Paalala nang manalo ng ginto si Hidilyn
Bughaw sa ibabaw.
Babaeng may panalong ginto.
Bayan na malaya sa dusa.
Pangarap na abot kaya,
Basta hahawakang mahigpit ang bigat
Ng watawat na puno ng luha,
Watawat na mantsado ng dugo,
At itataas ito sa langit
Gamit lahat ng lakas mo.
Kamay ng babae
Ang may lakas at tindig
Na gawin ito
At iuwi ang ginto
Sa Inang Bayan,
Na babae din:
Ang duyan
Ng magigiting,
Ang walang-pagod na agos
Ng giliw at pag-asang
Hindi kayang lunurin,
Hindi mayanig,
Hindi mapunit ng kahit anong
Nananalantang unos.
Tandaan ninyo na si Pilipinas
Ay babaeng nakasaplot
Nang bughaw sa ibabaw
At pula sa ilalim.
Tumindig, manindigan,
Anak tayong lahat
Ni Inang Bayan,
At may pinagmanahan tayo.
- For those who don’t speak in Tagalog, below is my transliteration of the poem above into English:
Reminder as Hidilyn won the gold
Blue on top.
Woman winning gold.
A nation free of suffering.
Dreams are within reach,
Just take a tight grip of the weight
Of a flag full of tears,
The bloodstained standard,
And raise it to the skies
With every bit of your strength.
A woman’s hands
Have the strength and uprightness
To get this done
And bring gold home
To the Motherland,
Who is a woman, too:
The cradle
Of the brave,
The tireless wellspring
Of joy and hope
That cannot be drowned,
Is never shaken,
Cannot be torn by any
Ravaging calamity.
Remember that Pilipinas
Is a woman clad
In blue on top
And red below.
Stand, make your stand,
We are all children
Of mother Philippines,
And we have inherited so much from her.
