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1) Sa Aking Mga Kabata (English: To my Fellow Youth) is a poem about the

love of ones native language written in Tagalog. It is widely attributed to


the Filipino national hero Jos Rizal, who supposedly wrote it in 1869 at the
age of eight.[1]
However, there is no evidence to support authorship by Rizal and several
historians now believe it to be a hoax.[2]The actual author of the poem is
suspected to have been the poets Gabriel Beato Francisco or Herminigildo
Cruz.[3]
The poem was widely taught in Philippine schools to point out Rizals
precociousness and early development of his nationalistic ideals.[1]
A passage of the poem often paraphrased as Ang hindi marunong
magmahal sa sariling wika, masahol pa sa hayop at malansang isda
(English: He who does not love his own mother tongue, is worse than a
beast and rotten fish) is widely quoted to promote the use of Tagalog
among Filipinos. It is used most frequently (often in an accusatory manner)
during the Buwan ng Wika (Language Month), a commemoration of the
establishment of the Filipino language as the national language of the
Philippines.[4][5]
(http://thelifeandworksofrizal.blogspot.com/2012/01/interpretation-saaking-mga-kababata.html )
It is here in these lines of verse that we find Rizal's famous quote: "He who
does not love his own language is worse than an animal and smelly fish."
He further adds that Filipinos must work to make the language richer, and
likens this endeavor to a mother feeding her young. The native tongue is
now compared to a helpless child that must be nurtured in order to grow
and flourish.
The Tagalog language is, according to these lines, equal in rank to Latin,
English, Spanish, and even the language of the angels. It is not inferior to
any other language, nor must it be considered so. For it is God who has
bestowed upon the Filipinos this gift, just as he has blessed the other
nations and lands with their native tongues.
(http://joseprizalliteraryworks.blogspot.com/ )
Rizal made this poem at the peak of the grandeur day of his life for him to
experience the radiant growing intellect and wonderful life as a youth. He
always wanted the youth to follow his ideals in the love their country. They
could utilize the growing intellect on arts and sciences to b properly
educated in their homeland .Where they trained to become wise and pious
even from the shadows of the Spanish authority. Anyone of aspired for the
success of life my always find the difficult and long road of sacrifices to
reach the sweetness and glory of life.
To my Fellow Youth

If a nations people certainly love


Their gift of language bestowed by heaven,
So too will they regain their pawned freedom
As the bird that flies in the sky.
For language is a measure of worth
Of nations, towns, and kingdoms,
And each person alike, deserves
That of any creation born free.
One who does not treasure his own language
is worse than a beast and putrid fish,
Thus it should be nurtured gladly
As our mothers nurtured us.
The language Tagalog is like Latin,
Like English, Spanish, and the language of angels
For it was the Lord, in his wisdom
Who bestowed it, who gave it to us.
This language is like that of others,
With their own alphabet and their own characters,
But vanished as if a sudden storm had come upon
A boat in a lake in an age long past.
2) Through Education Our Mother Receives Light

This poem proved that he valued education so much that may give
the power of the country to survive from any forces( barbaric actions,
deceits, hostility, vices and etc.) in the struggles of societal freedom .
Through education, it creates the virtue of power to human race. This
gives security and peace to the motherland as the Filipinos would learn the
sciences and arts as the basis to calm down the life of the society. Where
education reigns pacifies the barbaric action of the nations .It may
neutralized or ceased to exist on crimes and hostility including vices and
deceits because of the enlightenment of mankind.
The existence of prudent education provides the tranquility to a more
dignified action just the existence on the natural flow of life . Education shall
give a perfect virtue of man that may overthrow the power of evils and may
step on heavenly path for its good action. Likewise, education provides
goodness to humanity it sheds light for those who created destruction even
from the hands of fiercest criminal. Furthermore, education may always
survive even from the worst storm, hatred of men, and raging waves as a
consequence the motherland becomes invincible to evil forces shall be tired
and fall asleep in their raging emotions.

This poem of Rizal had never thought that was applied to him heroic
struggles in his later years of life. The struggle of human freedom was won
because education provided the key role for thousands of men honored him.
His education provided him the noble virtue that someday his country was
free from the bondage of foreign oppressor. In contemporary time, education
proves to be key role to produce of noble man that shades light for his family
and country.

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