I Do Not Love You by Pablo Neruda

I Do Not Love You by Pablo Neruda

I do not love you as if you were salt-rose, or topaz,
or the arrow of carnations the fire shoots off.
I love you as certain dark things are to be loved,
in secret, between the shadow and the soul.

I love you as the plant that never blooms
but carries in itself the light of hidden flowers;
thanks to your love a certain solid fragrance,
risen from the earth, lives darkly in my body.

I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where.
I love you straightforwardly, without complexities or pride;
so I love you because I know no other way

than this: where I does not exist, nor you,
so close that your hand on my chest is my hand,
so close that your eyes close as I fall asleep.

Golden Rules for Living

Golden Rules for Living

If you open it, close it
If you turn it on, turn it off

If you unlock it, lock it up
If you break it, admit it

If you can’t fix it, call in someone who can
If you borrow it, return it

If you value it, take care of it
If you make a mess, clean it up

If you move it, put it back
If it belongs to someone else and you want to use it, get permission

If you don’t know how to operate it, leave it alone
If it’s none of your business, don’t ask questions

If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it
If it will brighten someone’s day, say it

If it will tarnish someone’s reputation, keep it to yourself

-         Author Unknown-

The A to Z of Successful Life

The A to Z of Successful Life

A-    Arrive a little early for every date or appointment.

B-    Be enthusiastic in everything you do.

C-    Complete every assigned task.

D-    Do a little bit more than what is required.

E-    Express yourself after you know the facts.

F-    Feel comfortable in every situation by being yourself.

G-    Go all out to serve others.

H-   Help and pray for your enemies.

I-      Inculcate positive values.

J-     Join in and help when you are needed.

K-    Keep your head cool; it will save you more trouble.

L-     Listen with your heart, not your ears.

M-   Make the best of what you have.

N-    Never say it is hard, instead try your best.

O-   Open your heart to those less fortunate than you.

P-    Please yourself by pleasing others.

Q-   Quickly respond to any emergency needs.

R-    Remember the spirit of Christmas should be everyday.

S-    Study as to excel in your profession.

T-     Take advantage of opportunity.

U-    Use spare time intelligently.

V-    Value your health.

W-  Work at your work.

X-    X-out any qualities that could lead to failure.

Y-    You are the most important asset. Treat it well, physically and emotionally.

Z-    Zestfully meet any challenge.

How Do I Love Thee?

How Do I Love Thee? 

by Elizabeth Barrett Browning

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.

I love thee to the depth and breadth and height

My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight

For the ends of being and ideal grace.

I love thee to the level of every day's

Most quiet need, by sun and candle-light.

I love thee freely, as men strive for right.

I love thee purely, as they turn from praise.

I love thee with the passion put to use

In my old griefs, and with my childhood's faith.

I love thee with a love I seemed to lose

With my lost saints. I love thee with the breath,

Smiles, tears, of all my life; and, if God choose,

I shall but love thee better after death.

What is LOVE?

Love is patient,
love is kind. 

It does not envy,
it does not boast,
it is not proud. 

It does not dishonor others, 

it is not self-seeking,
it is not easily angered,
it keeps no record of wrongs.
Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.
It always protects,
always trusts,
always hopes,
always perseveres.

1 Corinthians 13:4-8
New International Version (NIV)

 

Ang pag-ibig ay matiyaga
at magandang-loob,

 hindi maiinggitin,
hindi mayabang
ni mapagmataas man,

"hindi magaspang ang pag-uugali,
hindi makasarili,

 hindi magagalitin, o mapagtanim sa kapwa.

"Hindi niya ikinatutuwa ang gawaing masama,
ngunit ikinagagalak ang katotohanan. " 

"Ang pag-ibig ay mapagpatawad, mapagtiwala, puno ng pag-asa,
at mapagtiis hanggang wakas.

1 Corinto 13:4-8

Magandang Balita, Biblia

Words by Angela Manalang Gloria

Words by Angela Manalang Gloria

I never meant the words I said,

So trouble not your honest head

And never mean the words I write,

But come and kiss me now goodnight.

The words I said break with the thunder

Of billows surging into spray:

Unfathomed depths withhold the wonder

Of all the words I never say.

Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown

Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown

In the great green room

There was a telephone

And a red balloon

And a picture of-

The cow jumping over the moon

And there were three little bears sitting on chairs

And two little kittens

And a pair of mittens

And a little toy house

And a young mouse

And a comb and a brush and a bowl full of mush

And a quiet old lady who was whispering “hush”

Goodnight room

Goodnight moon

Goodnight cow jumping over the moon

Goodnight light

And the red balloon

Goodnight bears

Goodnight chairs

Goodnight kittens

And goodnight mittens

Goodnight clocks

And goodnight socks

Goodnight little house

And goodnight mouse

Goodnight comb

And goodnight brush

Goodnight nobody

Goodnight mush

And goodnight to the old lady whispering “hush”

Goodnight stars

Goodnight air

Good night noises everywhere  

Desiderata by Max Ehrmann (English and Tagalog version)

Desiderata by Max Ehrmann

Go placidly amid the noise and haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence.

As far as possible without surrender be on good terms with all persons.

Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even the dull and ignorant; they too have their story.

Avoid loud and aggressive persons, they are vexations to the spirit.

If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain and bitter;

for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.

Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans.

Keep interested in your career, however humble; it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.

Exercise caution in your business affairs; for the world is full of trickery.

But let this not blind you to what virtue there is; many persons strive for high ideals;

and everywhere life is full of heroism.

Be yourself.

Especially, do not feign affection.

Neither be critical about love; for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment it is as perennial as the grass.

Take kindly the counsel of the years, gracefully surrendering the things of youth.

Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune. But do not distress yourself with imaginings.

Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness. Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself.

You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars;

you have a right to be here.

And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.

Therefore be at peace with God, whatever you conceive Him to be,

and whatever your labors and aspirations, in the noisy confusion of life keep peace with your soul.

With all its sham, drudgery and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy.

Desiderata

salin sa tagalog ni Benilda Santos

Humayo nang payapa sa gitna ng ingay at pagkukumahog

at tandaang may katiwasayang masusumpungan sa katahimikan.

Hanggang kakayanin at nang hindi sumusuko,

pakitunguhan nang mabuti ang lahat.

Sambitin ang sariling katotohanan nang mahinahon at walang gatol

at pakinggan ang iba, kahit ang pulpol at mangmang.

Sila man ay may masasabi.

Iwasan ang hambog at mapusok; nakaliligalig sila ng loob.

Kung ihahambing ang sarili sa iba, baka maging palalo o puno ng hinampo

dahil laging may makahihigit o mababa sa iyo.

Masiyahin sa iyong tagumpay, maging sa iyong mga balak.

Pangalagaan ang iyong hanapbuhay gaano man kahamak;

iyay maaasahang pag-aari sa pabago-bagong kapalarang dala ng panahon.

Mag-ingat sa pakikipagnegosyo pagkat puno ng bulaan ang mundo.

Ngunit huwag naming magbulag-bulagan sa kabutihan.

Marami ang nagsisikap maabot ang kadakilaan,

at saan mang dakoy may kabayanihan.

Magpakatotoo sa sarili. Higit sa lahat, huwag magpanggap sa pagmamahal.

Subalit huwag ding kutyain ang pag-ibig

pagkat sa harap ng lahat ng kawalan ng sigla at pag-asa

lagi itong tumutubong muli tulad ng damo.

Tanggapin nang mahinahon ang payo ng taon,

at isuko nang magiliw ang mga biyaya ng kabataan.

Patatagin ang espiritu bilang pansanggalang sa di-inaasahang kasawian.

Ngunit huwag magpakaligalig sa mga nakababahalang alalalahanin.

Maraming pangamba ang dulot ng pagod at pangungulila.

Bukod sa pagkakaroon ng sapat na disiplina, maging malumanay sa sarili.

Supling ka ng uniberso, gaya ng mga punot tala

karapatan mong dumito.

At malinaw man ito o hindi sa iyo

walang alinlangan, sadyang namumukadkad ang uniberso.

Kaya maging payapa sa Panginoon

paano man ang pagkilala mo sa Kanya

at anuman ang iyong pagsisikap at pangarap;

sa maingay na kaguluhan ng buhay

panatilihing panatag ang iyong loob.

Sa kabila ng pagkukunwari, kawalang-kawawaan, at bigong pangarap,

Maganda pa rin itong mundo.

Maging masayahin. Sikaping lumigaya.

Little Bo-Peep Nursery Rhyme

Little Bo-Peep has lost her sheep

and doesn't know where to find them.

Leave them alone and they'll come home,

wagging their tail behind them.

Little Bo-Peep fell fast asleep and dreamt she heard them bleating,

When she awoke, 'twas all a joke. Ah! Cruel vision so fleeting!

