Nanampit ang kalibutan
nga imong saw-an
kining pribilehiyo.
Maong gibukhad mo’g dako
tibuok mong lawas,
gihubo ang sapot sa kataha,
gidupa tanang pangandoy.
Karon, gitugyan sa mata mong
manag-iya nianang wanang,
aron bisan ang adlaw
mouban kanimo pagdamgo.
Ang panganod molumba
sa yanong tinguha,
ug bisan sa layo mahidagsa,
pahinungdan pagbalik
ang maong yuta.
Mark Kenly Oray is a Bol-anon writer and educator. He was a fellow at the 3rd Sunday Club National Writing Workshop, the 21st Ateneo de Davao University Summer Writers Workshop, and the Agi Creative Writers Workshop. He is pursuing his master’s degree at the University of the Philippines Cebu. He was born in Bukidnon.