Saturday, April 28, 2018

Philippine Folk Literature


Random number between 1 and 500, page 432 of Philippine Folk Literature: An Anthology by the late Damiana L. Eugenio, published by the UP Press, features the Bikol folk lullaby "Katurog Na Nonoy" English translation, which appeared on the next page, below:
Sleep now, Nonoy
As soundly as oil
And until you feel very warm,
Don't wake up 
When Father comes home
He'll have
maruya cakes
He'll give you
The biggest one
Will the youth of today be able to picture the barrio/bukid/probinsya idyll of these words? With some help from genre art as reference for imagery perhaps?

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