Poem For Friendster Chicks (1)

My other half and I believe that poetry is an essential tool in stalking. It always a good poem gets the best chick. Since he's a better poet compare to me (won a major literary award and selected as a fellow in a national workshop is a good acomplishments for him, kaya ang yabang ng amputa) I will post one of his poem. This is written in Filipino and I translated in into English. He desperately needs a wider audience because no one gives a damn about his work besides from his girlfriend, and friends (Enrique Villasis Mutual Admiration Society). Buti pa nga raw yung iba nagkakaroon ng audience. (Give his blog a visit, marami pang tula roon)

 The central image of this poem is rain — the undying metaphor for love, regret, and loneliness. He used rain after he heard 'Ulan' by Cueshe. He believed that if the songwriters of Cueshe have a poetic talent they can write a better lyrics for the song. Ang yabang talaga.

Here's his poem. Husgahan na yan:

Kapag iniisip ko ang pag-ibig, naiisip kita.

Enrique Villasis

Halimbawa, kapag umaambon. Ang malamyong
Pagpatak sa bubunga’y nakakalikha ng ritmo
Ng pagtigil, ng paghinga, ng katahimikan.
Sa pagitan, naalala kita tulad ng isang tula,
Na minsan namahay ang pag-ibig
Sa pagitan ng mga bantas, sa pagitan ng mga tugma,
At mga putol-putol na linya.
Namamahay din ang lungkot sa kawalan ng letra.
Sa patuloy na pagpatak ng tubig,
Nanalangin akong maging ulan ang ambon.
Unti-unti nitong kakainin ang pagitan,
Ang pira-piraso mong alaala.

And here's my translation:

When I think about love, I think about you.

 

For example, a drizzle, the sound on the rooftop
It creates. The pauses on every drop.
Between the silences, I long for you
Like the poem where love once resided
Between symbols, rhymes, and line-cuts.
Loneliness resides in the absence of letters.
As the water continue to drop
I prayed for change – drizzle into rain.
In the sequence, the pieces of your memory
Will fade.

translated by Stalker

And I think, I bastardized his poem. Inconsistent yung pagkakasalin, he will say to me. Sa'yo ang tula na yan di sa akin, this will be a sign of his asar. At okey nga yun.