im not a big fan of tagalog lit but your translation rocks, truly!

ituloy mo pa.
julsitos | Homepage | 09.05.07 - 12:59 am | #

Tuloy mo lang, susubaybayan ko yan.
schumey | Homepage | 09.04.07 - 9:15 pm | #

bwahahaha. ang weird kasi kung ilagay ko "bukirin." parang masyadong malawak.
sparks | Homepage | 08.31.07 - 7:29 pm | #

hayupan sounds a bit like mura. konti na lang kahayupan na. but taht's just me. :p
r.o. | 08.31.07 - 7:14 pm | #

Yay!

Let the movement snowball! Every little bit helps. Inshallah, soon we'll have an entire digital library of works that will be available to teachers and students.
Jeg | Homepage | 08.31.07 - 10:32 am | #

I used to have boxes of Filipino Literature books. Hardbounds, paperbacks even school textbooks. Heck, I even have a collection of pages of short stories torn from Liwayway. But as a consequence of my divorce I moved a lot and didn't have a permanent place to store my things. I left my books at a friend's garage and forgot about them. When I got a little more settled I looked all over for my books and was unable to find them. Years later, somebody reminded where I had left them , but unfortunately my friend had already thrown them away, thinking that I didn't want them anymore. Two titles I remember are: "Maynila Sa Mga Kuko Ng Liwanag " and a collection of short stories titled " Mga Agos Sa Disyerto" I haven't read any tagalog book since then and I have mostly forgotten about my ill-fated collection. I didn't realize how much I had missed them.

Until I read your post. Now I feel sad about my lost and, though not bitter , somewhat disconsolate that people don't realize the true value of books.

You write very well and I suppose I should thank you.
A | 08.31.07 - 5:27 am | #