Oh poet, nativist,
would you love that much today
this country of clowns and artists... !
PS/ Gonçalves Dias was one of the greatest poets of the first romantic generation in Brazil. He was patron of chair 15 at the Brazilian Academy of Letters (ABL). Remembered as an Indianist, nativist poet, he wrote on themes related to the figure of the Indian,
always extolling with euphoria his great yearning for the beauty of Brazil, its people, its nature...
In addition to being a poet, he was a journalist, lawyer and ethnologist.
~ BaL Bgan dn aBL ~
Inikarasay a dar,
Na inim Boko a inam,
So lagaday o Panamar,
Na tiyamanan Ta Sangan,
Na Muri miyaka Ndamar,
Na Phi-pharo Paromanan,
Ka badi maSamporna...
Na ika pera Milakit ,
A akolan si Magayaw,
Na ipon-ipon ta Sarat,
A Sarig kadn Maganding,
Ka oba ndiyongkat Mkar,
Na di Sndita ta a iman,
A khilidn ta iranon...
Margen Mangimaloy,
Sa Daranda o Limpunas,
Ka Phgos a kawan-kawang,
Na Sndod a Lilimpanga,
Na mangUragis Akolan,
Ka obadi Lng-Lngn,
Sa Tamat a iphangAmpit...
Indawag kho sa inow,
Ko kadandan o Bangnsa,
A ikasoy so Salonoy,
Na Pendiyara a inam,
Na khowaan so Daradat,
Sa phaka Taman-Tamanan,
A di phagalang Alangan...
Na Phi pharasan imbitar,
Ka isisurat sa Lakam,
Na saksi so Magandor,
A Magokit na Bayaan,
Na kagiya makamBkn,
Na n'g n'gan Ta Tangis,
Ka BalBg anta A bl...
Ayat Angko sa Linow,
A kalimo-Limo ka Dar,
Na kaksan dn kanDalog,
Sa Layak a Akal Akol,
Na badn paka dongkowa,
So Limokn Pagunayan,
A Mundas so Pizinganin...
- Ditadawayen sa Ranao, Khadaffy D. Mangondato
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