ANG BAYAN KO

Music by Constancio de Guzman

Lyrics by Jose Corazon de Jesus

Ang bayan kong hirang,

Pilipinas ang pangalan

Perlas ng silangan,

Sa taglay niyang kariktan

Ngunit sawimpalad,

Sa minimithing paglaya

Laging lulumuha Sa pagdaralita.

Ang bayan kong Pilipinas

Lupain ng ginto't bulaklak

Pagibig ang sa kanyang palad

Nag-alay ng ganda at dilag.

At sa kanyang yumi at ganda

Dayuhan ay nahalina

Bayan ko binihag ka

Nasadlak sa dusa.

Ibong mang may layang lumipad

Kulungin mo at umiiyak

Bayan pa kayang sakdal dilag

Ang di magnasang maka-alpas

Pilipinas kong minumutya

Pugad ng luha ko at dalita

Aking adhika makita kang sakdal laya!

English Translation:

My Dear Country

By the Philippine Study Group of Minnesota

My dear country, Given the name of the Philippines,

Pearl of the Orient—sparkling in its beauty,

Yet unfortunate in its yearning for freedom,

Always swelling with tears of suffering.

My country, the Philippines:

Land of gold, garden of flowers

Endowed with love,

Gifted with beauty and radiance,
Intoxicated because of her beauty,

Foreign lands were drawn to her.

My dear country,

They came and conquered you

And you suffered in misery.

A bird that is free to fly

Put it in a cage and it cries.

What other country, so full of radiance

Would not want to be free?

Philippines, my beloved,

Nest of tears and suffering,

My wish for you

Is to set you totally free!