I want to write something today but I am just drained. I just decided to post one of my favorite poems that I will translate to English. I just badly need the mental exercise. It isn't a perfect translation, of course. It is translated to the best of my comprehension.

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HUWAG KA SANANG MAGAGALIT (I Hope It Doesn't Anger You)
Ramon Sunico

Huwag ka sanang magagalit
kung sasabihin ko
na hanap-hanap ka
ng aking mga tula.

I hope it doesn't anger you
If I will tell you
That my poems
Yearn for you.

Huwag ka sanang maiilang
kung tuwing umuulan
isip-isip ko ang init
ng ating katawan.

I hope you wouldn't shy away
If I constantly think of the warmth
of our bodies
Whenever the rain falls.

Ngayon, butas lamang
sa langit ang lahat ng bituin,
Ngayon, sukatan lamang ang buwan
ng layo mo sa akin.

Now, all the stars
Are but holes in the sky
Now, the moon is but a touchstone
Of your distance from me.

Anumang kuwento
ang simulan ko’y
sa iyo rin nauuwi.
Sa bawat aklat
na aking buklatin
naroroon ang iyong tingin

Whatever story
I begin
Always leads to you.
For every book
I crack open
There is you.

Alam ko: may sarili kang tanong
na dapat sagutin; may sarili kang misteryo
na dapat harapin. Huwag magmadali: panahon ngayon
ng liwanag at sari-saring dilim;
Oras ng sugat at lamig at ng
paurong-sulong na pagpapaumanhin.

I am aware: you have questions
that need to be answered; you have mysteries
that need to be faced. Do not rush: it is a time
of lucidity and manifold darkness;
A time of scars, and cold,
And of blundering apologies.

Ngunit mahal,
pinakamatalik kong kaibigan,
huwag ka sanang magagalit
huwag ka sanang maiilang
kung aking sasabihin

But my love,
My dearest friend,
I hope it doesn't anger you
I hope you wouldn't shy away
If I will tell you

na tuwing humihinga ako
naaamoy kita,
na tuwing pumipikit ako,
ikaw ang nagiging umaga

That each time I breathe,
It is your scent that I breathe in,
That each time I close my eyes,
It is you that becomes the morning.

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I started dancing to hiphop two weeks ago. Tomorrow will be the third Saturday that I am taking the hour and a half trip to the studio where I take lessons. I enjoyed every session so far, and I started opening myself to other music outside of rock and classical. It is in this manner that I learned of Dubstep. (from Wikipedia:Dubstep is a genre of electronic dance music. Its overall sound has been described as "tightly coiled productions with overwhelming bass lines and reverberant drum patterns, clipped samples, and occasional vocals) I've been listening to this a lot recently, and in such high volume when I am alone that one of the speakers of my subwoofer bounced of the table because of the heavy bass lines.

Anyway, I started to appreciate moving to a beat as a means to express oneself. Whether happiness, anger, or sandness. Our instructor pointed out that dance IS an exercise, not just for the body, but for the mind and for the heart.

I couldn't agree more. :)

No need to elaborate.