Jose Radin Llorca Garduque Poet Epic

221 Interpretation of the Epic Biag ni Lam-ang

221.

Interpretasyon ng Epikong “Biag ni Lam-ang”

(Interpretation of the Epic “Biag ni Lam-ang”)



1.

Noong unang panahon, sa nayon ng Nalbuan

Nakatira ang mag-asawang sina Don Juan at Namongan

At nang bago manganak ang babae

Nagtungo sa mga kaaway ang lalaki

(Once upon a time, in the shire of Nalbuan

There lived a couple named Don Juan and Namongan

And before the maternal labor of the female

To the enemies went the male)



2.

Si Don Juan ay natalo ng mga Igorot

Walang atubiling ulo niya ay pinugot

(By the Igorots Don Juan was defeated

Without hesitation they cut off his head)



3.

‘Di nagtagal, si Namongan ay nanganak

Kakaiba ang kanyang lalaking anak

(Soon, Namongan gave birth to a child

Her son was so odd)



4.

Malaki ang pangangatawan niya kaysa ibang bata

Para siyang isang ganap na binata

(To any child his body is bigger

He is like a mature teenager)



5.

Siya ay nakakapagsalita narin

At sinabi sa lahat na Lam-ang siya kung tawagin

(He could speak even

And said to all Lam-ang is his name given)



6.

Siya rin ang pumili ng kanyang mga ninong

Kung nasaan ang ama kanyang tinanong

(His godparents he elected

His father's whereabouts he interrogated)



7.

Nang siya ay nasa gulang na siyam na buwan

Ganap na lalaki na kung siya'y masdan

(When he became nine months old

A grown-up man is he to behold)



8.

Nang hindi pa bumabalik ang ama nito

Siya'y nagpasya na sundan ito

(When his father yet returned has not

He then decided to follow that)



9.

Naglakbay siya nang dali-dali

At naabutan ang mga Igorot na nagpupunyagi

(He travelled fastly

And saw the Igorots having revelry)



10.

Sila ay nagsasayawan

Palibot sa pugot na ulo ni Don Juan

(They were dancing

Don Juan's severed head they're surrounding)



11.

Galit nag alit si Lam-ang

Lahat na kaaway kanyang pinaslang

(Lam-ang was so very mad

He killed all enemies he had)



12.

Maliban sa isa na kanya munang pinahirapan

Bago ito tuluyang pakawalan na sugatan

(Except for one whom he tortured

Before releasing that injured)



13.

Sa kanyang pagbabalik sa Nalbuan

Siya muna'y naligo sa Ilog Amburayan

(Upon his return to Nalbuan

He first took a bath at River Amburayan)



14.

Dahil sa kapal ng libag at sama ng amoy niya

Doon ay nagkandamatay ang mga isda

(Because of his thick dirt and foul odor

All fished died in that river)



15.

‘Di naglaon, siya'y may babaeng napusuan

Ito'y anak ng pinakamayaman sa Kalanutian

(Later, he fell in love with a woman

He is the daughter of the richest man in Kalanutian)



16.

Ines Kannoyan ang ngalan ng dilag

Kayrami ang lalaking sa kanya'y nangaglaglag

(Ines Kannoyan is the name of the maiden

To her so many men have fallen)



17.

Isa na rito si Sumarang

Kanyang hinamon si Lam-ang

(One of them was Sumarang

He dared to challenge Lam-ang)



18.

Silang dalawa ay naglaban

Nanalo ang binata ng Nalbuan

(The two of them fought on

The bachelor of Nalbuan won)



19.

Nadatnan ni Lam-ang kaydaming manliligaw

Kaya gumawa siya ng paraan upang pumangibabaw

(Lam-ang saw so many suitors

So he made a way to surpass them all)



20.

Pinatilaok niya ang manok at isang bahay ang nagiba

Pinatahol niya ang aso at ang bahay ay naayos na

(He made his rooster crow and a house was destroyed

Then he made his dog growl and that house was restored)



21.

Kayrami ding ginto ang tangan ng binata

Kaya kapagkuwan ay ikinasal ang dalawa

(So much gold the man had carried

So soon the two were married)



22.

Dumating ang panahon na si Lam-ang ay inatasang

Manghuli ng isda na kung tawagin ay rarang

(Time came that Lam-ang was summoned

To catch a fish rarang that's called)



23.

Subalit habang siya'y nasa kailalaiman ng karagatan

Si Lam-ang ay kinain ng pating na berkakan

(Yet while he was down deep the ocean

Lam-ang was eaten by a shark berkakan)



24.

Si Marcos na maninisid sila'y tinulungan

Pagkuha sa bangkay ni Lam-ang kanyang kinayanan

(A diver named Marcos came to their aid

The corpse of Lam-ang he recovered)



25.

At sa kapangyarihan ng aso at tandang niya

Muling nabuhay ang magiting na bida!

(And by the power of his dog and rooster

Again came to life our brave main character!)



-08/10/2013

(Dumarao)

*for Epic Day 2013

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