Kumusta Kaibigan (Mary Wismer) -English Translation Poem by MELVIN BANGGOLLAY

KUMUSTA KAIBIGAN (MARY WISMER)
(HOW ARE YOU, FRIEND?) MARY WISMER


Kumusta kaibigan sa ngayong panahon
(How are you friend now in these says)
Sana ika'y malakas sa bawat dapithapon
(I wish your strong in every night's fall)
Kahit na kung minsa'y ika'y piit ngayon
(Even sometimes you're in jail now)
ng kalagayang Dios lang ang makakatugon
(of condition only God can ever answer)

Huwag ka sanang mawalan ng loob at pag-asa
(Don't ever lost courage and hope)
Na balang araw sakit mo'y sadyang mawala
(That someday your illness be forever gone)
Pagkat ang Dios nati'y talagang humahanga
(For our God truly appreaciate)
Sa mga katulad mong nananalig sa kanya.
(Like you who have deep faith in Him)

At kung sakali mang di dumating ang tugon
(And if ni case the answer will not come)
Sa aking dalangin na sana'y ika'y i-ahon
(to my prayers that you'll be healed/lifted)
Ng Dios Ama sa pighating nadarama mo ngayon
(by the Holy Father from your sufferings now)
Iyo sanang tangapin ito'y kalooban ng Puon.
(Kindly accept it for it's the Will of God)

Ngunit habang ika'y may lakas pa rin at sigla
(But while you still have the strength and dynamism)
Huwag kang bibitiw sa hangarin mo sa madla
(Don't quit in your desire for mankind)
Na magbigay ng inspirasyon sa yong mga kanta
(to give inspiration through your songs)
at tulang nakakatulong sa nawawalan ng pag-asa.
(and poems that helps those who are lossing hope)


Remember what I keep on procaliming to you
No retrat, no surrender just I sometimes do
Even trials may come bellowing like tornado
Hold on with God even in times of sorrow
For those who can stay will forever grow,
be filled in the spirit as God will bestow
His grace of healing and salvation to you.

thanks always for reading my poem,