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PAMBANSANG AWIT

Bayang Magiliw,
Perlas ng silanganan
Alab ng Puso
Sa dibdib mo'y buhay.

Lupang Hinirang
Duyan ka ng magiting
Sa manlulupig
Di ka pasisiil

Sa dagat at bundok sa simoy at
Sa langit mong bughaw
May dilag ang tula, ang awit sa
Paglayang minamahal

Ang kislap ng watawa't mo'y tagumpay
Na nagniningning
Ang bituin at araw niya'y kailan pa
May di magdidilim

Lupa ng araw, ng luwalhati't pagsinta
Buhay ay langit sa piling mo
Aming ligaya ng pag may mang-aapi
Ang mamatay nang dahil sa yo.

PANATANG MAKABAYAN

Iniibig ko ang Pilipinas
Ito ang aking lupang sinilangan
Ito ang tahanan ng aking lahi
Ako'y kanyang kinukupkop at tinutulungan
Upang maging malakas, maligaya, at kapakipakinabang.

Bilang ganti diringgin ko ang payo ng aking mga magulang
Susundin ko ang mga alituntunin ng aking paaralan
Tutuparin ko ang mga tungkulin ng isang mamamayang makabayan at masunurin sa batas
paglilingkuran ko ang aking bayan ng walang pagiimbot at ng buong katapatan
Sisikapin kong maging isang tunay na mamamayan Sa isip, sa salita, at sa gawa.

BAYAN AT BAYANI

by LEO PAZ from the April 22-28 issue of the Philippine News

The term BAYAN can stand for nation, country, or on a smaller scale, a town. Concomitantly, KABABAYAN refers to a townmate or a fellow contryman. A very patriotic admonition is MAHALIN ANG BAYAN (love the motherland").

A related word is BAYANI, meaning "hero." DAKILANG BAYANI SI ANDRES BONIFACIO ("Andres Bonifacio is a noble hero"). SI JOSE RIZAL ANG PAMBANSANG BAYANI NG PILIPINAS (Jose Rizal is the national hero of the Philippines").

The noun also refers to a person who gratuitously helps others in a communal, cooperative endeavor. This is often depicted in art as a group of people helping in carrying and moving a neighbor's bamboo and nipa hut to another location.

When people join together in mutual cooperation or a community development, we call this BAYANIHAN. The act of helping each other in a society is akin to heroism. They apparently even share the same root word: BAYANI. When we lope off the last letter, I, we return to the basic word, BAYAN, or country."

The relationship of the terms appears to be obvious. Town, country, hero, mutual help among members in community heroism. Our ancestors chose their concepts and words well.

E-mail comments/suggestions to lpaz@ccsf.cc.ca.us"

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