duck with
akën mga tudlo, Indonesian spices, fried
nadëmdëman ko ang mga to a crisp. It’s
bibi ni Lola Kanit sa festooned with sauteed
Maybato kang gamay pa vegetables from Bali.
ako. Ako ang ginapapurot One cup of steamed
na kang mga itlog sa white rice is really not
andang kurungan kon aga. enough.
Kang magbakasyon While I lick duck fat off
ako sa Ubud narigos my fingers, a memory of
ako sa swimming other ducks comes to
pool sa ingëd kang me: Lola Kanit’s, from my
parayan pareho sa childhood in Maybato.
taramnan sa likod She’d send me to gather
kang tangkal kang the eggs from their cages
mga baboy ni Lola. in the morning.
When I vacationed
Siguro ang kasingkasing natën in Ubud, I bathed in
daw embahada kang atën a swimming pool
pungsod nga bisan sa diin on the edge of a
teritoryo man gihapon natën. rice field just like
Ang bibi natën, bebek rëgya sa the one in the
Indonesia kag siguro pareho countryside, behind
ang sabor kon maprito rën. Lola’s pig pens.
Ugaring wara tana ginaihaw ni
Lola Kanit ang mga bibi na.
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Perhaps our hearts are
ambassadors of our countries;
no matter where we are, we
want to claim territories. The
duck we call bibe is bebek in
Indonesia and perhaps they
taste the same when fried.
The only difference is that Lola
Kanit never killed her ducks.
Look at all the plants
around us. They’re just
like the plants in the
garden of Lola Kanit!
It is so satisfying to eat with one’s
hands.
The food is somehow more delicious
no matter where we are.
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