Ballad of a Mother’s Heart
Jose La Villa Tierra
The night was dark
For the moon was young,
And the Stars were asleep and rare,
The clouds were thick,
Yet Youth went out,
To see his Maiden fair.
Dear one,
he pleaded as he knelt before her feet in tears.
My love is true,
Why you have kept me waiting all this years?
The maiden looked at him.
Unmoved it seemed,
And whispered low.
Persistent Youth,
You have to prove by deeds,
Your love is true.
”There’s not a thing
I would not do for you, Beloved” said he.
”Then, go.” Said she. “To your mother dear,
And bring her heart to me.
Without another word,
Youth left and went to his mother dear.
He opened her breast and took her heart!
But he did not shed a tear.
Then back to his Maiden fair,
He run unmindful of the rain.
But his feet slipped, And he fell down,
And loud, he groaned with pain!
Still in his hand he held the prize,
That would win his Maiden’s hands.
But he thought of his mother dear,
So kind,so sweet,so fond.
And then,
he heard a voice!
Not from his lips,
But all apart!
”Get up” it said.
”Were you hurt,Child?”
It was his mother’s heart
Ang Tula ng Puso ng Isang Ina
Romina Gioia Tingin
Madilim ang gabi
Dahil mura pa ang buwan
At ang mga bitui’y natutulog at madalang
Makapal ang mga ulap
Ngunit ang binata’y humayo
Upang sa sinta’y makipagtagpo.
“Mahal ko,” pagsamo niyang nakaluhod at umiiyak
Pag-ibig ko’y totoo, bakit pinaghintay mo ako sa loob ng mahabang panahon?
Ang dalaga’y tumingin sa kanya
Tila hindi naaawa
At bumulong
“Binatang masugid,
Dapat mong patunayan sa gawa,
Kung tunay ba ang iyong pagmamahal.”
“Wala akong hindi gagawin
Kung para sa iyo, pinakamamahal ko” aniya
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