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Literary: Confessions of a Not-So-Conyo Girl

5/26/2017 08:10:00 PM Media Center 0 Comments

I know that I have no right to tell you this,
Pero mahal kita.
Sa kabila ng mga pagkukulang ko,
Kakayanin kong ipagtapat sa’yo na
I love you.

My emotions have created an outline
That my words are now trying to fill
And it is a tedious process
Of going back and forth,
Urong, sulong,
Hindi malaman kung saan talaga nais pumunta
Aalis, babalik, aalis, babalik,
Hindi malaman kung ano ang tinatakasan
Hindi mawari kung mayroon pang babalikan

Pero ganyan ang pag-ibig:
It will not tell you its secrets,
But it will try its best to unearth yours.
So before it even has the chance,
I am telling you now.
I love you.
Mahal kita.

Hindi maaaring sa iisang wika lamang iparating
It is impossible to box everything into one language.
Gusto kong mabatid mo na sa kahit anong wika,
I still think of you.
Gusto kong mabatid mo na ang kahulugan ng mga salita
Magpasalin-salin pa man
Ay iisa lang naman ang nais sabihin.
Gusto kong mabatid mo na wala namang magbabago.
I will not allow my words to get lost in translation.
I pray each promise finds its way to you
At susubukan na walang mapako sa mga ito.

I have always worn my emotions on my sleeves
But this time, I wear them in two languages
Para sa kahit anong paraan ay maintindihan mo
Na mahal kita,
That I love you.