Maging Akin Ka Sana

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Lumapit ka sana’t kamay ko’y abutin
Ibubulong kong tanong iyong sagutin
Maaari bang ikaw ay maging akin?
Maari bang ako’y iyong ibigin?

Tanging sa ‘yo nakatuon ang paningin
Sa isip hindi kita kayang burahin
Pumayag ka sanang ika’y maging akin
Habang nabubuhay kita’y sasambahin

Lumapit ka na at ibulong sa akin
Batid ko na meron kang nais sabihin
Mga ngiti mo’y huwag gamiting tabing
Upang itago ang sinaktang damdamin

Pahintulutan sana na kita’y mahalin
Tulungang nakaraa’y iyong limutin
Bumaong tinik sa puso’y bubunutin
Ulap sa langit mo’y aking hahawiin

Mapait na kahapon huwag nang balikan
Heto ang palad ko mahigpit mong hawakan
Masuyong luha mo’y aking pupunasan
Mithing ligaya kita’y hahandugan

Maging akin ka ang tanging panalangin
Pag-ibig sa puso muling pasikatin
Pahintulutan sanang kita’y makapiling
Payagan akong ika’y paligayahin

(Mula sa kantang “Be My Lady” ni Martin Nievera)

TINULANG KANTA

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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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