DELILAH

how-to-deal-with-infidelity-500x350Based on Tom Jones’ “Delilah”

Buhay ang ilaw mo nang ako’y dumaan
Bukas mong bintana’y dagling nilapitan
Humihip ang hangin kurtina’y hinipan
Tagpong bumulaga ako’y ginulantang

Kambal-tukong anino sa aking harapan
Sumasayaw sa indayog ng kataksilan
At nang marating rurok ng kaliluhan
Luha’y sinalubong inyong kagalakan

Nanginig ang tuhod palayong humakbang
Ngunit impit mong tili ako’y sinundan
Katawang umindayog sa kahalayan
Umukit sa isip ayaw akong tantanan

Ako’y kumatok pintuan mo’y binuksan
Ako’y pumasok s’ya nama’y nagpaalam
Nang kita’y tanungin ako’y tinawanan
Ngunit tahimik ka nang punyal ko’y hawakan

Saan nga ba Delilah ako nagkulang
‘Di ba’t buhay ko sa iyo nakalaan
Nagtitiis kahit iyong sinasaktan
Ngunit ‘di tatanggaping iyong pagtaksilan

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About M.A.D. LIGAYA

I am a teacher, writer, and lifelong learner with diverse interests in prose and poetry, education, research, language learning, and personal growth and development. My primary advocacy is the promotion of self-improvement. Teaching, writing, and lifelong learning form the core of my passions. I taught subjects aligned with my interests in academic institutions in the Philippines and South Korea. When not engaged in academic work, I dedicate time to writing stories, poems, plays, and scholarly studies, many of which are published on my personal website (madligaya.com). I write in both English and his native language, Filipino. Several of my research studies have been presented at international conferences and published in internationally indexed journals. My published papers can be accessed through my ORCID profile: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4477-3772. Outside of teaching and writing, I enjoy reading books related to my interests, creating content for my websites and social media accounts, and engaging in self-improvement activities. The following is a link to my complete curriculum vitae: https://madligaya.com/__welcome/my-curriculum-vitae/ TO GOD BE THE GLORY!

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