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KONSEPTO
KONSEPTO
BS FIL III-A
B. Nasa ibaba ang bahagi ng maikling kuwento ng “Look for Dancing in the Streets” ni Bienvenido N.
Santos (Manila: Book Mark, 1967). Isalin ito gamit ang mga hakbang na iminumungkahi ni Marilyn
Gaddis Rose, at ipaliwanag ang mga hakbang na iyong pinagdaanan sa pagpapasyang isinaalang-alang sa
pagsasalin.
In Sulucan, and Palomar, it was better yet. The streets leading to the chapel were lined with
vendors selling sman, puto bumbong, empanada, and cuchinta, true Christmas fare. What if the cake
stuck to the roof of your mouth and you had difficulty washing it off with tea and you had to turn away
from the pretty girl laughing at you while you stuck your finger quickly to remove it, and the pie hard
brittle crusts heavy with lard that stained your shirt front? It was all, right, your girlfriend enjoyed it, and
the walk in the half-dark streets towards the church was precious memory: elbow that brushed against
softness, accidentally, fingers that held for a moment, eyes that sparkled, saying wondrous things. The
night held meaning; it put a glow somewhere inside, and that made a difference, you forgot past
seasons of deprivation and hunger.
Among them, I felt alien. I was the strange one. All year I had lived in a mansion among the rich
and now I came to them with a shy smile, what was I doing there on the chill night? My sister worried
about me. Could I sleep on the floor? Go home, Pedong, go back to the Villa before the night is over. I
went in for a lot of teasing. There was a girl with bright round eyes and long black hair, who was talking
with a young man when I arrived. Now she left him and came to me, offering me bibingka.