Patay na tuod si Maria Clara
Erlinda Kintanar Alburo
Ah, kadto bang
nagluspad nga hinigugma
sa linuiban nga si
Crisostomo Ibarra?
Matud pa ni Mama
kadto siya sulondon
magsigeg kablit sa
arpa, manggiulawon
laming motimplag
hamonada, hinayon
moamin kada humag
nobena, matinahuron
ug unsa pa dihang
uban nga mga—un-on
nga karon malisod
na natong ispilingon.
Wala na tingali
nahibilin rong arpa
ug labihan kamaha;
maglutog hamonada
ug unsa to, kalaay
ba anang magsisgeg nobena?
Si kinsa lay
gusting santosong kay atong paantuson.
Ang kinahanglan sa
babaye karon
maalam molalik sa
awit nga iyang tukaron,
maabtik mangitag
idalit nga sud-anon,
molihok bisag wala
pay bendisyon.
Kon naa pa ron si
Mama unsa kahay iayng ikasulti?
Nga labaw pang
na-anghing kaniya si Maria Clara, mirisi.
Meet the Writer
Erlinda
Kintanar Alburo
is a prolific and important contemporary Cebuano scholar and promoter of the
language. She has a Ph.D. in Silliman University where she teaches English,
literature and research. She is the Director of the Cebuano Studies Center of
the University of San Carlos, Cebu City and she coordinates the annual Faigao
Memorial Writers Workshop of Cebu. She is an active member of Women in Literary
Arts (WILA) and used to be its chairperson. She writes poetry both in English
and Cebuano. (http://panitikan.com.ph/authors/a/ekalburo.htm)
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