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1896

Aurelio Alvero

The cry awoke Balintawak,/

And the echoes answered back…//"FREEDOM!"

All the four winds listened long/

To the shrieking of that song…//"FREEDOM!"

I heard it/ from the planters in the vales…//

I heard it/ from the traders tying bales…//

I heard it/ where the fishers strike their sails…//"FREEDOM!"

Every poet struck his lyre/

With those burning notes of fire…//"FREEDOM!"

All the women knelt to pray/

In their hearts that frenzied lay…//"FREEDOM!"

Even the children and the old/

Took to arms and shouted bold/"FREEDOM!"

I heard it/ from the huskers 'neath the trees…//

I heard/ from the divers of the sea…//

I heard/ from the pounders in the leas…//"FREEDOM!"

All the people raised the cry/

Fearing not to bleed or die…//"FREEDOM!"

Up the mountain,/ down the plain,/

Louder,/ louder/ rang the strain/"FREEDOM!"

All the tombs of slave and sire/

Broke to voice that great desire…//"FREEDOM!"

I heard it/ from the makers of the brooms…//

I heard it/ from the weavers at their looms…//

I heard it/ from the smoking smithy rooms.//"FREEDOM!"

From the temples,/ from the shrines,/

From the bosom of the mines…//"FREEDOM!"

Kris and bolo flashed in the light,/

Thunder-voices air did smite…//"FREEDOM!"

Muscles stount and spirit strong/

Broke the chains with metal song/"FREEDOM!"

I heard it/ from the bullet's whine and roar…//

I heard it/ in the farthest islet shore…//

I heard it/ and shall hear it ever more…//"FREEDOM!"

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