(Memory Served: 08 August 2017, Manila)
"Lumuha Ka Aking Bayan" performed by Inang Laya is from the poem "Kung Tuyo na ang Luha Mo Aking Bayan" by National Artist for Literature Amado V. Hernandez, music by National Artist for Music Felipe de Leon. Originally intended for liwaliw Sounds as part of the observance of Buwan ng Wikang Pambansa per Proclamation No. 1041, series of 1997. But the memory of just twelve months ago still burns my waking thoughts.
Lumuha ka kung sa puso
Ay nagmaliw na ang layon
Kung ang bulkan sa dibdib mo
Ay hindi na umuungol
Kung wala nang naglalamayThe incumbent President wanted this, on the campaign trail he promised this. What perplexed me was that he had people campaigning for him who suffered under the Marcosian martial rule (who must have known this all along). What were they thinking? This is recent memory, but one I should always remember (and mourn). On 08 August 2017, the Supreme Court junked all motions for reconsideration on their 2016 ruling to allow former president Ferdinand E. Marcos to be buried with honors at the Libingan ng mga Bayani.
Sa gabi ng pagbabangon
Lumuha ka nang lumuha,
Ang laya mo'y nakaburol
Video below shows Becky Demetillo-Abraham and Karina Constantino-David of Inang Laya, with Becky's daughter Astarte performing the song; as explained on the YouTube page, they "decided to perform after being in retirement for years to express their indignation."
[This post is antedated: 20180901]
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