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Date Posted: 05:55:45 07/19/18 Thu
Author: Carlo G. Soldevilla
Subject: Pre-SONA Poem --- Cebuano by Carlo G. Soldevilla

Pre-SONA Poem --- Cebuano by Carlo G. Soldevilla

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Cebuano
by Carlo G. Soldevilla
Written on July 19, 2018

When is the SONA?, I asked myself.
Sometime next week, let me check the date.

Rallyists are expected to march in the streets, so does Digong’s supporters.
Security will be tight, I hope that day there will be no offenders.

Will Digong utter the longest speech or will he just say few word(s)?
I like it if he tells stories. Something like a parable-It could be a dream of ‘heaven on earth’(?).
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What Digong had envisioned for this country--May we gladly support him..
..especially if they will be done for the good of our fellowmen—both for the old ones and the children.

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Will Digong have to borrow Abe’s (Abraham Lincoln) line for his SONA’s introduction?:

‘Four score and seven years ago’ – He may talk or orate like Abe (One score is 20 years –so that’s 87 years ago).

And what happened?

Abe continued: “Our fathers brought forth in this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal”…
Abewas dedicating a cemetery that time in that speech of him--honoring the dead—Those who died for their country (U.S.), whose hearts were geared toward preserving democracy.

Democracy of the people? Yes.
For the people? Yes
By the people? Truly yes.
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Digong knows the real value of democracy.

So let me summarize Abe’s speech by citing another- about what he said.
“..we cannot dedicate. We cannot consecrate. We cannot hallow this ground…” (To truly appreciate Abe’s speech, please read the Gettysburg Address. Thanks.)
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Just think about ribbon-cutting for the newly-opened grave or cemetery dedicated to those who died in battle for the sake of democracy. Then think of the deeper meaning of Abe’s words (why he said this): “..we cannot dedicate. We cannot consecrate. We cannot hallow this ground (cemetery).” Those who came before us (in the Philippine setting, set your mind into thinking of Lapu-lapu and other Filipino heroes) had already made their utmost sacrifice and they are the ones ‘in-absentia’ worthy enough to be in this place of dedication..not us.

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If I translate it in vernacular (Cebuano) , it goes this way:
(Sa wa pa niya madedikar ang lubnganan, dunay gisulti si Abe Lincoln nga presidente sa America sauna):

“Ato kining ginadedikar ang lubnganan alang sa mga sundalo nga ni sakripisyo sauna para duna kita’y tinuod nga demokrasya sa mga tawo, para og alang sa mga tawo.”

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Note: I don’t know if ‘Longest Speech’ or ‘Abe’ or ‘Alang sa Mga Tawo’ would be the best title for this poem.

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