Kahidlaw

An kahagkot han panahon, danay inaabat ko

Labi na kun na-uran ngan nag-uusahan ha kwarto

Kahidlaw hit ak pamilya, diri ko malikayan

Nagpipinanhuna-huna, kay tungod hirayo man.

Kun aadto ha trabaho, nangangalimot kadali

Pero hihidlawon na liwat ha oras hit pag-uli

Pamilya ha probinsya, kumusta na daw?

Na-aabat ba gihap nira it akon kahidlaw?

Dudrungan nga pangaon, bahala waray sura

Usa han mga butang nga akon gin-uungara

Diri ako maaram kun san-o daw la mauutro

Aanhon ko man kay nag-uusahan man ako?

Pastilan kun puyde la nga di ak manrabaho

An mag-inukoy ha probinsya, asya’n pipili-on ko

Pero mag-aano man kay pobre manla ako?

Pagsuporta ha pamilya, asya’t obligasyon ko.

An mahirayo ha pamilya, diri gad masayon

Kahidlaw ngan kakapoy, kinahanglan antuson

Baman kun ha ka-pobre, baga makatalwas na

Waray na gud adlaw nga ako mag-uusahan pa.

Published by anmgasidaynimayok

Mario “Mayok” Narrido is a native of San Miguel, Leyte and the first-born among four siblings. Raised from a humble family, he grew up making money on his own to upkeep his studies. Aside from making his classmates’ projects and by joining all the contests at school, he also joined several siday writing contests just to earn money. When his first siday entitled ‘Demand-Driven nga Statistika, Aton Kinahanglanon’ won the grand prize title during the 19th National Statistics Month ‘Siday’ Writing Contest in November 2008 held at the Philippine Information Agency, Regional Office 8, Tacloban City, he then fell in love with siday writing and decided to write more. Thus, this masterpiece.

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