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Ruth Firmeza September 1977 Kailusan, Twin Peaks Baggao, Cagayan
Pitso Manok (English)
You are the highest among all that we have climbed
the clouds are a shroud above you
the winding roads we have walked
from Isabela to Cagayan cut across you
at your summit, Pitso Manok
From here one could look over the plains
the Cordillera, another field of struggle
here, new hope is what you offer
manifold strength, strength of the mind you give
in the midst of imprisonment and in breaking out
of enemy encirclement
The swishing wind fills the breast
we could see a broadening new world
we could reach out to smash oppression
and walking down from your steep summit
a high level of struggle is attained
Pitso Manok, from your embrace we have gone away
to be with the masses in another place who have been
waiting for so long
a new zone we have established
to form part of our united ranks
like you, they embrace what we are fighting for
(J.M.A.)
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