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Thursday, February 24, 2011
A Tribute Poem to Jaime P. Lucas
Ed Tawir tan Karma
(para ed si Jaime P. Lucas)
sinmabi iran singa onos
akaamut ed andeket a kawes
tan anino da’ra’y santo
ya maermen so lupa
imbeneg ko ‘ra’y anito
dia’d pananisian napaabig
na Dyus da so irap tan sakit
ya atawir ni ed kinen Adan
dia’d inlirep ko et aliknak
so eras na kanonotan
aliing ak ya agko la amta
no siopa ak tan no iner
so nanlapuan kon boleg
balikas ko la’y salita ra
unaagos la’d olat ko so dala
ya nampalabnaw na dala’n timawa
sinmabi iran singa onos
akaamut ed andeket a kawes
tan anino da’ra’y santo
ya maermen so lupa
lawas na apatiran siglo
gimmalet la’d baog ko
so ampusisaw ya kolor da
agko la amta so ontalimokor
panlingawan ko so manpapalikas
iran aniani ed pasen
no iner nagmaliw a dabuk
ira’y atateng na atateng ko
tan say kasuldungan na poseg ko
sinmabi iran singa onos
akaamut ed andeket a kawes
tan anino da’ra’y santo
ya maermen so lupa
tinmalin iran anggapo’y wala
atilak so ag nasakbat ya krus
tan agla unabig ya sugat
ed dalin ya asalug na lua tan dala
linawa na Dyus da ya dia’d krus inatey
ono pasnuk na manamalsan si Ama-Gaolay?
Santiago B. Villafania, a bilingual Filipino poet who writes in English and in his native language of Pangasinan, is the author of poetry collections Balikas na Caboloan (Voices from Caboloan) published by the National Commission for the Culture and the Arts (NCCA) under its UBOD New Authors Series (2005) and Malagilion: Sonnets tan Villanelles (2007). He has been published in several countries and translated into several languages. Villafania is one of the 11 Outstanding Pangasinenses conferred with the 2010 Asna Award for the Arts and Culture (literature) during the first Agew na Pangasinan and also the 430th Foundation Day of the province on April 2010. He is a member of Philippine PEN. Read more »
"The publication of Malagilion: Sonnets tan Villanelles by Santiago B. Villafania should be a source of rejoicing for readers of regional literatures. This second book by Pangasinan's leading poet today is impressive in both form and substance. Villafania has created 300 sonnets and 50 villanelles in his own language that attempt to reflect the primacy of native culture and return the poet to the central stage of social life." – A Boost to Pangasinan Literaturefrom Breaking Signs by Cirilo F. Bautista (Philippine Panorama, 16 Dec. 2007, pp.25-26)
"Sa kanyang pangalawang aklat na Malagilion, nangahas na naman siya (Villafania) na gumimbal sa pamamagitan ng kanyang Sonnets tan Villanelles upang ilibing sa limot ang aking pag-usisa't pag-urirat kung paano na ang panitikang Pangasinan." – Victor Emmanuel Carmelo Nadera, Jr., Tagapangulo, Unyon ng mga Manunulat sa Pilipinas
"Villafania is not only a visionary poet, he is a linguistic philosopher who codifies the origin of language and culture, dissects the myths and the common beliefs of the people against the urban legends, juxtaposes the literary tradition against the modern influences by dialectically infusing them in his poetic revelation of truth." – Poetic Revelation in Language and Culture by Danny C. Sillada (Manila Bulletin, 12 May 2008, pp. F1-F2)
"Sumusunod si Sonny Villafania sa landas na hinawan ng mga manunulat sa Pangasinan na nauna sa kanya. Sa kanyang paglalakbay, hinahawan din niya ang bagong mga landas na maaaring sundin ng susunod na mga manunulat sa wikang Pangasinan. Subalit hindi lamang para sa mga taga-Pangasinan ang kasalukuyang akda. Ito rin ay panawagan sa mga manunulat sa ibang mga wika sa Pilipinas upang patuloy na pagyamanin ang kanilang panitikan at pagsulat. Kung walang mga lokal na panitikan ay hindi magiging posible ang tunay na panitikang pambansa." – Dr. Ricardo Ma. Nolasco, Tagapangulo, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino (KWF).
Photos: Book Launching at the Pearl Manila Hotel, 5 Feb. 2008
"Santiago Villafania's Balikas ed Caboloan certainly has reinvigorated the anlong tradition of Pangasinan that for a long period of time suffered silence from the hands of writers more attuned to English writing. Characteristically anacbanua, Villafania's poetry echoes his predecessors and presages a promising era for young writers in Pangasinan." – Dr. Marot Nelmida-Flores
Six of my poems translated into Arabic by Prof. Abdul-Settar Abdul-Latif (English Dept., College of Education, University of Basrah, Iraq) and have been published in TEXT - the Cultural Monthly Journal, Issue No.13
Translations of Swansong of the sea into Italian by Mario Rigli and into Arabic by Nizar Sartawi
Translations of Erolalia in German, Arabic, Italian, Spanish and Bulgarian language. And here is the 1st version of the poem published in The Sunday Times (Manila Times, 11.23.2003).
Thursday, February 24, 2011
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