Best English to Tagalog Poem Translation (2024)

   How long can there be “we”
I can’t get the fear out of my mind
That one day “we” will become “me”

I’m afraid you’ll leave me
Maybe your heart will forget me
Because that has happened once

The apprehension still lingers
That again you have another
As I feel it
You can’t blame me, can you?

Because you traded me once
Love turned bitter
And caused so much pain   

    Salamat kaibigan, hndi mo ‘ko iniwan

Ikaw ay aking karamay at aking sandigan

Malayo pa ang tinig ay iyo nang naririnig

Alam mo ang pintig ng aking puso at dibdib

Bigat ay iyong inako upang ako ay makatayo

Inalalayan ang aking bisig, lakas ay iyong tinig

Ikaw ay parang isang estrangherong hindi naghihintay ng kapalit

Saan ako makakahanap ng isang tulad mo sa isang saglit?

Kung sa paraang ito ay pinapakitang iniibig,

Bulag na ang hndi makakita, at manhid na ang hndi makadama

Oh kaibigan, nag-iisa ka    

   Thank you friend, you didn’t leave me

You are my compassion and my support

You can hear the voice far away

You know the beating of my heart and chest

You took on the weight so that I could stand

Support my arm, strength is your voice

You are like a stranger who does not expect anything in return

Where can I find someone like you in a moment?

If in this way it is shown to be loved,

He who cannot see is blind, and he who cannot feel is numb

Oh friend, you are alone  

    PAG-IBIG, NAPA-KOMPLIKADO MO

NAGBUBUHOL-BUHOL ANG UTAK KO

MAPAGKUNWARI PA MINSA’Y SUSULPOT

WARI’Y NAGPAPANGGAP NA SUOT

MAPANGAHAS KA, AT WALANG PINIPILI

MATAPOS UMASA, PUSO’Y NASAWI

O MAPAGPANGGAP NA PAG-IBIG!

KAILAN KA MAKAKATIKIM NG GALIT?

TIWALA’Y NILAAN

PAGKATAPOS AY IIWAN

SUKDULANG HAPDI

KATUMBAS AY PIGHATI

HINDI MO BA NALALAMAN

KUNG GAANO KASAKIT MASAKTAN?

HINDI MO MANLANG BA TUTULUNGANG   

   LOVE, YOU’RE SO COMPLICATED

MY BRAIN IS IN KNOTS

EVEN PRETEND SOMETIMES IT WILL APPEAR

LOOKS LIKE IT WAS DRESSED

YOU ARE DARING, AND NO ONE CHOOSES

AFTER HOPE, THE HEART FAILED

O PRETENDED LOVE!

WHEN WILL YOU TASTE ANGER?

TRUST IS PROVIDED

THEN LEAVE

EXTREME PAIN

EQUAL IS PAIN

DON’T YOU KNOW?

HOW MUCH DOES IT HURT?

WON’T YOU HELP?    

    ang ngiti mo ang sumunog sa puso ko
ang ngiti mo ang umalipin sa kaluluwa ko
at kapag ikaw ay tumititig sa akin
napapaso ako, mgpakailanman   

   my first poem for my Zera, in Tagalog

your smile sets fire to my heart
your eyes enslave my soul
and when you stare at me
i burn in your gaze for eternity) 

  Pinagtagpo ngunit hindi itinadhana.”

Madalas kong naririnig ‘yan, palagay ko’y ikaw rin.

Pero kung iisipin, napakarami nating mga taong natatagpuan

na nakatakda ring umalis. Ang ilan ay babalik,

ang ilan ay maglalaho na lang.

Hindi ko alam kung saan ka riyan nabibilang.

Walang pakiramdaman, walang pakialamanan,

walang pakundangang naghahanap ng mga bagay

para pilit kang makalimutan. Gigising ako nang nakangiti,

masaya, at ang nasa isip ay      

    Met but not destined.” I hear that often,

I think you do too. But if you think about it,

we meet so many people who are also destined to leave.

Some will return, some will simply disappear.

