Promise
My heart beats with vibration,
When you start to talk,
Each and every spoken word
I earnestly discern the meaning,
I want to think that it's the truth,
But the lie shouts so loud,
In your deceitful body language,
The sadness that I persistently fight
Seems eager to slave me, why does it not go away?
In this context,
He's the only one who comforts me when I am left alone,
Listening although I'm confused,
The night that I can't sleep,
He's my only soul mate,
And never naps even in a moment,
Once, I have asked him,
Is it possible to snooze on the edge of death?
He replies immediately:
"My heart will bleed if you will be gone,
The day will turn into night,
If you're not here by my side".
One promise I have made,
Even though the moon and the sun become one,
I will stay alive,
As long as you are there.
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Translated by Bernard F. Asuncion from Gigi Endraca's Pangako
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