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I am posting my poem Uni ed Caboloan again. The Tagalog version is published in the current issue of Silangan Shimbun's Lathalaang Ginto.

Uni ed Caboloan

sinmaew la'ran amin
ira'y matatakken ya umaanlong

sikaran akanemben na kopian kanepegan
da'ra'y tongtong tan anlong

ya binmabalitok ed kanonotan
tan ilalam da'ra'y sinaunan atateng

sansansakey tan kalkalna 'ran inmikban
a singa aponsil ya bolobolong

tan lirion inagos na panaon
ed aoaran na pakalingoan

no anto so inekal ed kanonotan
et nabalang tan naandi

uliran man ono bilay-aoaran
tan kumbilay da'ra'y kamareruan inkorit

ed saray egpang a mansasalming
ed uniberson inakmon la'y ibolusion

ed saray kinalakian nen Urduja
ed saray boleg-Aryan na Ibalong

ed saray dinidyus tan makauley a sinulmingan
na masisibeg iran bayani tan ikikinon

ya dinmadabuk la'ra ed ilalam
tan maatap ya asagmakan

sinmaew la'ran amin
ira'y matatakken ya umaanlong

sikaran makaamta na ley na logos
tan ngaran da'ra'y musia tan aristos

panon idalatdat ira'y aoaran
ya dabuk la tan imponpon ed lingoan?

panon yaon ed lobuk
so Sagada da'ra'y kalansay

a mangipatua ed panaon
na impanabet na apoy tan dilubio?

puira labat no yola lamet
na logos so kamarerua ra

ta pian napetek ira'y lingo ra
sakbay a natoor so sakey a pilalek -

say ipatey da'ra'y nanlapuan ya boleg
tan inkianak na palun onsandi
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Le poèt de PangasinanSantiago B. Villafania, Pangasinan poet, is the author of poetry collections Pinabli tan arum ni'ran Anlong (Beloved & Other Poems), Balikas na Caboloan (Voices from Caboloan) published by the National Commission for the Culture and the Arts (NCCA) under its UBOD New Authors Series (2005) and Malagilion: Sonnets tan Villanelles (2007). Villafania is one of the 11 outstanding Pangasinenses and recipient of the 1st ASNA Award (for Arts and Culture) during the first-ever Agew na Pangasinan and 430th Foundation Day of Pangasinan in 2010. He advocates for the development, preservation and the revival of Pangasinan as a literary language. He is currently an adjunct faculty member and a senior web developer at Emilio Aguinaldo College - Manila. » more