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sonito 212 added to Malagilion: Soniton Pangasinan

212th sonnet added to Malagilion: Soniton Pangasinan.

sonito 212

"I am an ardent spokesman for saving our minority languages as part of our national heritage--memory is heritage too, and we don't value it as much as we ought to." -- Merlie Alunan

inkuan yon oala'y pililikna yo
ed saray salitan nababalang
tan inkapalsan napapaulyan
na totoon makankanepegan

balet oala met so eebatan
na kapara tayon umaanlong
ed saya'y lapag ya inkapalsa
tan kailalakan ed arapen

maung ni ya ondala so egpang
ya mangiparungtal ed karaklan
na kakanaa'y taoir a yaman
ya oala ed tambib la'y kabalang

sakbay ya onsabi so salinap
ya mangakmon ed boleg nen 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