SA 'CAPITALISM' KAPIT SA PATALIM
ni Gregorio V. Bituin Jr.
12 pantig bawat taludtod
i
nagtatakang tanong ng isang dayuhan
asking "Why poverty in your country rampant?"
ang agad tugon ko, "it's none of your business
you know Filipinos are just mapagtiis"
"laging nakangiti kahit naghihirap
its as if there's always meron namang lilingap"
tugon ng dayuhan, "your poverty it seems
came from injustices triggered by the system"
"and what systems is that?" agad aking tanong
"it's capitalism, a system that is wrong!"
"it's all about profit, a real system of greed"
kaya aking tugon, "ngayo'y aking batid"
ii
kaya minungkahi ng dayuhang iyon:
"maybe what we need is total revolution!"
"dapat magsibangon", ang agad kong tugon
"na bagong sistema itong nilalayon!"
kaya sinabayan ko siya sa ingles
kahit pa baluktot, upang basic masses
ay hindi na laging sakripisyo't tiis
sa lipunang itong dapat nang malinis
"sa capitalism, kapit sa patalim
the basic masses ay laging nasa dilim
katunayan itong di maililihim
sadyang this system is nakaririmarim"
