Samal
By : Ben D.Nillo
Sin camisa, sin calson
Si Toto – grita le
“Sencilio Sencilio!”
Dol pobre ta bega con abieto mano
Mentras parao na viejo banca
Pirmi ancina puede mira
Na pantalan del Zamboanga.
Si cerca ustedes na ventana
- El aplaya claro
Pero hende el futuro de Toto.
Durante ta grita si Toto
Y llama el atencion
Cuando ya tira sincilio el hente
Alerto si Toto y
Sambuli na hondo salao aqua
- El aplaya hondo
Pero duda con el bajo alegia
Samal
By: Ben D.Nillo
Without shirt, without shorts
Toto shouts:
“Sencilio, Sencilio!”
Like a beggar with open palm ---
While standing in an old banca.
It’s a familiar scene
at Zamboanga’s wharf;
While viewing the window of the boat:
The water is clear ---
But not Toto’s future.
When Toto shouted,
He got the passenger’s attention.
Someone threw a coin
Toto jumped ---
He dived into the salted water
For that small change:
Though the sea is deep
but happiness of the people --- shallow
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