Telesforo Sungkit Jr: I Higaonon

I Higaonon

By Telesforo Sungkit Jr

I.

I you call pagan,

you say pagan is bad people.

You say you is Christian

and Christian is good people. 

You laugh I kneel on big rock

or I pray before big tree.

You angry I call Migbaya,

you say my God is devil.

I not laugh you kneel on dead tree

or you pray to hanging God there.

I not angry you call your God,

and I not call Him devil.

I angry you get my lands,

I angry you get my golds,

I angry you burn my wood books,

but you say I should love enemy.

You say love enemy

but you killed grandpa baylan,

you killed grandma bae,

you killed uncle bagani,

you killed even dog talamuod.

I you call savage

you say savage is bad people.

You say you is civilized

and civilized is good people.

You laugh I speak wrong your tongue

or I not knowing you say.

You angry I speak my tongue,

you say I silent I not speak your tongue.

I not laugh you speak in your noses

or you kalamura speak my tongue.

I not angry you speak your tongue,

I not say you silent you not speak my tongue.

I angry you kill my datus,

I angry you burn my house,

I angry you get my honey,

I angry you get my sakop,

but you say I should know democracy.

You say know democracy

but you commanding all

you telling I not speak

you forcing I live near plantations

You making all us sakop

you killing my brothers not liking you.#