PINANGANGANIBAN

pinanganganiban: to fret or worry about


Yaong Selyang laging pinapanganiban,
baka makalimot sa pag-iibigan;
ang ikinalubog niring kapalaran
sa lubhang malalim na karalitaan.


That Celia whom I always fret
Would our love so soon forget;
Was what had doomed our hapless fate
To keen sorrow’s bottomless depth.


Yaong Celiang laguing pinan͠gan͠ganiban
baca macalimot sa pag-iibigan;
ang iquinalubog niyaring capalaran
sa lubhang malalim na caralitaan.

– Florante at Laura (Pag-aalay Kay Selya)

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