Through Education Our Motherland Receives
Light
This poem proved that he valued education so much
that may give the power of the country to survive from any
forces in the struggles of societal freedom . Through
education, it creates the virtue of power to human race.
This gives security and peace to the motherland as the
Filipinos would learn the sciences and arts as the basis to
calm down the life of the society.
The vital breath of prudent Education
Instills a virtue of enchanting power;
She lifts the motherland to highest station
And endless dazzling glories on her shower.
And as the zephyr's gentle exhalation
Revives the matrix of the fragrant flower,
So education multiplies her gifts of grace;
With prudent hand imparts them to the human race.
For her a mortal-man will gladly part
With all he has; will give his calm repose;
For her are born all science and all art,
That brows of men with laurel fair enclose.
As from the towering mountain's lofty heart
The purest current of the streamlet flows,
So education without stint or measure gives
Security and peace to lands in which she lives.
Where Education reigns on lofty seat
Youth blossoms forth with vigor and agility;
He error subjugates with solid feet,
And is exalted by conceptions of nobility.
She breaks the neck of vice and its deceit;
Black crime turns pale at Her hostility;
The barbarous nations She knows how to tame,
From savages creates heroic fame.
And as the spring doth sustenance bestow
On all the plants, on bushes in the mead,
Its placid plenty goes to overflow
And endlessly with lavish love to feed
The banks by which it wanders, gliding slow,
Supplying beauteous nature's every need;
So he who prudent Education doth procure
The towering heights of honor will secure.
Karunungan at Bayan
Ang Dunong ay isang mabisang biyaya,
Buhay ng pag-asa na kahanga-hanga;
Siyang nagtatampok sa sariling lupa nang kasilaw-silaw
Sa tuktok ng walang hangang pagdakila;
Sa halik-amihan
Ang mga bulaklak ay nananariwa;
Sa halik ng dunong nama’y nagdiriwa
Ang patay mang loob at isip mulala.
Sa hangad matuto ng Sangkatauhan
Buhay man at palad ay napupuhunan;
Sari-saring ganda at kababalaghang
Pambunyi sa tao’y
Sa dunong na lahat ay ibinibigay;
Katulad ng daloy
Ng salaming tubig kung sa bundok mukal,
Ang dunong ay siyang batis na dalisay
Ng pagkatahimik ng alin mang bayan.
Sa bayang ang dunong ay iniuunlak
Ang kabinataa’y malusog, mabulas;
Sa tulong ng mga marangal na balak
Yaong wastong matwid
Ang sa kamalia’y haring yumuyurak;
Ang masamang hilig
At ang kabuhungan sa kanya ay sindak;
Mga bansang ganid ay nangaaamak
At napagigiting kahit lahing hamak.
Tulad sa biyaya ng saganang batis
Na sa halamana’t pananim sa bukid
Mabining nanalong at nakadidilig
Saka walang sawa
Sa kinaaagos sa pampang at gilid,
Anupa’t sa lupa
Ay walang muntik mang ipinagkakait;
Ganyan din and dunong at ningning ng isip,
Kalat ng liwayway hangang himpapawid
From out his lips the water, crystal pure,
Of perfect virtue shall not cease to go.
With careful doctrines of his faith made sure,
The powers of evil he will overthrow,
Like foaming waves that never long endure,
But perish on the shore at every blow;
And from his good example other men shall learn
Their upward steps toward the heavenly paths to turn.
Within the breast of wretched humankind
She lights the living flame of goodness bright;
The hands of fiercest criminal doth bind;
And in those breasts will surely pour delight
Which seek her mystic benefits to find,
Those souls She sets aflame with love of right.
It is a noble fully-rounded Education
That gives to life its surest consolation.
And as the mighty rock aloft may tower
Above the center of the stormy deep
In scorn of storm, or fierce Sou'wester's power,
Or fury of the waves that raging seep,
Until, their first mad hatred spent, they cower,
And, tired at last, subside and fall asleep, --
So he that takes wise Education by the hand,
Invincible shall guide the reigns of motherland.
On sapphires shall his service be engraved,
A thousand honors to him by his land be granted:
For in their bosoms will his noble sons have saved
Luxuriant flowers his virtue had transplanted:
And by the love of goodness ever lived,
The lords and governors will see implanted
To endless days, the Christian Education,
Within their noble, faith-enrapture nation.
And as in early morning we behold
The ruby sun pour forth resplendent rays;
And lovely dawn her scarlet and her gold,
Her brilliant colors all about her sprays;
So skillful noble Teaching doth unfold
To living minds the joy of virtuous ways.
She offers our dear motherland the light
That leads us to immortal glory's height.
Nunukal sa labi’y tubig na busilak
Bulalakaw mandin na sa langit buhat,
Ang matatalinong aral at panulat
Na dulot ng dunong
Sa buhay ng sama’y siyang umuutas,
Kagaya ng along
Sa mga pampangi’y nawawala’t sukat,
At ang taong diya’y nakapagmamalas
May natutuhang matuwid na landas.
Sa dibdib ng ating imbing katauhan
Ang dunong ay alab ng kadakilaan;
Ang kamay ng pusong ay tinatalian
At tapat na aliw
Ang sa mga puso ay iniluluhan,
Lahat na ng lihim
Na asal-dakila ay iniaalay;
Kaya nga’t ang dunong naganap sa dangal
Ay masamyong dagta ng dakilang buhay.
Katulad ng isang burol na mataas
Na kahit iluwa ng along malakas,
At kung salakayin ng bagyong habagat
Pinapalibhasa
Pati ng daluyong at poot ng dagat
Hangang sa magsagwang
Ito ang umurong, sumuko’t maglubag;
Ganyan din ang dunong, sa wastong maghawak,
Timbulan ng bayang napapawakawak.
Sa kinang at ningning ng mga nangyari
Dapat na sa dunong ang baya’y magpuri,
Sa dibdib ng kanyang anak na marami
Dunong ang may hasik
Ng magandang asal, at siyang may-iwi
Ng manang pag-ibig,
Sa gawang magaling sukdang maruhagi;
Diyan makikita ng nangag-aapi
Ang binyagang bayan at liping bayani.
Tulad sa umaga na gintong liwayway
Ang isinasabog ng masayang araw,
Mula sa bundukin ng Kasilangana’y
Masanghayang ngiti
Ang sa Sansinukob ay kanyang patanaw;
Ganyan din ang laging
Biyaya ng dunong sa Sangkatauhan,
Biyayang maaanong maging puri’t buhay
Sa habang panahon nitong aking Bayan.