{"id":6955,"date":"2026-07-12T14:05:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-12T06:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bangsamororeview.com\/main\/?p=6955"},"modified":"2026-07-12T14:13:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-12T06:13:09","slug":"singanin-nu-pamusungan-and-other-poems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bangsamororeview.com\/main\/singanin-nu-pamusungan-and-other-poems\/","title":{"rendered":"Singanin nu Pamusungan and Other Poems"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jamil Mabandis<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

(poetry in Maguindanaon with English translation by the author)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Singanin nu Pamusungan<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Di pakapangimbenal su ginawa
\n<\/span>Kanu taginepen a bimaba
\n<\/span>Lu ebpun kanu mga gabun
\n<\/span>A dinemegka kanu leka a ngala.<\/span><\/p>\n

Sabap seka i ulak nu atay
\n<\/span>A minetu sa limu
\n<\/span>A nagumbus sa bulawan
\n<\/span>A minunga sa sigay.<\/span><\/p>\n

Sigay a \u2018kena pakadulat
\n<\/span>Ka sigay a malanat
\n<\/span>A mana pasidaw
\n<\/span>A pakatana ku ginawa.<\/span><\/p>\n

Seka su inigkahanda nu Tuhan,
\n<\/span>Singanin nu pamusungan.
\n<\/span>A lu natun kanu pageletan
\n<\/span>Nu taginepen endu tademan.<\/span><\/p>\n

Na sa uman kutika
\n<\/span>A pembalingan kanu itungan.
\n<\/span>Sangat a di gapangimbenalan
\n<\/span>A niya ka kanu adapan.<\/span><\/p>\n

Sabap seka i katumanan
\n<\/span>Nu langun a singanin
\n<\/span>Nu nyaba pamusungan.<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

My Heart\u2019s Desire<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

My own self can hardly believe
\n<\/span>That a dream has descended
\n<\/span>From the clouds
\n<\/span>And found its rest in your name.<\/span><\/p>\n

For you are the flower of the liver
\n<\/span>Grown from kindness
\n<\/span>Bearing fruit of gold
\n<\/span>And sprouted with light.<\/span><\/p>\n

A light that does not wound
\n<\/span>But lingers gently
\n<\/span>Like a lullaby
\n<\/span>That quiets the restless heart.<\/span><\/p>\n

You are what the Divine has destined,
\n<\/span>The longing my heart once held
\n<\/span>Now found somewhere
\n<\/span>Between dream and memory.<\/span><\/p>\n

And in every moment
\n<\/span>My mind returns to this
\n<\/span>A quiet disbelief
\n<\/span>That you stand before me.<\/span><\/p>\n

For you are the fulfillment
\n<\/span>Of every dream
\n<\/span>My heart has ever known.<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Na u Mauma Su Gay<\/p>\n

<\/strong><\/span>Na u mawma su gay
\n<\/span>A itagak aku nengka
\n<\/span>Na lu aku nengka
\n<\/span>Itabun ku dedsan nu lagat.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ka lu ku ba inipamula
\n<\/span>Su langun nu tademan.
\n<\/span>Endu kagagasan nu
\n<\/span>Bagel su lidu nu ginawa.<\/span><\/p>\n

Na u mawma su gay
\n<\/span>A itagak ako nengka
\n<\/span>Na lu aku nengka
\n<\/span>Itabun ku kapedsedep nu senang.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ka tu ba i kutika
\n<\/span>A matana su sambel
\n<\/span>A pakadtiyakap ku badan
\n<\/span>A pakalimpang kanu ginawa.<\/span><\/p>\n

Na u mawma su gay
\n<\/span>A itagak aku nengka
\n<\/span>Na lu aku nengka
\n<\/span>Itabun ku limu nu magabi.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ka lu ba su ulan-ulan
\n<\/span>A sindaw nu pamikiran
\n<\/span>Endu mailay ku su mga bitun
\n<\/span>A nakakineg ku mga singanin.<\/span><\/p>\n

Na u mawma su kutika
\n<\/span>A dumadsang su ulan
\n<\/span>Na pandaya ka saki
\n<\/span>Ka endu di nilan gailay.<\/span><\/p>\n

Su mga lu a minigis
\n<\/span>Sa kaleges nu kaludan
\n<\/span>A tanda nu lilini
\n<\/span>A di den kambalingan<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

When the Day Comes<\/p>\n

<\/strong><\/span>When the day comes
\n<\/span>That you leave me
\n<\/span>Leave me by the sea
\n<\/span>On a quiet shore.<\/span><\/p>\n