Then up she took her little crook, determined for to find them.

What was her joy to behold them nigh, wagging their tails behind them.

L.O.V.E Song by Hi-5

L.O.V.E by Hi-5

Let's try dancing,

Twirl me 'round,

Our feet are tapping on the ground.

Swing me this way,

That way too,

I love dancing next to you.

Show me an L.

Show me an O.

Show me a V,

And finish with an E.

L.O.V.E. I love you and you love me.

L.O.V.E. that's the way it's meant to be.

L.O.V.E. I love you and you love me.

L.O.V.E. I love you and you love me.

L.O.V.E.

L.O.V.E.

You lose your heart,

I'll lose mine,

Show me your love and I'll feel fine.

We'll stay close and never part,

I'll always love you, cross my heart.

Show me an L.

Show me an O.

Show me a V,

And finish with an E.

L.O.V.E. I love you and you love me.

L.O.V.E. that's the way it's meant to be.

L.O.V.E. I love you and you love me.

L.O.V.E. I love you and you love me.

L.O.V.E. I love you and you love me.

L.O.V.E. that's the way it's meant to be.

L.O.V.E. I love you and you love me.

L.O.V.E. I love you and you love me.

L.O.V.E. LOVE

Tonight I can write the saddest lines

Tonight I can write the saddest lines
by Pablo Neruda

Tonight I can write the saddest lines. 

Write, for example,'The night is shattered 
and the blue stars shiver in the distance.' 

The night wind revolves in the sky and sings. 

Tonight I can write the saddest lines. 
I loved her, and sometimes she loved me too. 

Through nights like this one I held her in my arms 
I kissed her again and again under the endless sky. 

She loved me sometimes, and I loved her too. 
How could one not have loved her great still eyes. 

Tonight I can write the saddest lines. 
To think that I do not have her. To feel that I have lost her. 

To hear the immense night, still more immense without her. 
And the verse falls to the soul like dew to the pasture. 

What does it matter that my love could not keep her. 
The night is shattered and she is not with me. 

This is all. In the distance someone is singing. In the distance. 
My soul is not satisfied that it has lost her. 

My sight searches for her as though to go to her. 
My heart looks for her, and she is not with me. 

The same night whitening the same trees. 
We, of that time, are no longer the same. 

I no longer love her, that's certain, but how I loved her. 
My voice tried to find the wind to touch her hearing. 

Another's. She will be another's. Like my kisses before. 
Her voide. Her bright body. Her inifinite eyes. 

I no longer love her, that's certain, but maybe I love her. 
Love is so short, forgetting is so long. 

Because through nights like this one I held her in my arms 
my sould is not satisfied that it has lost her. 

Though this be the last pain that she makes me suffer 
and these the last verses that I write for her.

Pablo Neruda :

A Eulogy of Roaches

A Eulogy of Roaches by Bienvenido Lumbera

Blessed are the cockroaches.

In this country they are

the citizens who last.

They need no police

to promulgate their peace

because they tolerate

each other's smell or greed.

Friends to dark and filth,

they do not choose their meat.

Although they neither sow

nor reap, a daily feast

is laid for them in rooms

and kitchens of their pick.

The roaches do not spin,

and neither do they weave.

But note the russet coat

the sluggards wear: clothed

at birth, roaches require

no roachy charity.

They settle where they wish

and have no rent to pay.

Eviction is a word

quite meaningless to them

who do not have to own

their dingy crack of wall.

Not knowing dearth or taxes,

they increase and multiply.

Survival is assured

even the jobless roach;

his opportunities

pile up where garbage grows.

Dying is brief and cheap

and thus cannot affright.

A whiff of toxic mist,

an agile heel, a stick

-- the swift descent of pain

is also final death.

Their annals may be short,

but when the simple poor

have starved to simple death,

roaches still circulate

in cupboards of the rich,

the strong, the wise, the dead.

Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening

Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening
by Robert Frost

Whose woods these are I think I know.

His house is in the village though;

He will not see me stopping here

To watch his woods fill up with snow.

My little horse must think it queer

To stop without a farmhouse near

Between the woods and frozen lake

The darkest evening of the year.

He gives his harness bells a shake

To ask if there is some mistake.

The only other sound's the sweep

Of easy wind and downy flake.

The woods are lovely, dark and deep.

But I have promises to keep,

And miles to go before I sleep,

And miles to go before I sleep.