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I'm almost done with the 200-page manuscript for Malaglion: Soniton Pangasinan. I just added the 182nd sonnet.

sonito 182

siak so sinauna ya duksaan
say pinalsan nantanda ed muling
ya nanlapu ed boleg nen Cain

siak so karuman na kakabatan
say mimoria na kailalakan
nen panaon na daan ya sipan

siak so getman ag napanuleyan
na anghilis ya nakala’y payak
tan sinmulming ed pagew na dalin

siak so manag-aka’y kasalanan
na ondalan ed Bukig na Eden
paunla dia ed oangala’y taoen

tan siak so patey ya alageyan
pian nagamoran so inka-Adan
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Le poèt de PangasinanSantiago B. Villafania is a Pangasinan poet based in Manila, Philippines. He writes in Pangasinan, Tagalog (Filipino) and English. Some of his poems have appeared in local and international print and web publications. He advocates for the development, preservation and the revival of Pangasinan as a literary language. He is currently an adjunct faculty member and a senior web developer at Emilio Aguinaldo College - Manila. » more