This isn't really about the fight, it's old news by now anyway, and all the highlights have probably been the topic of lunchroom discussions yesterday. The 9th round knock-out. The Kevin Garnett/Sam Cassel photo op.Manny's interview answers delivered in English which never fails to bring great joy to his fans.
It's about the Philippine National anthem which was sung minutes before the fight. Nothing special about the rendition (who's Nicole Angela anyway?) -- it was just that, two lines from the lyrics caught my attention.
"Buhay ay langit sa piling mo."
and "Ang mamatay ng dahil sa 'yo."
Wow. Blew me away like no other. I had no idea our national anthem was so, romantic. Maybe because it's in Tagalog, and you know how, when it's in Tagalog, it's just somehow more "damang-dama" and "tagus sa puso."
Aren't you just bowled over by the fact that the writers who penned the words to Lupang Hinirang were absolutely rhapsodic about our country? When today, everything about the Philippine -- the leaders, the traffic, the movies, the cops, the attitude, seems like one huge joke. Or fodder for jokes, here and abroad.
In their time, it was "buhay ay langit sa piling mo." And "ang mamatay ng dahil sa 'yo." Life is paradise in your arms. To die, because of you.
Pare namaaaan. Panalo.
Hahaha. Is it because I'm from Manila? Do people from, other parts of the Philippines -- Palawan, or Cebu or Batanes, or, sige na nga, Davao, have an inkling of what possessed Jose Palma to pen such a beautiful love song?
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