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Ang mga tula sa ibaba ay naglalarawan ng mga bagay at pook.
The poems below describe objects and places.
A Filipino poem written by Francisco Baltazar for his beloved Maria Asuncion Rivera (M.A.R.). It is part of Florante at Laura.
The title can be translated into English as “To Celia.” Continue reading “Kay Selya”
This excerpted poem is from Florante at Laura.
First appearing in the book Kung Sino ang Kumatha ng Florante by Hermenigildo Cruz in 1909, this Tagalog poem was long assumed to have been written by Filipino national hero Jose Rizal when he was eight years old, though that assumption is now widely doubted.
It is translated into English as ‘To My Fellow Youth.’
Continue reading “Sa Aking Mga Kabata”
This famous Tagalog love poem was written by Ildefonso Santos in 1897.
Father’s Day is celebrated on the third Sunday in June.
Here is a Tagalog poem dedicated by Emelita Perez Baes to her father.
The Tagalog poem Agaw-Dilim was written by Filipino poet José Corazón de Jesús, who was known as Huseng Batute. The term agawdilim literally means “snatching darkness” or “grasping darkness” — it refers to twilight.
