Pánghìmatuŏg Ng Inâ

Oyog-oyog ni Danny Castillones Sillada

Si’àng adlaó inâ na lang-gám yadakòp

Sang uwáy na hawla yasikòp,—

“Mga anàk di’ ak’ magadugáy,”

Yang canta ng lang-gám na mamingawáy.

Adlaó duŏm inâ na lang-gám gà’hunì

Gaagàs yang mga luhâ sang pisngì,

Galaúm yaàn na mga impís magatagàd

Hangtód yangkamatáy silan sang pugád.

Mother’s Lullaby
English translation by Danny Castillones Sillada
One day a mother bird was caught

And placed inside a rattan cage,—

“My little ones, I won’t be long,”

It cried with comforting song.

Day and night, the mother bird

Continued singing to a distant nest,

As if telling the little ones to wait

Until they died in peaceful sleep!