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BUHAY: DALAWANG TULA - LIFE: TWO POEMS

Ni Roy V. Aragon - Translated by Victor P. Gendrano

1.
kumawalang butil

mula
sa isandakot na
alabok
napadpad

sa petalo ng namumukadkad

na rosas.
2.
kumawalang petalo

mula
sa natuyong rosas

napadpad
sa gitna ng

isang dakot na alabok.

1.
escaped grain

from
a handful
of dust
landed

on the petal of a blossoming

rose.
2.
escaped petal

from
a withered rose

landed
amidst a

handful of dust.

Reprinted from Heritage magazine, Vol. X, No. 4, Winter 1996.

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