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Sunday, July 24, 2011

SERENATA

         Some old songs from the past still haunt my reverie,
         Enchanting lullabies my mother sang to me.
         Rocking my cradle, she sang in our native tongue;
         Etched in my mem'ry, oh how sweetly she had sung:-
       "No Lilith can steal or touch you, my little one;"
       "An angel and I will guard you, so slumber on..."
       "Today and tomorrow 'dungwen ka un-unay!'"*
       "Always I will care for you till the day I die...."



                                            *(Ilocano translation: 'feeling extremely fond of you')

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