Ang Mabuhay in this World
By Apolinario Villalobos
Ang mundo is not really full of roses
Not every moment is with happiness
Makulimlim din minsan ang paligid
Nagbabadya ng lungkot nitong bahid.
Maganda na sana noong unang time
When paradise was there yet…sublime
But, mahina si Adan, bumigay kay Eve –
Pinalayas tuloy, napatira sa mga yungib!
“Maghirap upang mabuhay” was the sumpa
Nakatatak sa dugo, one painful na pamana
Kasalanang tinubos naman by Christ Jesus
When on Mt. Calvary, he died on the cross!
As we live in this slowly dying world, tiis lang
Not only humans suffer, marami ding nilalang
Nandiyan also ang mga trees, fishes, at hayop
Lahat tayong mga nilalang, hirap, nagdarahop.
Walang magandang gawin but to say, “salamat”-
Salitang ulit-ulitin mang ilang beses ay ‘di sapat
Hintayin lang our last moment sa planetang ito
And, where we’ll go, depends sa ating pagkatao!
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