Nan Biag Mid Ili- Inan Omag 1st Place

 

  • NAN BIYAG MID ILI
    -inan omag
    DEAR GAYYEM: UNTIL THEN, REMEMBER WHEN
    You had always called for me to come home
    To where our hearts once belong
    To ili that we had since loved and adored
    The ili that had seen us in our WORST and honed us to be the BEST.
    Lumaki tayo sa ating ILI-sariling bayan
    May kanya kanyang natatanging karanasan
    Hinubog mula pagkabata hanggang pagtanda
    Susunod na henerasyon matututo at matutuwa sila.
    Nan Biyag mid ILI payak at simple
    Tunay na saya, hind sa damit, gamit at sasakyang magara
    Hangin na sariwa, prutas at gulay ay sagana
    Mga tao alam ang “INAYAN” at “LAWA”
    Lugar ay payapa, tao nagkakaintindihan sila.
    Nan Biyag Mid ILI pictures who really are we
    Rooted with deep culture, traditions, values making us extra ordinary
    It may di0er from before to contemporary due to developments and
    technology
    But we will always be the same- full of respect, love, hospitality and will
    proudly stand with DIGNITY.
    Nan Biyag mid ILI may seem boring unless you STAY
    Away from the busy streets and glaring lights of the city
    Children spend their vacation days not on beaches but on streams
    Parents not on Sando/shorts nor glasses on but with working clothes, gloves,
    boots from dusk till dawn.
    Nan Biyag mid ILI, no Mc Donald’s or Jollibee
    No Center mall, SM or Session Road sa tabi
    No BCS, parks or country music
    No wines, no sizzling sisig, no pancit or chicken joy
    But it is enough to savor the diket, bungsos, etag, sabeng or tapey.
    Nan biyag mid ili maraming bawal at hindi pwede
    Magsuot sa labas ng shorts, sando o bikini
    Wala mang SANTA CRUZAN para gown at makeup pabonggahan
    Ngunit kapag Begnas o Kasalan, bidang bida si tapis na pinagpagan.
    Kahit na maraming bawal pero hindi nawawala ang bayanihan
    Very evident tuwing may patay, magpatayo ng bahay o kasalan
    Sa sakuna, silay nagdadamayan sa kanilang pangangailangan
    Walang kanya kanya, hindi ka babangon mag-isa.
    Ating balikan gayyem ang saya ng nakaraan
    Noong ating kamusmusan at kabataan
    Tumanda tayo at kailangan nating iwan
    Hindi bat tuwing may pagkakataon, pagbalik ang hangad at sana ay agad
    agad?
  • Pamilyang pinanggalingan natin, isang kahig isang tuka
    Mga magulang natin nakatapos lang ng elementarya
    Hindi man edukada ay hindi nagkulang sa paalala
    Kabutihang asal huwag kalimutan, pinakamataas na antas iyo mang
    makakamtan.
    Kabilinbilinan ni Ama at Ina kinagisnang TRADISYON at KULTURA
    Sa araw araw na ika’y magising gamitin mo sana
    Aral ng nakaraan isa-puso at pakatandaan
    Magsisilbing gabay sa maganda mong kinabukasan.
    Laro nating gag-allo, tagutagu-an o syatong kaya
    Gumawa ng maraming banga gamit ating ihi, dura at lupa
    Sa dahon ng saging unang natutong sumulat ng maganda
    At sa lata ng sardinas unang natutong magluto ng bigas.
    Oh, walang kasing saya. Walang katulad!
    Kung gustong tumalon, sa damuhan ang punta upang baging ay kumuha
    Kung may tsinelas, maglaro ng benbenjing o kaya ay tumba lata
    Ngunit natatandaan mo pa ba ang tsinelas mong bago na hindi mo ginamit
    bagkus iyong binitbit
    Pagkat ayaw mong maluma dahil sa eskwela pwede kang walang sapin sa
    paa
    Basta uniporme ay malinis at bagong laba?
    Sa paaralan naman ay dala dala maliit mong kapatid
    Pag may gawain, si maestra ang mag-aalaga at kagyat na iidlip
    Si ama at ina ay nandoon sa bukid
    Umaasang mag-aaral tayo ng mabuti para kinabukasan ay maganda ang
    hatid.
    Kay higpit ng magulang at guro natin noon
    Kung ikay nagkamali magtitiis ka sa parusa maghapon
    Bata ay disiplinado, agad susunod sa utos
    Ngunit wag ka!, walang child labor noon o kaya ay child abuse.
    Betamax ay di man lang naranasan, mamasyal sa siyudad hindi kailanman
    Basta’t ang inaasam pista ay mangyari na
    Wala mang pera, bakit kaya ang lahat magigising, maliligo ng maaga
    Kasi naman andaming tao, parada, bagong mukha makikita
    Wala man tayong pera, bakit kaya ang sya ay kakaiba?
    Nang tayo ay magdalaga at binata ay natuto tayong mangarap
    Balang araw, hindi tayo makakaranas ng hirap
    Because even after nating napuyat sa kwentuhan natin kagabi
    Ang sabi ni ama, wake up early, sa bukid ay magtanim ng palay o kamote.
    Isa sa pinakamasayang sandali natin noon pag isinigaw ang ubaya
    Pagod na katawan kagyat na mamamahinga
    Bukas makalawa, BEGNAS naman ang magaganap
    Sa dap-ay, tayo ay magkikita kita
    Oh napakagandang musika- sumayaw sa saliw ng gangsa.
    Binata’t dalaga tuwing may kasalan, ikinakatuwa
    Sa sayawang magaganap, isasayaw ako ni crush
  • Mga kaganapang sa atin ay sapat
    Lahat masaya, nagkakaunawaan lahat.
    At ngayon, halika na, ikaw ay umuwi
    And then we will reconnect again and reminisce those days beautifully
    The serenity, the wonderful people, co0ee and many more to mention
    The best option to =nd peace, meditation and fascinating attractions.
    Gayyem, kay tagal ng panahong hindi ka umuwi
    Maraming nagbago at magagandang pangyayari
    paniniwala at turong aral ng matatanda ay hindi pa rin nawala
    alam ko na saan ka man napadppad, sa puso mo, ang ili ay walang katulad.
    Tay diba the Best nan Biyag ad ILI.
    Lovingly,
    Nailiw ay gayyem.
    (Ann L. Agwiking)

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