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Thursday, April 14, 2011
Poem: To a Rebel Poet (with translation in Italian by Marika Famà & in Hindi by Vijaya Kandpal)
To a Rebel Poet
you penned a bitter life
the paper bled and burned with your blood
i drained the tears
in your empty eyes
you dreamt of better days
while fighting underground
i heard the muses cried
when you died a hundred deaths
when bullets rained your body
the last drop
of your blood stained the ground
with your last poem
(Original version in Pangasinan language)
Dala na Umaanlong
insulat mo so ampait a bilay
asugat tan apoolan so papil ed dalam
pinaekatan mo’y lua so matam
pirawat mo’y mareen iran agew
nen akila kan akibakal
ed kapalandeyan
mannangis ira’y musia
nen inateyan mo’y sanlasos a patey
inuran na bala so malangwer a laman
say samput ya terter na dalam
mansa ed dalin no iner nisulat
so samput mo met ya anlong
Per un Poeta Ribelle (Traduzione di Marika Famà)
Hai scritto una vita amara sulla carta
E poi l’hai bruciata col tuo sangue
Ho asciugato le lacrime
dei tuoi occhi vuoti
mentre sognavi di giorni migliori
durante il combattimento sotterraneo
Ho sentito le Muse piangere
quando sei morto un centinaio di morti
quando i proiettili son piovuti sul tuo corpo
e l'ultima goccia
ha macchiato di sangue il suolo
con la tua ultima poesia
एक विद्रोही कवि के लिए
तुमने स्याही से लिखा एक कटु जीवन
कागज़ लहुलुहान हुआ, जला तुम्हारे रक्त से
और समस्त आंसु बह गए|
अपनी रिक्त आँखों से तुमने अच्छे दिनों की कामना की होगी
लड़ते हुए अदृश्य हो|
सुना मैंने प्रेरक देवियों का रुदन
जब मृत्यु तुम्हें ले गयी सौ-सौ बार
गोलियों ने भेदा तुम्हारा मूंह
और रक्त की अंतिम बूँद रंग गयी ज़मीं
तुम्हारी आखरी कविता के साथ|
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, April 14, 2011
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