Patay na tuod si Maria Clara

By DJ Workz - November 16, 2017









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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