STHS



hunyo 1983

premieron aguew ed pinablin eskuwelaan

ambasa so dikan dadakatan

ag niarawi say maestran manantandag

ed sikamin manbabagot na dikan ansasabot

say matak balet wala ed saray andirit

ya maniktikyab a singa manpapanaring

na antokaman ya unsabi



limmabas iray bulan

ritwal la so tepet ya "St. Thomas?"

tan say ebat ya "Amen"

no umpisa lay klase

ag met napalna so kumpisal kada biernes

no iner insulat la ed melag ya papel

so listaan na kasalanan

tan saray dasal ya MANISIA AK

AMA MI, tan AVE MARIA

maong labat agi ta aliwa'd salitan Latin



no oras na reses

amungkog kami la

diman ed beneg na eskuwelaan

kulaan daray managlako na kakanen:

kiniler, sago, inalambong ya ponti

dinekdekan o giniling ya kahoy

diman ka met makanengneng

na mansasanking, mantatatsing

tan manbubuntayog

no maminsan balet aliwan mabetbet

wala so ponitian



dia ed klase

bida ka no maong so impan-lupam

bida ka no maong so impan-ulom

bida ka no maong kan manlastog

bida ka met no dakel so karga na bulsam

lalo kan bida no kabusol ka na maestra

o palanang ka ed opisina na prinsipal



junior-senior prom

say kwanda sikatoya so sankaliketan

ed bilay na hayskul

para ed siak tila labat itan

tan tetetelen ko imay lasin maestro

ya angibagay man-barong kami no JS Prom

singa kami laingen impasak ed yurungan

makakaibeg ed saray kaklasin

akasulong na amerikana

kinapalan la so lupa makasayaw labat

ed paboriton sonata



say leksiyon:

no maminsan aliwan maong

so onor-onor ed matatak-ken



makapanangnangis man

o makapalek so adalan ed dakulap mo

sakey ak ya angaro ed sika

ag makalingwan ed saray aral tan bangat mo

no natandagan la so arapan mo

no nanunutan la so ngaran mo

agko naiwasan ya aga mangansiyon

o mantareren na:



"by the way side we thee behold

thy citadel of learning pure...

o hear thy sway Santo Tomas High..."




Nexus: Ang Aming Katha. Our Words. Our Works -- another Filipino literary ezine.

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