Anthem

Songs, chants, the spoken language and gestures are the oldest forms of communication that is passed through generations that these are unwritten history. Unwritten does not mean lost. The basic framework of government that our respective forefathers have wanted is in the National Anthems. Now we have a country of our own so we have sung it many times. We have listened to it many times. We have felt it many times. We have seen it many times. We have smelled it many times. To best understand the National anthem is to dissect it because it is embedded in us.

Pardon my Filipino.

Lupang Hinirang

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 at awit

sa paglayang minamahal.

Ang kislap ng watawat mo'y

tagumpay na nagniningning.

Ang bituin at araw niya

kailan pa may di magdidilim.

Lupa ng araw, ng lualhati't pagsinta,

buhay ay langit sa piling mo.

Aming ligaya na pag may mang-aapi,

ang mamatay ng dahil sa iyo.