Unfold, oh timid flower! And you, who with magic brush
On canvas plain capture Lift up your radiant brow, The varied charm of Phoebus, This day, Youth of my native strand! Loved by the divine Apelles, Your abounding talents show And the mantle of Nature; Resplendently and grand, Fair hope of my Motherland! Run ! For genius' sacred flame Awaits the artist's crowning Soar high, oh genius great, Spreading far and wide the fame And with noble thoughts fill their mind; Throughout the sphere proclaiming The honor's glorious seat, With trumpet the mortal's name May their virgin mind fly and find Oh, joyful, joyful day, More rapidly than the wind. The Almighty blessed be Who, with loving eagerness Descend with the pleasing light Sends you luck and happiness. Of the arts and sciences to the plain, Sa Aking mga Kabata Oh Youth, and break forthright Kapagka ang baya’y sadyang umiibig The links of the heavy chain Sa langit salitang kaloob ng langit That your poetic genius enchain. Sanlang kalayaan nasa ring masapi
See that in the ardent zone, Katulad ng ibong nasa himpapawid
The Spaniard, where shadows stand, Pagka’t ang salita’y isang kahatulan Doth offer a shining crown, Sa bayan, sa nayo't mga kaharian With wise and merciful hand To the son of this Indian land. At ang isang tao’y katulad, kabagay Ng alin mang likha noong kalayaan. You, who heavenward rise Ang hindi magmahal sa kanyang salita On wings of your rich fantasy, Mahigit sa hayop at malansang isda Seek in the Olympian skies The tenderest poesy, Kaya ang marapat pagyamanin kusa Na tulad sa inang tunay na nagpala More sweet than divine honey; Ang wikang Tagalog tulad din sa Latin,
You of heavenly harmony,
On a calm unperturbed night, Sa Ingles, Kastila, at salitang anghel, Philomel's match in melody, Sapagkat ang Poong maalam tumingin That in varied symphony Ang siyang naggagawad, nagbibigay sa atin. Dissipate man's sorrow's blight; Ang salita nati’y tulad din sa iba
You at th' impulse of your mind Na may alfabeto at sariling letra,
The hard rock animate Na kaya nawala’y dinatnan ng sigwa And your mind with great pow'r consigned Ang lunday sa lawa noong dakong una. Transformed into immortal state The pure mem'ry of genius great;