miércoles, 27 de junio de 2007

Anong Klaseng Bayani/ What Kind of Heroes?


(Lyrics and Music: Danny Fabella)
English:

What kind of heroes are you blabbering about
Boasting about it in newspapers and TV?
We don't want to be called so
We have no need of your praises
What we want is respect
Respect every person deserves

What kind of heores are you blabbering about?
Are they those who suffer from gloom and pain
In foreign shores, under foreign bosses?
People like me are maltreated
Justice is what we need
Justice is what we need

But you play blind
You there in the government
Serve the people, you heartless ones
Who profit from our swat

What kind of heroes are you blabbering about?
You who have brought this oppression upon us
Get done with your pretense
We won't be duped again
We're already learning to fight back
We'll still learn to fight back

But you play blind
You there in the government
Watch out, you heartless ones
Filipino migrants are now fighting back.

Tagalog:

Anong klaseng bayani ang inyong sinasabi
Sa dyaryo at TV ipinagmamalaki
Di namin kailangang tawaging ganito
Di namin kailangang ang papapuri ninyo
Kailangan namin ay respeto
Kailangan namin ay respeto bilang tao

Anong kalseng bayani ang inyong sinasabi
Yaon bang dumaranas ng lungkot at hirap
Sa ibayong-dagat, sa banyagang amo
Ang mga tlad ko ay minamaltrato
Kailangan nami'y katarungan
Kailangan nami'y katarungan

Pagka't hanggang ngayo'y nagbubulang-bulagan
Kayong naririyan sa pamahalaan
Mga walang silbi, walang pakiramdam
Sa amig paggawa ay nakikinabang

Anong klaseng bayani ang inyong sinasabi
kayo'ng naging sanhi ng aming pagkaapi
Tigilan na ninyo ang pagkukunwari
At kami'y hindi na palolokong muli
Natututo na kaming lumaban
Matututo pa kaing lumaban

Pagka't hanggan ngayo'y nagbubulag-bulagan
Kayong naririyan sa pamahalaan
Maghanda na kayong mga walang pakialam
Migranteng Pilipino ngayo'y lumalaban

1 comentario:

J dijo...

Thank you for bringing us the English and Tagalog versions. We are learning to fight, more and more each day.