Date submitted: October 28, 2020

Cr&Sec: BSCE 2A

Pag-ibig sa Tinubuang Lupa

By Andres Bonifacio

THE CONTEXT

Author’s Background
Andres Bonifacio is known for Filipino revolutionary hero, founded the Katipunan, a secret
society which spearheaded the uprising against the Spanish and laid the groundwork for the
first Philippine Republic.
He was later enrolled in Guillermo Osmeña's private school, and learned English while
employed as a clerk-messenger by a British firm. He did not purse his normal education but
Bonifacio enriched his natural intelligence with self-education. He to join the Liga Filipina, which
Rizal organized in 1892 for the purpose of uniting and intensifying the nationalist movement for
reforms.
Bonifacio is accused to trial and death by Emilio Aguinaldo due to burned down a village
and ordered the burning of the church of Indang after townspeople refused to give him
provisions. Aguinaldo called Bonifacio to talk with him they already executed Bonifacio on May
10, 1897.

Situation/ Condition of the Time

Under the leadership of the Spaniards, the Philippines had a single government that
governed the country. The unacceptable system of taxation, arbitrary and unfair labor force,
monopoly trade unionism, and strict trade and agricultural policies, has led to an unbalanced
economy. It has abused Filipino workers without benefiting from their hard work. An important
contribution of the Spaniards to our culture is that they promote Christianity as the main religion
in the country. Although it was a positive influence, it was part of its propaganda that the church
leaders, the friars, were treated unfairly by the Filipinos.

The Katipunan at first grew slowly, but by 1896 it had an estimated 100,000 members and
branches not only in Manila but also in central Luzon and on the islands of Panay, Mindoro, and
Mindanao. Its members were mostly workers and peasants; the urban middle class supported
reform rather than revolution.

In August 1896 Bonifacio led the long-planned insurrection on Luzon; but his forces were
defeated by Spanish troops, and he was forced to retreat to Montalban in the north, while Emilio
Aguinaldo, one of his lieutenants, carried on resistance. As the Spanish systematically routed
the insurrectos, it became increasingly clear that Bonifacio was an ineffective military leader. In
March 1897 a convention at Tejeros named Aguinaldo, rather than Bonifacio, president of a
new Philippine republic. Refusing to recognize the convention, Bonifacio tried to establish his
own rebel government.

THE CONTENT

Aling pag-ibig pa ang hihigit kaya Banal na pag-ibig pag ikaw ang nukal
sa pagkadalisay at pagkadakila sa tapat na puso ng sino’t alinman,
gaya ng pag-ibig sa tinubuang lupa? imbit taong gubat, maralita’t mangmang
Alin pag-ibig pa? Wala na nga, wala. nagiging dakila at iginagalang.

