Capsule of Labor

English

Version of Bagas ti Ling-et

Translated by Jimuel C. Sagario

This encounter is not bizarre any longer, For it feels parallel to many of my kind. We live through and bear in order to supply, But all of the labor was thankless.

Still here we are toiling diligently, To provide your grains regularly, For without it you surely can’t survive. Triumph for us when you are sufficed.

Constant in getting up early at cold dawn, We toil but we ’ re never alone. Challenged or provoked by all, With strength, we, Ilocanos, will stand tall!

In the thick of all these adversities today, Love will have the maximum character to play.

Even if we ' re distant, let’s display devotion. We need unity in our division!