Al Niño Jesus
Monday, November 29, 2010
9:07 AM
• Written in 1875, at
14 years (already in
Ateneo Municipal)
Al Niño Jesus
¿Cómo, Dios-niño, has venido
A la tierra en pobre cuna?
¿Y te escarnece Fortuna,
Cuando apenas has nacido?
¡Ay, triste! Del Cielo Rey
Y llega cual vil humano!
¿No quieres ser soberano,
Sino Pastor de tu grey?
Prompt Translator:
How, God - child, have come
To the ground in poor cradle?
And Fortune scoffs at you,
When scarcely have you been born?
Moan, sad! Of the Sky King
And which vile human being comes!
You do not want to be sovereign,
But Shepherd of your flock?
To the Child Jesus
(Translated by Nick Joaquin)
Why have you come to earth,
Child-God, in a poor manger?
Does Fortune find you a stranger
From the moment of your birth?
Alas, of heavenly stock
Now turned an earthly resident!
Do you not wish to be president
But the shepherd of your flock?
Anonymous:
Sa Sanggol Na Si Jesus
O Diyos na Sanggol, paano ba kaya't
Ang sinilangan Mo ay sabsabang aba?
Diyata't di pa man ay pag-alipusta
Ang dulot ng Palad sa Iyong pagbaba?
Kaylungkot! O hari ng Sangkalangitan,
Nagkatawang-tao't sa lupa'y tumahan,
Hindi Mo ba ibig na Haring matanghal
Kundi Pastol namin na kawan Mong mahal?
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