Ulit-ulitin mang basahin ng isip Pagpupuring lubos ang nagiging hangad

at isa-isahing talastasing pilit sa bayan ng taong may dangal na ingat,
ang salita’t buhay na limbag at titik umawit, tumula, kumatha’t sumulat,
ng isang katauhan ito’y namamasid. kalakhan din nila’y isinisiwalat.
Walang mahalagang hindi inihandog
ng pusong mahal sa Bayang nagkupkop,
dugo, yaman, dunong, katiisa’t pagod,
buhay ma’y abuting magkalagot-lagot.
Bakit? Ano itong sakdal nang laki
na hinahandugan ng buong pag kasi
na sa lalong mahal kapangyayari
at ginugugulan ng buhay na iwi.
Ay! Ito’y ang Inang Bayang tinubuan,
siya’y ina’t tangi na kinamulatan
ng kawili-wiling liwanag ng araw
na nagbibigay init sa lunong katawan.
Sa kanya’y utang ang unang pagtanggap
ng simoy ng hanging nagbigay lunas,
sa inis na puso na sisinghap-singhap,
sa balong malalim ng siphayo’t hirap.
Kalakip din nito’y pag-ibig sa Bayan
ang lahat ng lalong sa gunita’y mahal
mula sa masaya’t gasong kasanggulan.
hanggang sa katawan ay mapasa-libingan.
Ang nangakaraang panahon ng aliw,
ang inaasahang araw na darating
ng pagka-timawa ng mga alipin,
liban pa ba sa bayan tatanghalin?
At ang balang kahoy at ang balang sanga
na parang niya’t gubat na kaaya-aya
sukat ang makita’t sa ala-ala
ang ina’t ang giliw lampas sa saya.
Tubig niyang malinaw sa anaki’y bulog
bukal sa batisang nagkalat sa bundok
malambot na huni ng matuling agos
na nakaka aliw sa pusong may lungkot.
Sa aba ng abang mawalay sa Bayan!
gunita ma’y laging sakbibi ng lumbay
walang ala-ala’t inaasam-asam
kundi ang makita’ng lupang tinubuan.
Pati na’ng magdusa’t sampung kamatayan
wari ay masarap kung dahil sa Bayan
at lalong maghirap. O! himalang bagay,
lalong pag-irog pa ang sa kanya’y alay.
Kung ang bayang ito’y nasa panganib
at siya ay dapat na ipagtangkilik
ang anak, asawa, magulang, kapatid
isang tawag niya’y tatalikdang pilit.
Datapwa kung bayan ano ang bayan ng
ka-Tagalogan
ay nilalapastangan at niyuyurakan
katwiran, puri niya’t kamahalan
ng sama ng lilong ibang bayan.
Di gaano kaya ang paghinagpis
ng pusong Tagalog sa puring nalait
at aling kaluoban na lalong tahimik
ang di pupukawin sa paghihimagsik?
Saan magbubuhat ang paghihinay
sa paghihiganti’t gumugol ng buhay
kung wala ring ibang kasasadlakan
kundi ang lugami sa kaalipinan?
Kung ang pagka-baon niya’t pagka-
busabos
sa lusak ng daya’t tunay na pag-ayop
supil ng pang-hampas tanikalang gapos
at luha na lamang ang pinaa-agos
Sa kanyang anyo’y sino ang tutunghay
na di-aakayin sa gawang magdamdam
pusong naglilipak sa pagka-sukaban
na hindi gumugol ng dugo at buhay.
Mangyari kayang ito’y masulyap
ng mga Tagalog at hindi lumingap
sa naghihingalong Inang nasa yapak
ng kasuklam-suklam na Castilang hamak.
Nasaan ang dangal ng mga Tagalog,
nasaan ang dugong dapat na ibuhos?
bayan ay inaapi, bakit di kumikilos?
at natitilihang ito’y mapanuod.
Hayo na nga kayo, kayong nanga buhay
sa pag-asang lubos na kaginhawahan
at walang tinamo kundi kapaitan,
kaya nga’t ibigin ang naaabang bayan.
Kayong antayan na sa kapapasakit
ng dakilang hangad sa batis ng dibdib
muling pabalungit tunay na pag-ibig
kusang ibulalas sa bayang piniit.
Kayong nalagasan ng bunga’t bulaklak
kahoy niyari ng buhay na nilanta't sukat
ng bala-balakit makapal na hirap
muling manariwa’t sa baya’y lumiyag.
Kayong mga pusong kusang inuusal
ng daya at bagsik ng ganid na asal,
ngayon magbangon’t baya’y itanghal
agawin sa kuko ng mga sukaban.
Kayong mga dukhang walang tanging
sikap
kundi ang mabuhay sa dalita’t hirap,
ampunin ang bayan kung nasa ay lunas
sapagkat ang ginhawa niya ay sa lahat.
Ipahandog-handog ang buong pag-ibig
hanggang sa mga dugo’y ubusang itangis
kung sa pagtatanggol, buhay ay mapatid
ito’y kapalaran at tunay na langit.
 Analysis

This poem tells about a new possibility of creating a more wide-reaching sense of love of
country not only for patriotism and nationalism. The intensity of the poem was already evident in
the fist stanza as the author proclaimed that there is no love greater than the love for the land of
our birth. In this way of poem, Bonifacio is actually trying to encourage the Filipinos in finding
that same flaming fire in their hearts that he was feeling. The succeeding stanzas relate to the
first as they narrate the many forms and the vastness that this kind of love encompasses. For
an instance, the author describe love that can be transform people in the third stanza. The 11th
and 12th stanzas are very specific in referring to how nature every branch, every tree, forests
and meadows, and the clear waters from mountain springs should remind us of Inang Bayan.
This poem also tells about the love that transcends death in the fourteenth stanza. He also
personified his description of the country to give it the ideal motherly characteristics that may
help entice the Filipinos to join the uprising for justice and freedom for their nation. The Inang
Bayan implies as ideal, compassionate and worth dying for.
This poem did not refer to the whole Filipinos. He was always emphasizing the Tagalog
region. This kind of regionalism can be attributed to his consciousness and loyalty to his home
region which has been reflected on his writings. Nevertheless, his message clearly concerns all
Filipino.
The final lines of his poem reminding the Filipino on the lyrics of our National Anthem,
especially in the last line. This proves that Bonifacio lives his life for his country and not for
anything else. His immeasurable desire to defend his country from its colonizers led him to
believing that he could make a change. And because of his faith, he made a huge difference.
He fought against the Spaniards till his very last breath.
Overall, this poem reminds awareness of heroes and heroism in our midst, drawn from
Bonifacio’s poem, may make us better appreciate flag ceremonies and the other rituals around
love of country.