El Amor Patrio

(Love of Country)
(Pag-ibig sa Tinubuang Lupa)
 Amor Patrio- nationalistic essay
• Rizal’s first article written on Spain’s soil
-under his pen-name Laong Laan, appeared in print in
Diariong Tagalog on August 20,1882.
• It was published in two texts- Spanish and Tagalog- the
Spanish was the one originally written by Rizal in
Barcelona, the Tagalog text was a Tagalog translation
made by Marcelo H. del Pilar.
• Basilio Teodoro Moran- a friend of Rizal in Manila and
the publisher of Diariong Tagalog where Rizal sent this
article.
 Interpretation

• He recorded in his diary that his motherland was

the seat of all his affection and that he loved it
that no matter how beautiful Europe would be,
he would still like to go back to her.
• Spotlights the reasons behind that deep
fondness for his land of birth.
• “In our country are the first memories of
childhood and the memories of the first days of
our life”.
 Interpretation
• “Pagkakakilala ng utang na loob” or to show gratitude.
• “Ang pag-ibig sa inang baya’y siyang pinakawagas,
pinakamagiting at pinakadakila.”
• Love of country was a great emotion that had been sung
for centuries by all men, free or slaves because it “is
never effaced once it has penetrated the heart.”
• “Pag-ibig kailanman ay siyang pinakamakapangyarihang
tagapagbunsod ng mga gawaing lalong magiting; sa
lahat ng pag-ibig, sa inang bayan ang siyang nakalikha
ng mga gawang lalong magiting.”
 Interpretation
• Rizal showed that Filipinos had their own
native land to mind and love and that land
was the Philippines, not Spain.
• Rizal’s love for the motherland meant absolute
independence for the country.
 Significance of the Work Today
• Enlightened Filipinos to show gratitude not
only to the native land, but also everything in
it.
• To embrace and cherish where you came from
because that makes you who you are.
• It asks the question, “What can you do for
your country?”
• Promotes Nationalism.
• Promotes peace; “Huwag niyong
pakasakitang-loob ang taga-ibang lupa.”