Saranggola Sa Ulan Titik at Musika ni Gary Granada

Naririnig ko pa ang tawa't hagikgik
Ng una kong sinta at kalarong paslit
At ang sabi ng matatanda
Siya ay maalwan, ako'y dukha
Di raw kami bagay at kayraming dahilan
Ngunit si Bakekay ay walang pakialam
Sa aming kamusmusan kayraming palaisipan
Ngunit tatlong bagay ang aking natutunan

Ang pag-asa'y walang hanggan
Pag-ibig ay walang hadlang
At lilipad ang saranggola sa ulan.

At kung ang pagsinta ay di man nagtagal
Ang mas mahalaga natutong magmahal
Umibig na walang panghihinayang
Kahit malamang na masaktan

Kanina lang, sa aking tabi'y may aleng lumiko
At sa pagmamadali, nasagi ang aking puso
Eto na naman ako sa aking kabaliwan
Na sinasabi nga nilang suntok sa buwan
Ngunit hindi hihindian ng tulad kong natuto nang
Magpalipad ng saranggola sa ulan

Gaya ng lagi't laging sinasabi ko
O siya nawa ay siya na nga ang totoo.

Eto na naman ako sa aking kabaliwan
Na sinasabi nga nilang suntok sa buwan
Ngunit hindi hihindian
Ng tulad kong natuto nang
Magpalipad ng saranggola sa ulan

Heto ako, tumatandang
Nakahandang panindigang
Ang bato sa tubig ay lulutang
At lilipad ang saranggola sa ulan

How the First Head Was Taken a Folk tales of the Igorot`s

One day the Moon, who was a woman named Kabigat, sat out in the yard making a large copper pot. The copper was still soft and pliable like clay, and the woman squatted on the ground with the heavy pot against her knees while she patted and shaped it.

Now while she was working a son of Cal-chal, the Sun, came by and stopped to watch her mold the form. Against the inside of the jar she pressed a stone, while on the outside with a wooden paddle dripping with water she pounded and slapped until she had worked down the bulges and formed a smooth surface.

The boy was greatly interested in seeing the jar grow larger, more beautiful, and smoother with each stroke, and he stood still for some time. Suddenly the Moon looked up and saw him watching her. Instantly she struck him with her paddle, cutting off his head.

Now the Sun was not near, but he knew as soon as the Moon had cut off his son's head. And hurrying to the spot, he put the boy's head back on, and he was alive again.

Then the Sun said to the Moon, "You cut off my son's head, and because you did this, ever after on the earth people will cut off each other's heads."