Halaw sa Lyric 17

Salin sa Lyric 17
ni Reya Bato

(mula kay Jose Garcia Villa)

Una, ang tula ay mahika
At musika gaya ng ibong magdaya.
Ito ay gumagalaw na liwanag
At namumulaklak na ibong papalipad.
Ito ay payat tulad ng batingaw
At may apoy na tinataglay.
Ito ay may dunong ng búsog
At katulad ng rosas sa pagluhod.
May kakayahan itong pakinggan
Kinang ng kalapati at usa sa parang.
Kaya nitong takpan
Ang nakikita, kaparis ng nobya sa kasal.
Sa kabuuan ay nais kong lumutang
Ang Maykapal, tula’y buong liyag na masdan.

(Orihinal na Teksto)

"Lyric 17"
Jose Garcia Villa

First, a poem must be magical,

Then musical as a sea-gull.

It must be a brightness moving

And hold secret a bird's flowering

.It must be slender as a bell,

And it must hold fire as well.

It must have the wisdom of bows

And it must kneel like a rose.

It must be able to hear

The luminance of dove and deer.

It must be able to hide

What it seeks, like a bride.

And over all I would like to hover

God, smiling from the poem's cover.