Kevin A. Olegario HIST17 9:30 - 11:30

To the Filipino Youth

Raise your unruffled browOn this day, Filipino youth!

Resplendent shinesYour courage rich,

Handsome hope of my motherland!Fly, grand genius

And infuse them with noble sentimentThat vigorously rushes,

More rapid than the wind,Its virgin mind to the glorious goal.

Descend to the arenaWith the pleasant light of arts and

sciences,And unbind, Youth,

The heavy chainThat fetters your poetic genius.

See that in the bright zoneWith pious and learned hand,

Offers the son of this native landResplendent crown.

You who ascendOn wings of your rich fantasy,

Seeking from Olympus

 in the cloudsTenderest poetry,

Sweeter than nectar and ambrosia;You of the celestial accent,

Melodious rival of the nightingale,Who with varied melodies

Dissipate the mortal’s bitter painIn the night serene;

You who animate the hand rockWith the impulse of your mind,

And with prepotent  hand makes eternalThe pure memory

Of the refulgent genius;And you, who with magic brushes

Are wont to transfer to simple canvasThe varied enchantment of Phoebus,

beloved ofApollo divine,

And the mantle of nature.Run! For the sacred flame

Of the genius awaits to be crowned with laurels,

Spreading fameWith trumpet proclaiming

O’er the wide sphere the mortal’s name.Day, oh happy day,

Philippines genteel, for your soil!Bless the Almighty,

Who with loving desireSends you fortune and consolation.