There I planted
\n<\/span>All of our memories
\n<\/span>So the waves can pass through
\n<\/span>And slowly ease the weight in me.<\/span><\/p>\n

When the day comes
\n<\/span>That you leave me
\n<\/span>Leave me
\n<\/span>In the setting sun.<\/span><\/p>\n

Because it will be the time
\n<\/span>That the wind becomes gentle
\n<\/span>That will care for my soul
\n<\/span>And will entertain me.<\/span><\/p>\n

When the day comes
\n<\/span>That you leave me
\n<\/span>Leave me
\n<\/span>In the night.<\/span><\/p>\n

Because the moon is there
\n<\/span>That will enlighten my mind
\n<\/span>So that I can see the stars
\n<\/span>That listened to all of my wishes.<\/span><\/p>\n

And when the time
\n<\/span>The rain falls
\n<\/span>Just let me
\n<\/span>So, they can\u2019t see.<\/span><\/p>\n

My tears flowing
\n<\/span>Falling as quickly as the far sea.
\n<\/span>A sign of a love
\n<\/span>That can never be brought back.<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Unong<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Nailay ku seka
\n<\/span>Kanu masla a katri.
\n<\/span>Bagiga. Bangalingkakep.<\/span><\/p>\n

Nabulig su mga suled nengka
\n<\/span>Kanu kaudtatan nu igan.
\n<\/span>Bamagulyang.<\/span><\/p>\n

Sabap sa nauma den
\n<\/span>Su gay a ipegkagilek ku.
\n<\/span>Gay a kapebpitas nengka sa laki.<\/span><\/p>\n

Linemudsu sa kinabatya ku paraman
\n<\/span>Sangat a lidu sa ginawa
\n<\/span>A di masaupama.<\/span><\/p>\n

Minigis su lu
\n<\/span>Sa mana kaleges
\n<\/span>Nu kaludan.<\/span><\/p>\n

Linemengis.
\n<\/span>Mana natagak a manuk
\n<\/span>A bagu namitas.<\/span><\/p>\n

Mana madsugat a mamayug
\n<\/span>A di mataw medtas
\n<\/span>Kanu lalan.<\/span><\/p>\n

Nakatundug su kina ligu sa leka
\n<\/span>Nu mga matana a lima.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ugayd na ya ku da tika,
\n<\/span>Na kinailay ku kanu
\n<\/span>Maputi a ginis.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ginis a ipegkalimbos kanu
\n<\/span>Matenggaw a lawas nengka.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ginis a dala suga nin.
\n<\/span>Tanda nu kapedtangka nengka,
\n<\/span>Taman sa taman.<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Burial Shroud<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

I saw you
\n<\/span>Upon the wide bed.
\n<\/span>Lying still. Your hands gently clasped.<\/span><\/p>\n

Your siblings gathered
\n<\/span>At the end of the bed.
\n<\/span>Weeping.<\/span><\/p>\n

For the day had come
\n<\/span>The day I feared the most.
\n<\/span>The day you departed from me.<\/span><\/p>\n

It began with the reading of the Holy Book.
\n<\/span>My heart, overcome with a grief
\n<\/span>Too deep to explain.<\/span><\/p>\n

Tears fell
\n<\/span>As swiftly as the rushing current
\n<\/span>Of a distant river.<\/span><\/p>\n

I cried aloud
\n<\/span>Like newly hatched chick,
\n<\/span>Left behind.<\/span><\/p>\n

Like a little child
\n<\/span>Who does not know yet
\n<\/span>How to cross the road alone.<\/span><\/p>\n

Then, came the bathing of your body
\n<\/span>By the gentle hands.<\/span><\/p>\n

But what I could not bear,
\n<\/span>Was when I saw
\n<\/span>The white cloth.<\/span><\/p>\n

The cloth that would wrap
\n<\/span>Your cold body.<\/span><\/p>\n

A cloth without design.
\n<\/span>The final mark of your leaving me
\n<\/span>For a lifetime.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Jamil Mabandis (poetry in Maguindanaon with English translation by the author) Singanin nu Pamusungan Di pakapangimbenal su ginawa Kanu taginepen a bimaba Lu ebpun kanu mga gabun A dinemegka kanu leka a ngala. Sabap seka i ulak nu atay A … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6955","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poetry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":false,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangsamororeview.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6955","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangsamororeview.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangsamororeview.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangsamororeview.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangsamororeview.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6955"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/bangsamororeview.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6955\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6959,"href":"https:\/\/bangsamororeview.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6955\/revisions\/6959"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangsamororeview.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6955"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangsamororeview.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6955"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangsamororeview.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6955"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}