I don’t know where you belong. No feeling, no caring,

no shame in looking for things to force you to forget.

I will wake up smiling, happy, and on my mind    

   Deep into that darkness peering,

Long I stood there, wondering, fearing,

Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortals

Ever dared to dream before;

But the silence was unbroken,

And the stillness gave no token,

And the only word there spoken

Was the whispered word, “Lenore!”

This I whispered, and an echo

Murmured back the word, “Lenore!”

Merely this, and nothing more.   

 Sa kailaliman ng kadilimang iyon ay nakasilip,

Matagal akong nakatayo doon, nagtataka, natatakot,

Nagdududa, nangangarap na pangarap walang mortal

Kailanman nangahas na mangarap noon;

Ngunit ang katahimikan ay hindi naputol,

At ang katahimikan ay hindi nagbigay ng tanda,

At ang tanging salitang binigkas doon

Ang ibinulong na salita, “Lenore!”

Ito ang bulong ko, at isang echo

Murmured back the word, “Lenore!”

Ito lang, at wala nang iba pa.    

   And all should cry, Beware! Beware!

His flashing eyes, his floating hair!

Weave a circle round him thrice,

And close your eyes with holy dread

For he on honey-dew hath fed,

And drunk the milk of Paradise.    

 At lahat ay dapat umiyak, Mag-ingat! Mag-ingat!

Ang kanyang kumikislap na mga mata, ang kanyang lumulutang na buhok!

Maghabi ng bilog sa kanya ng tatlong beses,

At ipikit ang iyong mga mata sa banal na pangamba

Sapagka’t siya sa pulot-pukyutan ay kumakain,

At uminom ng gatas ng Paraiso.    

   Turning and turning in the widening gyre

The falcon cannot hear the falconer;

Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;

Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,

The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere

The ceremony of innocence is drowned;

The best lack all conviction, while the worst

Are full of passionate intensity.  

   Paikot-ikot sa lumalawak na gyre

Hindi marinig ng falcon ang falconer;

Ang mga bagay ay bumagsak; ang sentro ay hindi maaaring humawak;

Ang anarkiya ay pinakawalan sa mundo,

Ang dugo-dimmed tide ay lumuwag, at sa lahat ng dako

Ang seremonya ng kawalang-kasalanan ay nalunod;

Ang pinakamahusay ay walang lahat ng pananalig, habang ang pinakamasama

Puno ng passionate intensity.  

   Willows whiten, aspens shiver.

The sunbeam showers break and quiver

In the stream that runneth ever

By the island in the river

Flowing down to Camelot.

Four gray walls, and four gray towers

Overlook a space of flowers,

And the silent isle imbowers

The Lady of Shalott.   

   Willows pumuti, aspens nanginginig.

Ang sunbeam shower ay nabasag at nanginginig

Sa batis na umaagos kailanman

Sa tabi ng isla sa ilog

Umaagos pababa sa Camelot.

Apat na kulay abong pader, at apat na kulay abong tore

Tinatanaw ang espasyo ng mga bulaklak,

At ang tahimik na isla ay tumango

Ang Ginang ng Shalott.  

   She walks in beauty, like the night

Of cloudless climes and starry skies;

And all that’s best of dark and bright

Meet in her aspect and her eyes;

Thus mellowed to that tender light

Which heaven to gaudy day denies.    

   Naglalakad siya sa kagandahan, tulad ng gabi

Ng walang ulap na klima at mabituing kalangitan;

At lahat ng pinakamaganda sa madilim at maliwanag

Kilalanin ang kanyang aspeto at ang kanyang mga mata;

Kaya pinalambot sa malambot na liwanag na iyon

Aling langit sa kahanga-hangang araw ang itinanggi.    

   Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.
In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced nor cried aloud.
Under the bludgeonings of chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed.
Beyond this place of wrath and tears
Looms but the Horror of the shade,
And yet the menace of the years
Finds and shall find me unafraid.
It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll,
I am the master of my fate,
I am the captain of my soul.    

    the universe took its time on you
crafted you to offer the world
something different from everyone else
when you doubt
how you were created
you doubt an energy greater than us both    

    The time will come
when, with elation
you will greet yourself arriving
at your own door, in your own mirror
and each will smile at the other’s welcome,
and say, sit here. Eat.
You will love again the stranger who was your self.
Give wine. Give bread. Give back your heart
to itself, to the stranger who has loved you
all your life, whom you ignored
for another, who knows you by heart.
Take down the love letters from the bookshelf,
the photographs, the desperate notes,
peel your own image from the mirror.
Sit. Feast on your life.    

    Fear of confrontation used to silence me.
Self love raised my voice.
Fear of failure used to immobilize me.
Self love emboldened me.
Fear of judgement used to consume me.
Self love made me whole.
Fear of abandonment used to anchor me.
Self love helped me set sail.    

   This being human is a guest house.
Every morning a new arrival.

A joy, a depression, a meanness,
some momentary awareness comes
as an unexpected visitor.

Welcome and entertain them all!
Even if they’re a crowd of sorrows,
who violently sweep your house
empty of its furniture,
still, treat each guest honorably.
He may be clearing you out
for some new delight.

The dark thought, the shame, the malice,
meet them at the door laughing,
and invite them in.

Be grateful for whoever comes,
because each has been sent
as a guide from beyond.  

   One day the sun admitted,
I am just a shadow.
I wish I could show you
The Infinite Incandescence
That has cast my brilliant image!

I wish I could show you,
When you are lonely or in darkness,
The astonishing Light
Of your own Being!   

      Today I asked my body what she needed,
Which is a big deal
Considering my journey of
Not Really Asking That Much.  

    i dive into the well of my body
and end up in another world
everything i need
already exists in me
there’s no need
to look anywhere else   

  be softer with you.
you are a breathing thing.
a memory to someone.
a home to a life.     

 Once when I was running,
from all that haunted me;
to the dark I was succumbing –
to what hurt unbearably.

Searching for the one thing,
that would set my sad soul free.

In time I stumbled upon it,
an inner calm and peace;
and now I am beginning,
to see and to believe,
in who I am becoming –
and all I’ve yet to be.      

    Kung ikaw lang sana ay isang bituin
Saka ako’y buwang lagi mong kapiling
Suyuin man kita kung gabing malalim
Walang mapangutyang lilibak sa atin
Sa likod ng ulap, ikaw ay akin din.   

    Ah! Sayang na sayang, sayang na pag-ibig,
Sayang na singsing kong nahulog sa tubig;
Kung ikaw rin lamang ang makasasagip,
Mahanga’y hintin kong kumati ang tubig!   

    Kung sa mga daang nilalakaran mo,
may puting bulaklak ang nagyukong damo
na nang dumaan ka ay biglang tumungo
tila nahihiyang tumunghay sa iyo. . .
Irog, iya’y ako!

Kung may isang ibong tuwing takipsilim,
nilalapitan ka at titingin-tingin,
kung sa iyong silid masok na magiliw
at ika’y awitan sa gabing malalim. . .
Ako iyan, Giliw!   

  Damong makahiya na munting masanggi’y
nangunguyumpis na’t buong nakikimi,
matalsikan lamang hamog na konti’t
halik ng amiha’y mabigla sa dampi
mga kinaliskis na daho’y tutupi’t
tila na totoong lanta na’t uns’yami.     

    Oh! Kaawa-awang buhay ko sa iba
Mula at sapol ay gumiliw-giliw na,
Nguni’t magpangayon ang wakas ay di pa
Nagkamit ng tungkol pangalang ginhawa.

Ano’t ang ganti mong pagbayad sa akin,
Ang ako’y umasa’t panasa-nasain,
At inilagak mong sabing nahabilin,
Sa langit ang awa saka ko na hintin!

Ang awa ng langit at awa mo naman
Nagkakaisa na kaya kung so bagay?
Banta ko’y hindi rin; sa awa mong tunay,
Iba ang sa langit na maibibigay.