On the 105th birth anniversary
of Amado V. Hernandez:
A Translation
by Prof. Jose Maria Sison
of Ka Amado’s Poem
Kung Tuyo na ang Luha Mo
Aking Bayan
(When Your Tears Run Dry
My Motherland)

Shed your tears, my motherland:
let all your sorrow flow
Over the hapless fate
of your hapless soil…