Bayan Ko
by José Alejandrino, translated by José Corazón de Jesús
289136Bayan KoJosé Corazón de JesúsJosé Alejandrino
Spanish original:
Nuestra Patria
Tagalog translation:
Bayan Ko

Nuestra Patria Filipina,
cuya tierra es de oro y púrpura.
Tantos tesoros guarda en su lar
que tientan al hurtador.
Y es por eso que el anglosajón,
con vil traición la subyuga;
Patria mía en prisión,
sacúdete del traidor.

Aún el ave libre en su volar,
llora cuando en la jaula está,
cuanto más nuestra Patria de amor
al verse sin paz ni dignidad.
Filipinas de mi corazón,
tus hijos jamás permitirán
que así te robe
tu bienestar y libertad.

Ang bayan kong Pilipinas,
lupain ng ginto’t bulaklak.
Pag-ibig ang sa kaniyáng palad,
nag-alay ng ganda’t dilág.
At sa kaniyáng yumi at ganda,
dayuhan ay nahalina.
Bayan ko, binihag ka,
nasadlak sa dusa.

Ibon mang may layang lumipad,
kulungin mo at umiiyak!
Bayan pa kayáng sakdal-dilag,
ang ‘di magnasang makaalpas?
Pilipinas kong minumutya,
pugad ng luhá ko’t dalita,
aking adhika:
makita kang sakdal laya!

  This is a translation and has a separate copyright status from the original text. The license for the translation applies to this edition only.
Original:
This work is first published in the Philippines and is now in the public domain because its copyright protection has expired by virtue of the Intellectual Property Code of the Philippines. The work meets one of the following criteria:
  • It is an anonymous or pseudonymous work and 50 years have passed since the year of its publication
  • It is an audiovisual or photographic work and 50 years have passed since the year of its publication
  • It is a work of applied art and 25 years have passed since the year of its publication
  • It is another kind of work, and 50 years have passed since the year of death of the author (or last-surviving author)
Translation:
This work is first published in the Philippines and is now in the public domain because its copyright protection has expired by virtue of the Intellectual Property Code of the Philippines. The work meets one of the following criteria:
  • It is an anonymous or pseudonymous work and 50 years have passed since the year of its publication
  • It is an audiovisual or photographic work and 50 years have passed since the year of its publication
  • It is a work of applied art and 25 years have passed since the year of its publication
  • It is another kind of work, and 50 years have passed since the year of death of the author (or last-surviving author)