Source Text
Puso, Ano Ka?
ni Corazon de Jesus
Ang puso ng tao ay isang batingaw,
sa palong hirap, umaalingawngaw
ihip lang ng hapis pinakadaramdam,
ngunit paglagi ng nasanay, kung minsan,
nakapagsasaya kahit isang bangkay
Ang puso ng tao'y parang isang relos,
atrasadong oras itong tinutumbok,
oratoryo'y hirap, minutero'y lungkot,
at luha ang tiktak nasasagot-sagot,
ngunit kung ang puso'y sanay sa himutok
kahit libinga'y may oras ng lugod.
Ang puso ay ost'yang tao sa dibdib
sa labi ng sala'y may alak ng tamis,
kapag sanay ka nang lagi sa hinagpis
nalalagok mo rin kahit anong pait,
at parang martilyo iyang bawat pintig
sa tapat ng ating dibdib na may sakit.
Kung ano ang puso? Ba, sanlibrang laman
na dahil sa ugat ay gagalaw-galaw,
dahil sa pag-ibig ay parang batingaw,
dahil sa panata ay parang orasan,
at mukhang ost'ya rin ng kalulwang banal
sa loob ng dibdib ay doon nalagay.
Target Text
Heart, What Are You?
by Corazon de Jesus
The heart of a man is like a bell,
With the strike suffering, it echoes
Just a blow of pain
But it always used to, sometimes,
Even a corpse is pleased.
The heart of a man is like a clock,
Delayed time it is meant, clock's short hand
was suffering, long hand's sorrow,
And tear is tic-tac that responds,
But if the heart is used to whimpering
Even the grave has blissful time.
The heart is bread of human in chest
at the lips of the sin there's a wine of sweetness,
if always you've been used to sorrow
you will be able to gulp any bitterness,
and like the hammer was every beat
right in front of our chest that has pain.
If what's the heart? Full of flesh
It's because of the veins it moves,
because of love it's like a bell,
because promise was like a clock,
And bread alike well of holy soul
Inside the chest there it lies.