Meandering Shawarma

We are all nomads, bedouins and gypsies --- always on our feet in quest for glory, fortune, love, happiness and fulfillment. I am Filipino yet the best part of my life has been spent in the vast deserts of the Middle East. My culture clashed with a lot of things. Sometimes, I see a different person in the mirror. I am a shawarma. I am a meandering shawarma. My quest is to be home soon. How soon? Only this blog will eventually tell.

Friday, December 08, 2006

Kasama

The spate of insolent leadership displayed by our elected officials are rekindling the activist in me, as if I have ceased to be an activism.

Nonetheless, my sentimentality and my penchant for romance has motivated me to look for a Gary Granada song that has become our favorite love song as activists while at the University of the East.

The poetry is basic and simple yet the message pierces through the heart. it is a tribute to a companion, a spouse and a life partner who is more than the sum of a woman's roles.

Kasama
Gary Granada

Siya'y aking kapiling
Sa Kabiguan at tagumpay
Sa kanyang piling
Ako ay nahimlay
Nakakaunawa
Sa 'king pagkukulang
Nakakahawa ang kanyang kagandagan.

Ngunit di lang siya kaibigan
Di lang siya kapatid
Di lang kasintahan
O kaisang-dibdib.

Di lang siya asawa
O inang uliran
Siya'y aking kasama
Sa mapagpalayang kilusan.

Pinakaiibig
Pinakamamahal
Sa aming pag-ibig
Ang lahat isusugal
Aming pangako
Hanggang kamatayan
Saan man dumako ang kasaysayan
Dahil...

Di lang siya kaibigan
Di lang siya kapatid
Di lang kasintahan
O kaisang-dibdib.

Di lang siya asawa
O inang uliran
Siya'y aking kasama
Sa mapagpalayang kilusan...
Siya'y aking kasama
Sa pagpapalaya ng bayan.

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