The Song of the

Traveler
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by: Dr. Jose Rizal

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 THE SONG OF THE TRAVELER
"EL CANTO DEL VIAJERO"
(RIZAL'S POEM)

MEMBERS:
1.Hernandez Joyce
2.Valeroso Ariza

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BACKGROUND OF THE
POEM

•El canto del Viajero

•expressed his sorrow
during his exile.
•"from shore to shore"
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FIRST STANZA
Like to a leaf that is fallen
and withered,
Tossed by the tempest from
pole unto pole ;
hus roams the pilgrim
abroad without purpose,
Roams without love,
without country or soul.
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 SECOND STANZA

Following anxiously
treacherous fortune,
Fortune which e 'en as he
grasps at it flees ;
Vain though the hopes
that his yearning is
seeking,
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Yet does the pilgrim
 THIRD STANZA
Ever impelled by the
invisible power,
Destined to roam from
the East to the West ;
Oft he remembers the
faces of loved ones,
Dreams of the day when
he, too, was at rest.
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 FOURTH STANZA
Chance may assign him a
tomb on the desert,
Grant him a final asylum
of peace ;
Soon by the world and
his country forgotten,
God rest his soul when
his wanderings cease !
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 FIFTH STANZA

Often the sorrowing

pilgrim is envied,
Circling the globe like a
sea-gull above ;
Little, ah, little they know
what a void
Saddens his soul by the
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absence of love.
 SIXTH STANZA
Home may the pilgrim
return in the future,
Back to his loved ones
his footsteps he bends ;
Naught wìll he find but
the snow and the ruins,
Ashes of love and the
tomb of his friends,
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 SEVENTH STANZA
Pilgrim, begone ! Nor
return more hereafter,
Stranger thou art in the
land of thy birth ;
Others may sing of their
love while rejoicing,
Thou once again must
roam o'er the earth.
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 EIGHTH STANZA
Pilgrim, begone ! Nor
return more hereafter,
Dry are the tears that a
while for thee ran ;
Pilgrim, begone ! And
forget thine affliction,
Loud laughs the world at
the sorrows of man.
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 RELEVANCE TO
SOCIETY

Overseas Filipino
Worker's (OFW)

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CONCLUSION AND ANALYSIS
The song of This poem
the traveler speaks of
is a beautiful Rizal’s
poem because homesick
it captures so ness
well the despite
loneliness of his
an immigrant. enjoyment
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