Oh! The Train - The LRT2 ride to V.Mapa

One fateful Tuesday afternoon, I hopped on a train called LRT2. And there above the train's door i saw the words:

Al perderte yo a ti, tú y yo hemos perdido:

Nang mawala ka sa akin, ikaw at ako’y nawalan:

I stopped reading, then continued.

yo, porque tú eras lo que yo más amaba;

Ako dahil ikaw ang minahal ko nang lubusan

y tú, porque yo era el que te amaba más.

At ikaw dahil ako ang sa iyo’y lubusang nagmahal.

My lips tugged a smile that pulled strings in my heart.

Pero de nosotros dos tú pierdes más que yo:

Ngunit sa dalawa ay ikaw ang higit na nawalan:

I went a bit closer and squinted my eyes. The font is way too small and the train is moving way too much.

porque yo podré amar a otras como te amaba a ti,

Dahil pwede kong mahalin ang iba tulad nang pagmamahal ko sa iyo,

A robotic voice filled the train; time is running out and here I am waiting for the climactic ending.

pero a ti no te amarán como te amaba yo.

Ngunit ika’y ‘di mamahalin tulad nang kung paano kita minahal.

The doors opened, and I walked out of the train smiling that smile that pulled strings in my heart.


the poem in Spanish was by Ernesto Cardenal