Ronaliza Manangat-Wagas
I
Jumaat lisag walu’ palabey ma pantan
Mata magtummu karuwa magloman
Atey takuddat sigak si baran
Kau na hati he’ ngamu, ni Tuhan!
II
Nganda’ tuwi ni mata hunit ni hinang
Dikayu’ pangaddatan hambey kabiyasahan
Danda lalla mag-anda’ ti magpandang
Atoa bey mandu’, tantu pangalangan.
III
Lai kow patokko’ minsan magduwa-ruwa
Talow ta jampa sa’ kinum papanda’
Kinuman nu ngalapal salama-lama
Patatak taindan ku ma pantan ya lowa.
IV
Sakadjap naan baran ‘mba tahati
Parasahan takissa pabidda’ pasiddi
Tangan tenne kok tuut lamma nuwi
“Love at first sight”tutu na dali’!
V
Puwas Isa takale ku suwara
Gitar nu mahilling TM Boys maka Den Bisa
Banan ongka’ nu malabey kabtangan kasilasa
In kau mehelo ma budjang bihing-luma’.
VI
Maghelo-helo kita kaangey-angeyhan
Boho’ kasi patumbu’ ma pangatayan
Kita tadikayu’ ma kahandak min Tuhan
Bang pin pamintadda pagkasi nilabayan.
VII
Masi taentom baning badju’ nu
Walna’maentom paluun nu ni aku
Lalla ma pantan palabey bey subu
Suratan patakka hambey taniyat ku.
VIII
Bang tallak na bulan aku ngamu’-ngamu’
Ma ta’ sapow dangan-dangan ni Iya maku:
“Dunya-Ahirat suratan ni patudju”
“Ullum-kamatey iya tasehe’ ku.”
IX
Ma panagnaan asal bey tahati
Lasa magtoggol daa niparuli
Satsat baliyu ma atey kapali’
Piddi’ pagbutas ‘mbal pauli’.
X
Kissa ta karuwa niya’ deyo’ jata’ na
Paglimbangan natas ‘mba taasa-asa
Pagbiddaan maka kasean daa ni kasusa
Tuhan nipatampal yana Sangat Kawasa.
XI
Suppu kalima tahun sapantun dansasaat
Heka talabayan hogot bey niyat
Sannang pagbeya’ ngangdol magtaat
Pasong waktu paglasa hunit nibakkat.
XII
Pantan saksi’ ma he’ ta maglasa
Sakahaba kow palabey si danda ma kusina
Lanyap ma pamikil pandu’ atoa
kita maghati bang mag-abut mata.
XIII
Ma pantan subu Jumaat panagnaan
Ma pantan tanda’ ma palabayan
Ma pantan palingi’ kow song ni kanan
Ma pantan lai nagna’ parsugpatan.
XIV
Ni Rabbul Alamin pagsarangsukul
Sabab ma Kau sukud kami tahatul
Kapagkila, lasa he’ Nu matanjak pinaturul
Suratan maglingan ma pantan magmakbul.
XV
Kaullum tantu niya’ tobtoban na
Kamatey magsak kita ma dunya
Hurul Eyn patapit nikau minda
Daa meya’ satsat entom nu si lasa.
Destiny on the Footbridge
(A poem to the Love of my Life)
Friday, eight O’clock you passed by the
footbridge
Eyes have touched bashful of each other
My heart astounded; I was delighted
You must be the answer to my prayer!
Looking directly in the eyes is tough
A manner not accustomed to that
Woman and man gazing at first meet
Elders have taught, a ban indeed.
You halted despite the vacillating thoughts
Though anxious yet a smile was forged
Your smile has spoken of forever
Your sight by the footbridge engraved to
remember.
At that very instant I was indiscernible
The feeling I had so special and rare
My hands were cold my knees went weak
This might be the “Love at first sight” I seek!
After Isha I could hear the voice
Your guitar sounded Den Bisa and TM Boys
The words of tenderness your songs conveyed
That you have liking of the maiden next door.
We fell in love for the first time
I was your first and you were mine
Joined together in His hands
Hopeful to love only once.
I still recall you were wearing yellow
The hue reminds me of your coming
The man by the footbridge that morning
I didn’t notice my fate unfolding.
When the moon is bright, I pray
Alone at the rooftop to the Lord I say:
“Grant my destiny in this world to the
hereafter”
“In life and death shall be my partner.”
Since the beginning I have understood
Love withstands when you heed no more
Spilled gossips the heart endures
Grief of parting has no cure.
Our tale has its ups and downs
Lasting marriage can fail- it’s bound
Do not fret of your disparity
Let God rule, The Almighty.
Fifteen years as though a moment
Gone through many trails, my intent held
tightly
Marriage is serene with trust and piety
With time, to shatter love won’t be easy.
The footbridge is the witness to our affection
Each time you pass the woman at the kitchen
The teaching of elders has been forgotten
When our eyes meet, everything makes sense.
At the footbridge Friday morning, the inception
At the footbridge seen in that direction
At the footbridge when you turned toward your
right
At the footbridge the knot has been tied.
To the Lord of the World the gratitude is due
Our fate was laid because of You
We crossed paths, the love You willed
At the footbridge, the call of destiny was sealed.
Life certainly has its ending
In this world we shall part by passing
Hoor ul Ein would come as inviting
Don’t be lured keep in mind your darling.
The sharing of my poem has to end
My love to you from the footbridge to the
afterlife
At the Straight Way we vowed to unite
If Allah wills! Our dream shall be fulfilled.