Professional Documents
Culture Documents
under the
Japanese Period
WEEK 10
LESSON 10
At the end of this lesson, you should
have been able to:
Anyaya Invitation
by Gonzalo K. Flores
Lonely grass
Ulilang damo
By the quiet river
Sa tahimik na ilog
Come, love.
Halika, sinta.
TANAGA Palay
- like the HAIKU, it is short but it had He's a behaved palay
measure and rhyme. Each line had 17 Who bowed when the wind blew
syllables and is also allegorical in But stood up again
meaning. And bore gold.
Kabibi
Tanaga ni Ildefonso Santos Kabibi ano ka ba?
Liwayway, Okt. 10, 1943
May perlas maganda ka
Palay Kung idiit sa tainga
Nagbubuntunghininga.
Palay, siyang matino
Nang humangi'y yumuko
Shell
Shell, hay!
Ngunit muling tumayo,
You're a beautiful pearl
Nagkabunga ng ginto
If you press to the ears
You sigh.
KARANIWANG ANYO
(USUAL FORM) Progress
Examples of the Haiku and the Usual HYou chill comrade dragonfly
Forms then please you
out a tiger in your tongue
HAIKUS
By Rodolfo S. Rosales
Justice
Beauty
Flip a coin: crown or king.
A win unseen, a sound unheard:
Coin, neither crown nor king,
a broken guitar...
"Not guilty!"
bones and skulls
TAGALOG DRAMA
DURING THE JAPANESE
PERIOD
TAGALOG DRAMA DURING THE JAPANESE PERIOD
EARLY HARVEST
By Bienvenido Santos
Summing Things Up
The Empire of Japan Conquered the Philippines.