The Return of eLf ideas

ideas of an eLven being in Canada

Thursday, December 12, 2013

Ayan Na Naman ang mga Alimasag

.
In 1993, when I wrote a poem entitled "At Nanipit ang mga Alimango," which eventually became my former band Half Life Half Death's song "Alimango," the inspiration that set my pen onto paper were those people who hated me just because I was an achiever.


Now, 20 years after, there remain so many people who, instead of feeling glad about the successes of their fellow humans, hate them and try to impede their wheels of accomplishments.

Oh well, nothing's changed--there will always be good and evil people everywhere and everywhen--with or without religion or a belief in a deity.

==
Kaya eto, nakasulat na naman ako ng isang tula na parang kagaya ng "Alimango." It's just a matter of time when I will weave good music for this with the help of my new bandmates for this poem to become a proper song, which I will be giving the title "Alimasag," in reference to "Alimango," a song that contributed to my former band Half Life Half Death's cult popularity back in the 1990s.

Among the three varieties of crabs popular in the Philippines--alimango, alimasag, and talangka--the first one is the biggest. The reason I decided to use now 'alimasag' as the title of this new song that I wrote is because, psychologically, when I was still much younger I was a bit less strong amidst these evil people, so I chose the biggest 'alimango.' However, now that I have long become smarter, wiser, more mature, and definitely stronger and more focused in my sense of direction, I would say that evil people still make me careful but I could handle them now more properly, so they are no longer 'alimango' to me, but rather only the medium-sized 'alimasag.'

"Alimasag" (2013)
by haLf man haLf eLf

Stanza 1
Sabi sa akin ng isa kong kakilala
Grabe na raw ang ugali ng mga tao ngayon--
Ang dami na raw mga inggitero't inggitera
Mga mapanira ng puri; mga galit sa kapwa

Ang sagot ko sa kanya--hindi na bago yan--
Kahit noong unang panahon e marami nang ganyan
Subalit wag mo rin namang kalimutan
Marami pa rin namang mabubuti ang kalooban

Pero mag-ingat ka pa rin kasi...

Chorus
Ayan na naman ang mga alimasag
Namumula ang hasang
Nakahanda na at bagong hasa ang mga sipit
Ugaling alimasag!
Gigil na gigil sa inggit sa kapwa
Gagawin kahit ano
Makapanira lamang
Utak-alimasag!

Stanza 2
Saang lugar ka man mapadpad...
Saang panahon ka man mabuhay...
Ke me relihiyon o wala
May paniniwala man sa Diyos o wala

Ang bawat tao ay may kakayanang maging mabuti
Pero meron din siyang kapasidad sa kasamaan
Magtiyaga ka sana, gamit ay sariling sikap
Panatiliing kabutihan ang mangibabaw sa 'yong puso at isip

Pero mag-ingat ka pa rin kasi...

Chorus
Ayan na naman ang mga alimasag
Namumula ang hasang
Nakahanda na at bagong hasa ang mga sipit
Ugaling alimasag!
Gigil na gigil sa inggit sa kapwa
Gagawin kahit ano
Makapanira lamang
Utak-alimasag!
Utak-alimasag!


0 Comments:

Post a Comment

<< Home