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ROMAN A. DE LA CRUZ
(August 9, 1923- September 3, 2007)
AGAHON
Ro mga tudlo ku uean
Nga nagpatik sa sim
Hay redoblante nga nagpukaw
Sa akong hamuok nga katueogan.
Bangon eon sa kahayag nga magaabot
Ag humoeag ka.
ANO GID MAN
Itay, nagburoka si Nanay
Nga hubas eon ro atong taeagbasan.
Ring gin-uli sa pagpamanday
Basi buhinan mo pa para sa simbahan.
Kueang pa katon ro imong kinita.
Nahawag gid ako, Itay, basi hitaman ka.
Kanugon kon owa't kamatuoran
Ro imong ginatuohan.
Pabay-i eang, Toto.
Ro tubi nga nagailig paeawod
Mabalik man gihapon paagi sa uean.
Owa't pagwasi, owa't pag-uyang.
Kon buko't matuod rang ginatuohan,
Ano gid man,
Basta matuman ko ro hutik kang dughan.
Song of Love
Why I should love You Lord,
let me count the ways by saying:
Out of the abyss of nothingness
You formed me to become a living being,
You gave me mind to comprehend
the things too beautiful to be hold.
For all these, I love You, Lord.
I love You, Lord,
for the eyes to see beauty and wonders
of creation.
the limitless expanse of sky,
the wonders of the sun, moon and stars
the greenness of grass, the beauty of the rose,
the wonders of the universe.
I love You, Lord,
for the sense to smell and inebriate my being;
The ear to hear the sound of music--
the meaning of laughter, the language
the expresses of the mind;
the taste of food that I may savor
the delicacies You gave;
The feel of the loved one,
the message of the touch.
I love You when, after creating me,
I disobeyed Your will.
But You sent forth Your Son to redeem me
and pay for my sins by dying in pain like fire,
And welcomed me back as a prodigal son
to regale me the forgiveness
of a loving Sire.
I love You, Lord,
for creating me above all creatures,
That to love You may realize
and be with You in paradise.
Forgive me, Lord, for my having been
engrossed in self and pride
that ever cries with bootless thirst
and mind too blind to see
the love of the perfect God.
For all these, I love You, Lord.
