"Agtuloyto ti panagikur-itda/Continue they will write
Kadagiti pasamak idi kadagiti kalsada/About what happened in the streetsUray umelto latta dagiti libro/Even if the books remain silent
Iti rikna ken panunotda/On the thoughts and emotions
Idiay Sarrat, Batac, Laoag/In Sarrat, Batac, Laoag
Wenno idiay Pikit ken Victoria.../Or in Pikit and Victoria,,,
....
Ket isuda a nangig-iggem iti rienda/
Agbiagdanto manen uray iti apagkirem
Ta adda met napintas a balikas
A maagsaw kadagiti pinutarda."
"Indeed, this people's domain needs
cleansing cream, new manners, new minds
that, in pursuit of the son, shall burn the
night with liquid fire of gods and high
ambitions: no more ruins to tread this
mid-noon of our separate lives: the swan song
has been sung and the recorder is broken
forever.."
*from the blogger's "Umayka Manen, Ganggannaet/Come Again, Stranger," anthology of Ilokano and English poems, launched at the Pangil Beach Resort, Currimao, Ilocos Norte during the 11th Nakem International Conference on May 23-25, 2016.
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