through education our motherland receives light

Poem’s of Dr. Jose Rizal

By: Harold Eugene Q. Urmaza

4th

•THROUGH EDUCATION OUR MOTHERLAND RECEIVES LIGHT

•Ateneo Municipal

Where

•5th yr in Bachelor of Arts

When

•Every Filipino people

For

THROUGH EDUCATION OUR MOTHERLAND RECEIVES LIGHT

Education’s capability

Power

Improves the state

Life to a dying country

Multiplies the resources

1st StanzaThe vital breath of prudent EducationInstills a virtue of enchanting power;

She lifts the motherland to highest stationAnd endless dazzling glories on her shower.

And as the zephyr’s gentle exhalationRevives the matrix of the fragrant flower,So education multiplies her gifts of grace;

With prudent hand imparts them to the human race.


unrestricted

free

education

peace and order

2nd Stanza

For her a mortal man will gladly partWith all he has; will give his calm repose;For her are born all sciences and all arts,

That brews the towering mountain’s lofty heart.The purest current of the streamlet flows,

So education without stint or measure givesSecurity and peace to lands in which she lives.


Youth excels

proven theories

eye opener

Judge

Law

improvement

3rd Stanza

Where education reigns on lofty seatYouth blossoms forth with vigor and agility;

His error subjugates with solid feet,And is exalted by conceptions of nobility,She breaks the neck of vice and its deceit;

Black crime turns pale at Her hostility;The barbarous nations she knows how to tame,

From savages create heroic fame.


Nourishment

unlimited resources

seek and receive

4th Stanza

And as the spring doth sustenance bestowOn all the plants, on bushes in the mead,

Its placid plenty goes to overflowAnd endlessly with lavish love to feed

The banks by which it wanders, gliding slow,Supplying beauteous nature’s every need.

So he who prudent Education doth procureThe towering heights of honor will secure.


truth

evil won’t prevail

other people follow

5th StanzaFrom out his lips the water crystal pure,Of perfect virtue shall not cease to go.

With careful doctrines of his faith made sure,The powers of evil he will overthrow,

Like foaming waves that never long endure,But perish on the shore at every blow;

And from his good example other me shall learnTheir upward steps toward the heavenly paths to turn.


right intentions

change for the good

seals wrong thoughts

6th Stanza

Within the breast of wretched humankindShe lights the living flame of goodness bright;

The hand of fiercest criminal doth bind;And in these breasts will surely pour delight

Which seek her mystic benefits to find,-Those souls she sets aflame with love of right.

That gives to life its surest consolation.


strong

unwavering

soul and mind

dominion of motherland

7th Stanza

And as the mighty rock aloft may towerAbove the center of the stormy deep

In scorn of storm, or fierce Sou’wester’s powerOr fury of the waves that raging sweep,

Until, their first mad hatred, spent, they cowerAnd, tired at last subside and fall asleep,-

So he that takes wise Education by the hand,Invincible shall guide the reigns of motherland.


promises

hope

development of our own motherland

8th Stanza

And as in early morning we beholdThe ruby sun pours forth resplendent rays;And lovely dawn her scarlet and her gold,

Her brilliant colors all about her sprays;So skillful noble Teaching doth unfold

To living minds the joy of virtuous ways.She offers our dear motherland the lightThat leads us to immortal glory’s height.

For everyone

Education is VITAL

Own improvement

Motherland’s improvement