by: Jose Palma(Translation by Luis G. Dato) Adored Filipinas,Child of the sunny Orient,Whose flame bright and ardent,In thee burns evermore. Oh land beloved,Home of a hero nationNe’er shall invasionDarken they sacred shore. Ever within thy skies and through thy winds,And…
Words by: Luis G. DatoMusic by: Jose V. Relativo Thou motherland of Bikol dear,With love we sing today of theeFair land of skies azure and clear,Girt by a sunkist, sapphire sea. Dear land of rolling plain and hill,To us forever…
(Words for our National Anthem) by Luis G. Dato Land of the thunderTorn into isles asunderWhere winds beat underHeaven’s blue-vaulted skies,Land where the MalaysReared the Oriental palaceBy sweeping valleysWhere the blue mountains rise. Land of the ocean,We in the war’s…
