Crush the Revolution?
The fascists often threaten
To crush the revolution
By murdering more heroes
Of the people tempered
In the flames of the struggle.
Durugin ang Rebolusyon?
Bawat taon banta ng mga pasista
Na durugin ang rebolusyon
Sa pamamagitan ng pagpaslang
Ng mas marami pang bayaning
Pinanday sa apoy ng pakikibaka.
Ang Internationale
The Internationale is exceedingly important to all proletarian internationalists. It expresses poetically and musically the working class’s revolutionary spirit and historic mission to liberate humankind from class oppression and exploitation, to overthrow the bourgeois class dictatorship and all forms of reaction, and to build socialism wherever possible until communism is achieved. Jose Maria Sison
A POET IN THE SERVICE OF THE PEOPLE
The poems of Benito Concio Quilloy are a major contribution to poetry created in prison in the tradition of Amado V. Hernandez’ ”Isang Dipang Langit.” The harsh conditions of prison serve to strengthen the revolutionary conviction of the political prisoner. He hankers not only for personal freedom but also for the freedom of the people, […]
The long struggle for freedom
You are cordially invited to attend the cultural and artistic celebration
Pair of poems: Pearl & Gold
In the gloomy depths of the ocean,
Pearl is formed by salted pain
In the tenderness of the oyster
In utter cold, under the weight
Of the water mountain of affliction.
Mga piraso ng isang bangungot
Sa ilalim ng langit ng gabi, mga sariwang samyo
Ng mga luntiang dahon at bughaw na alon
Ang sumasalpok sa mukha ko, kumakapit sa katawan ko
At nag-uudyok na katagpuin ko ang aking mahal
Fragments of a nightmare
In anticipation of the anniversary of the capture of Jose Maria Sison on November 10, 1977, his 30-stanza poem “Fragments of a Nightmare” (which is about his long series of tortures) is published here
Welcome the unwelcome
Long before you come,
You rattle your sabres
Made in some alien land,
You boast of your ill intent
Against the toiling masses.
Which shall come ahead?
The blazing of forests,
The thawing of the icebergs,
The rise of the oceans,
The drowning of cities,
The parching of the land,
The whimpering death?