Didto Ha Recto

Recto, Recto
O Recto
Ha Quiapo kakanto
Ada an simbahan Nazareno
Eskwelahan nagtatarayatay aadto

An Recto
Dalan nga klaro
Divisoria, Post Office, Palasyo aagui-an ngadto
Iguin-ngaran hin sikat nga tawo

Dalan nga madulom hin duro
Bisan ha adlaw nga nag-uurudto
Labi kun gab-i makadto
Panguwat ug ilegal tanan aadto

Pirme hinay pag-agui ngadto
Pokpok, holdaper makubit ha imo
Diploma, ID, papel de gobyerno itinitinda didto
Kaupod panapton, lawas, ug DepEd nga libro

Ha raid pag-ikmat ug dalagan diretso
Kun diri, ha newspaper, TV, radyo ngaran mapuwesto
Sugad kasikat an Recto
Sigurado masikat hin madakpan ngadto

Ha Manila diri ka mawawara ngadto
Kun maaram ka han Recto
Sarakyan tanan na-agui didto
Sikat nga dalan hin duro

Photo courtesy of Chris Villarin.  Retrieved from http://tipsin7.blogspot.com/2014/05/cm-recto-avenue-manila-survival-guide.html.

Retreat

Go
In solitude
Stop wandering aimlessly
Cease that rebellion
Life isn't fair
     Never will it be
Be haunted no longer with the past
     It'll ground you forever
Look forward
     Refreshed
     Goal-focused
     New
Come back
Fight the world with resolve
Win challenges
In solitude, no longer

Sadness

Blissful friends
Wined through the night
Boozed with every beat of the gongs
Danced and kissed every people I knew

Oh, happiness.  Enjoyed as they adored
Savor the fancy like no morrow

Woke up.  Refreshed.
Weary still.  Tears fell.
Sadness

Painting courtesy by @jeromechoc0.

Tana na!

Panuroy

     Diri pamarayaw

Pamasyada

Pamahuway

     Dugang nga kusog ha huna-huna

Kurukalakat

     Waray kagul-anan

Marisyo

     Tawa nga dako la

Kalipayan

Tana na!

Siday han Kamingawon

Kamingaw
Kahidlaw
An minayuyo
An hinigugma-un

Kun ha imo harani la
Diri masusugad
Waray igkukulang
Hasta yana, ikaw la

Pagsirak

Inin pagsidlit han adlaw
Ha kaagahon
Nahatag hin kalipay ug
Himyang nga pamahong-pahung.
Angay maging susbaranan
Tanan nga butang
May maupay nga hingangadtu-an
Ug matadong.

Welcome to An Maniriday's Blogs

Blogs posted are written by Maniriday, a proud Waray, a product of a Samarnon and a Leyteña who is wandering in the urban forest of Metro Manila.  Posted here are poems, insights, and views in either English, Filipino, or Waray languages.  Photos were taken by Maniriday himself; otherwise, citations will be provided.

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Salamat hin madamo.