WRITINGS AND WORKS OF

RIZAL IN ATENEO
TATION
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MI PRIMERA INSPIRACION ( 1 POEM )
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• ACCORDING TO HIS SISTER SOLEDAD, THIS SPANISH

POEM WAS WRITTEN BY JOSE RIZAL WHEN HE WAS
ONLY NINE YEARS OLD. ITS TITLE IS TRANSLATED
INTO ENGLISH AS MY FIRST INSPIRATION.
“THE IMAGE OF BLESSED VIRGIN MARY” (SCULPTURE)
Title: Image of Virgin Mary
Material: Wood
Remarks: Made in Ateneo de Manila
A Manila Student Rizal's Ateneo Years, he
managed to impress Jesuit professors by
carving the image of the Blessed Virgin
Mary on a piece of Batikuling.
IMAGE OF SACRED HEART OF JESUS ( SCULPTURE )
• WHILE A STUDENT AT THE ATENEO MUNICIPAL IN INTRAMUROS,

JOSE RIZAL MADE A SMALL STATUE OF THE SACRED HEART, ABOUT

NINE INCHES IN LENGTH. HE CARVED THE STATUETTE IN
BATICULING WOOD WITH A PENKNIFE AT THE REQUEST OF HIS
PROFESSOR, FR. JOSE LEONARDO S.J. THE LATTER INTENDED TO
TAKE IT WITH HIM TO SPAIN, BUT THE DOMESTIC HELPER FORGOT
TO PLACE IT IN HIS TRUNK. IT WAS LEFT BEHIND AND WAS TAKEN
BY RIZAL’S FELLOW STUDENTS. IT WAS THEN PLACED ON A SHELF
ABOVE THE DOOR OF THEIR STUDY HALL WHERE IT REMAINED FOR
TWENTY YEARS.
POEMS (1875)
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FELICITATION

YES ESPANOL : ELCANO , EL ‘PRIMERO EN DAR LA VUELTA AL MUNDO ( AND HE US SPANISH:

ELCANO, THE FIRST TO CIRCUMNAVIGATE THE WORLD.

EL COMBATE : URBIZTONDO . TERROR DE JOLO ( THE BATTLE ; URBIZTONDO , TERROR JOLO)

EL EMBARQUE: HIMNO A LA FLOTA DE MAGALLANES (THE DEPARTURE : HYMN TO

MAGELLAN’S FEET.

“And from ourselves that in such loving

accents 
Salute you everywhere you celebrate, 
These clamorous vivas that from the heart
resound 
Be pleased to accept.” - Felicitation
POEMS (1876)
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UN RECUERDO A MI PUEBLO ( IN MEMORY OF MY TOWN). A

TENDER POEM IN HONOR OF CALAMBA, THE HERO’S NATAL
TOWN.

ALIANZA INTIMA ENTRE LA REGION Y LA BUENA EDUCACION

( INTIMATE ALLIANCE BETWEEN RELIGION AND GOOD
EDUCATION).

POR LA EDUCACION RECIBE LUSTRE LA PATRICIA ( THROUGH

EDUCATION THE COUNTRY RECEIVES LIGHT ).

EL CAUTIVERIO Y EL TRIUMFO : BATALLA ‘DE LUCENA V PRISION

DE BOABDIL. ( THE CAPTIVITY AND THE TRIUMPH : BSTTLE OF
LUCENA AND THE IMPRISONMENT OF BOABDIL ) THIS MARTIAL
POEM DESCRIBES THE DEFEAT AMD CAPTURE OF BOABDIL ,
LAST MOORISH SULTAN OF GRANADA.

“For your peace, joy and repose,

Genius of good who kindly dispose
Of his blessings with amour;
It's for thee my fervent pray'rs,
It's for thee my constant desire
Knowledge ever to acquire
And may God keep your candour!”
- In Memory of my Town
POEMS 1877
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EL HEROISMO DE COLON ( THE NEROISM OF COLUMBUS)

COLON Y JUAN II ( COLUMBUS AND JOHN II )
GRAN CONSUELO EN LA MAYOR DESDICHA ( GREAT SOLACE IN GREAT MISFORTUNE).
UN DIALOGO ALUSIVO A LA DESPEDIDA DE LOS COLEGIALIES ( A FAREWELL DIALOUGE OF THE
STUDENTS)

“It was night and to common repose 

Thinking not of the days' hardships, 
The ship's brave men gave themselves. 
Only one youth did keep watch.”
- Great Solace in Great Misfortune