Oh, Pobre
Friday, April 27th, 2007
Presented during the lecture/workshop I conducted on "Customizing Information" on April 25 at the Asian Institute of Management, as part of the weeklong program of 6th Knowledge for Development Center Meeting of the World Bank.
Without room for debate, the poem is a constructive mockery of and an insult to poverty. One of the seven identified non-conventional, mainstream approaches to bringing WB development publications down to the grassroots level. It’s high time for information to be made readable to the illiterate, seeable to the blind, hearable to the deaf, and life-giving to the dead (apathetic).
Thanks to: Berna, Mitch, Claudio and my nieces, Pia and Nia, for the vids / Rochelle for the artworks / Peter Parker for the music. = )
Time to accept consultancies? wahehehe
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Oh, Pobre
Oh, probre…
Wala na ba koy balor?
Bulad na lang gani, dili pa makaon.
Kung pwede pa lamang mabuhi sa simhot,
Tiyan namo’y dugay ra unta gaburot.
Oh, pobre…
Asa naman lamang ko puluton?
Ang gobyerno, puro naman lamang saad:
Libreng pabalay,
Libreng palay,
Libreng pahuway…
Oh, Hesus ko, kulang na lang mamatay.
Oh, pobre…
Samtang si mayor cge’g padako’g atay,
Samtang si gobernor nagpalagaylay sa balay,
Samtang si congressman, nagpahalipay kay inday,
Kaming mga pobre, hapit na ibalibay.
Oh, pobre…
Ang mga tawo nagkaminos
Abi kami walay nakat-unan,
Tungod sa kapobrehong gaburos-buros,
Ila na lang kaming tawagon
Na mga tawong butol puros
Oh, probre…
So hala, bira! Pantabas ug tubo,
Panilhig ug panglampaso,
Hinaot na kami’y maluy-an ug mabahandian.
Sagdi lang ug sakit na kaau ang likod,
Basta pag abot sa balay, naa lamay ikasugnod.
Oh pobre…
Nganong wala man tay kauswagon?
Kung hunahunaon, kita man tay duolunon.
Kung kinahanglan ug botar,
or rally man lang sa dalan
Mga politico muduol sa ato, ug
Hala, mura ta’g haring gi-halaran.
Oh pobre…
What is the happen to the world?
Tanan na lamang ani damgong gabitaybitay.
May pa ang unggoy nga galatay-latay,
Saging ray nakita, mura na ug gahikay.
Busa mga pobre, panahon na para kita mulihok!
Kuhaa ang inyong mga banig!
Kuhaa ang inyong mga habol!
Kuhaa! Karon na!
Kay mangatulog na lamang kita.
