Pangarap (W/English Translation - 'Dream') Poem by Marites C. Cayetano

Nuong ako ay bata pa
pangarap ko'y di mabilang
manggagamot, mamamahayag
abugado, at kung anu-ano pa.

Pangarap...
masarap ang mangarap
kahit kadalasa'y
mahirap itong abutin.

Pangarap...
mayruong natutupad
mayruon din namang
hindi.

Nuong ako ay bata pa
pangarap ko'y di mabilang
subalit ngayon
iisa lang ang aking pangarap...

Pangarap ko
sa aking huling sandali
sa aking tabi'y
ika'y luluha.






english translation
-A Dream-

When I was young
I have many dreams
a doctor, a newscaster
a lawyer, and many other.

Dreams...
it's wonderful to have one
'though usually,
they don't easily come true.

Dreams...
some come true
and some just don't.

When I was young
I have many dreams
but now
I only have one dream...

I dream
at my last moment
you'd be beside me
...crying.