Song of distress | My heart has been dealt a heavy blow

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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Translation © by Katrina Navarro

Himutok!

Language: Tagalog (Filipino)

Our translations: ENG

Dibdib ko’y tumanggap ng matinding sakit 
Sanhi sa pagsinta’t wagas na pag-ibig 
Puso ko’y lunod na sa dagsa ng hapis
Saan kukuha pa ng pagtitiis? 

Gayon iyong alam na wala nang lunas 
Sa hirap kong ito kung ‘di ang iyong habag 
Ano’t natutuwang iyo pangmamalas 
Mga mapapait na luhang nanatak! 

O, giliw ko’t aking mutya, 
nasaan ang iyong awa? 
Di na makaya pang bathin 
ang dulot mong hilahil; 

Bigyan mo ng pag-asa, 
pusong sumisinta!

Text Authorship:

by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Nicanor Sta. Ana Abelardo (1893 - 1934), "Himutok!" [voice and piano] [
text verified 1 time
]

Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):

ENG English (Katrina Navarro) , title 1: "Song of distress", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2013-09-03
Line count: 14
Word count: 74

Song of distress

Language: English after the Tagalog (Filipino)

My heart has been dealt a heavy blow
Because I loved freely, wholly, entirely
My heart is drowning in the crushing waves of brokenness
From where shall my strength to bear it all come?

You know that the only cure to this,
My suffering, is your compassion.
And yet you remain unaffected, delighted.
Oh, the bitterness of my falling tears!

Oh, my Beloved, Maiden of my Heart
Where is your mercy?
I can no longer suffer through
The anguish that you put me through;

Console me by giving hope to this,
My heart, who knows only to love you.

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Based on:

a text in Tagalog (Filipino) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist
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This text was added to the website: 2013-09-03
Line count: 14
Word count: 99