Berso sa Metro

It's been couple of months since my last post...

Everyone seemed to have a glance of the posters on inside the Light Railway Transit (LRT) and Metro Rail Transit (MRT).
Unlike other advertisements, i find these "big colored cards" with some images very informative. As what the title of each posters, Berso sa Metro and some were Tulaan sa Tren.
This was initiated by Instituto Cervantes, to promote the learning of a second language.

Nowadays, many of us forgot to re-learn the essence and wisdom of poetry. Poetry is one of the classic way of expressing the art of writing which some of us have experienced (especially when we attempt to compose a narrative for a love one, <3> posters, hehe... The verses I like the most is those that depicts on love.

And here goes...

1. From Ernesto Cardenal

Al perderte yo a ti tú y yo hemos perdido:

yo porque tú eras lo que yo más amaba
y tú porque yo era el que te amaba más.
Pero de nosotros dos tú pierdes más que yo:
porque yo podré amar a otras como te amaba
a tipero a ti no te amarán como te amaba yo.

When you left me, both you and I lost,

I lost because I loved you with all my heart,
And you because I loved you to the utmost,But of the two of us,
it is you who has lost the most,
Because I can love another like the way I loved you,
But you will never be loved by anyone the way I loved you.

2. Señorita Provinciana by Jesus Balmori

Tu lectura es Abelardo y Eloísa
tu perfume favorito, el de azahares,
y nimbada de ilusorias maravillas,
en la iglesia, cuando acudes a misa,
en lugar de ver a Dios en los altares,
a tu lado ves un novio de rodillas.

Ang binabasa mo’y Abelardo at Eloisa,

paboritong pabango’y sa asahar gawa,
at balot ng kislap ng madayang kababalaghan;
sa simbahan, habang nakikinig ng misa,
imbes na Diyos sa altar ang nakikita,
katabing nobyong nakaluhod ay siyang minamasdan.

Some of the verses were previously posted in my Facebook account. One of them was one of the classic. The one pertaining to the guidelines for men who will love a woman. :) The verse focuses on a woman's point of view that a man should respect his woman and be proud of not as an object but as subject to be taken care of:


Reglas del Juego para los Hombres que quieran amar a Mujeres mujeres (Panuntunan ng laro sa mga Lalaking iibig sa mga Babaeng-babae) ni Gioconda Belli

El hombre que me ame debera saber descorrer

las cortinas de la piel,
encontrar la
profundidad de mis ojos y conocer lo que
anida en mi, la
golondrina transparent e de la
ternura

Ang lalaking iibig sa aki'y
dapat marunong humaplos sa kurtina ng balat,
makita ang karaniwan kong mata
at makikilala ang namumukod sa akin,
ang transparenteng maya ng paglalambing.

El hombre que me ame
no querra poseerme como una mercancia, ni
exhibirme
como un trofeo de caza, sabra
estar a mi lado con el mismo amor con que yo
estare al lado suyo

Ang lalaking iibig sa aki'y
di ako iibigin bilang isang kalakal
o kaya'y ipagyayabang na parang tropeo,
mananatili sa aking piling
taglay ang pag-ibig kong
nadarama kapag siya'y kapiling.


The next verse was quite of a logic of our existence. Life was compared to the ocean that cannot be navigated unless a pathway or route has been discovered. For me, this verse pertains to the legacy that we can provide the next generation. We often ask for what is our purpose in this world, Am I fruitful enough for this chance of life?

We can never tell the impact we had for a particular person or people. He/she may be our friend, colleague, neighbor, stranger, or a seatmate in the train. We can be reckoned as undisciplined, good person, or unrespectful. We are the one responsible for the impression we will left the people around us.

verse from Antonio Machado

Todo pasa y todo queda,
pero lo nuestro es pasar,
pasar haciendo
caminos,
caminos sobre la mar.

Lahat ay dadaan at lahat ay maiiwan,
pero tayo ay dadaan,
dadaang gumagawa ng daanan,
daanan sa ibabaw ng karagatan

Below is the verse that may discuss the aim to perfection. That we may love a profession, trust a person or do a decision inwhich we know we did everything to the desired result however due to some uncontrollable situations, the more we aim to do it well, the more fail...

Autobiografia ni Luis Rosales

Como el náufrago metódico que contase las olas
que faltan para morir,
y las contase, y las volviese a contar, para evitar
errores, hasta la
última,
hasta aquella que tiene la estatura de un niño
y le besa y le
cubre la frente,
así he vivido yo con una vaga prudencia de
caballo de
cartón en el baño,
sabiendo que jamás me he equivocado en nada,
sino en
las cosas que yo más quería.

Tulad noong disiplinadong nalunod na binilang sa mga along sasapat para siya'y mamatay,
at nagbilang, at muling nagbilang, prang maiwasang magkamali,
hanggang sa huli ng alon,
maging ang alon na sintaas ng bata't umabot sa kanyang noo;
Ganyan ako nabuhay,
medyo pabaya gaya ng kabayong karton sa gitna ng bagyo,
alam kong ni minsa'y di ako nagkamali,
maliban sa bagay na pinakamamahal ko.

The versality of a poem that depicts love was it can be used to adore God or a loved one. The next verses pertains to the essense of love... not tired... unselfish... And that love can be understood in so many languages may it be actions or gestures...

verse from Luis Garcia Montero

Kung sakaling malupit ang tadhana,
alalahanin mo ako,
dahil hindi mapapagod sa paghihintay
itong walang sawang tumitingin sa 'yo.


Aunque no me Digas ni Evangelina E. Guerrero

Alam kong mahal mo ako kahit hindi mo sabihin,
Alam kong bilanggo mo ako habang panahon
Sa matitibay na lambat ng iyong pagmamahal ng iyong sariling buhay,
Banal na papuri sa walang hanggang pangarap.

Nowadays, there are were ad gimmicks that seemed to be like of the ordinary way of catching the attention of the crowd. But there were also some that were edgy enough and have that x-factor to get the attention of a sophisticated mind. For more verses, ride the trains of the Philippines... :D