Pagka’t Lalaki ka

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Pagkat lalaki ka, Anak

Matuto kang umiyak.

Mapait langgasin ng luha ang gunita

o ang bagong sugat ng huling pagkadapa

Subalit malinis at subok ang bisa

ng luha sa pagtanggal ng mga mikrobyo

sa isip, puso at buong pagkatao

• Men should be true to themselves. They should show their true emotions and accept the fact that being vulnerable sometimes isn’t a bad thing.

• In the process of accepting weakness, men will learn to become stronger.

• Letting out emotions is an effective way of telling people that Viriliter Agite, “Be a Man!”

Pagkat ikaw ay lalaki,Matuto kang magsisi

Dagok sa dangal ang pag-amin sakasalananNgunit sadyang walang may monopolyo ng

katwiran,Hayaan mong ikaw ay usigin, husgahan, Sa

ganyan mo mahahanap ang angkop na sangkap

Upang ang iyong pagkatao’y mahanap

• As men of integrity, there will be times that your point in argument is against you.

• Humility is not measured when you humble yourself. Humility is when you are humbled by others and you bear it for something greater

Minana mo, Anak,Ang laksang pribelehiyo

Na pinagpasasaanNg mga nagtindigNg tore ng babel,Piramide, koliseo,Ziggurat, templo,At mga imperyo.

• Men, from the beginning of time have been established as the superior being in the sexes.

• Michael M. Coroza tries to explain that men has had the privilege of being the social foundation in terms of being granted favors.

Iyo rin ang luwalhating

Tinatamasa nila

Sa mga maskuladong

Pahina ng istorya

• This explains that back in the past, men are always perceived as the protagonist in society: the one who should earn for a living, the protector of the family. It tries to establish the good reputation that men has gained over the past generations.

Ngunit, Anak, dumadaloy rin

Sa iyong katauhan

Ang mapagmalupit

nilang lohika’t pangalan

Na nandarahas, gumagahis,

Nagpipiit sa iyong ina’t

Sa lahat ng ina’t babae sa daigdig

• The advantageous past that man had in society is always reminded to the men of present as feminism tries to make it equal for them what they were not able to gain centuries ago.

Iluha mo, Anak

Ang Kanilang Nakaraan

Pagsisihian mo, Anak,

Ang kanilang kamalian

• We should be remorseful at the fact that, let us admit it, men had it going easier for them. That back in the past, women were the oppressed ones.

• But the point being, past is past. Women should not go prancing around telling the men of today what the men of yesterday did wrong.

Ang babaeng kakambalAt altar ng lupang

Nagluwal, kumandili’tNagpalaki sa lahat

At siya ring hantungan,Aangkin sa labi

Ng lahat sa wakasAy bina-bahagi,Inari, inararo,

Inari, inararo,Ginawang pundasyonNg lahat ng edepisyo

Subalit nasadlakSa mantas ng dugo

Sa kumot ang halaga,Ang silbi sa kasaysaya’y

Winalang-saysay at binura.

• Here, Coroza explains the side of the women. That they too had responsibilities that are the same, if not graver, as that of men. That they also have obligations that most of the time we took for granted, not knowing that women still needed the dignity that they longed for and deserve.

• Quote for thought:

“Woman is stronger than man, and more faithful, in the hour of suffering: Mary of Magdalene and Mary Cleophas and Salome!

With a group of valiant women like these, closely united to our Lady of Sorrows, what work for souls could be done in the world! “

- St. Josemaria Escriva

Tayo ngayo’y nabubuhay

Na may huwad na malay

Na moral, lohikal, at legal

Na napapairal ng lisyang katarungan:

Sa pedestal ng ating

Mga pagpapahalaga,

Walang gantimpala

Sa sakit ng panganganak,

Wala ring pabuya

Sa pagod ng pagmulat

Ng babaeng matapos

Magbigay ng sarili

Sa anak ay naiiwang

Basyong walang silbi.

• It shows the painful process of childbirth, showing that women sacrifice time and their being just so to continue the circle of life. That even though we are in the midst of a world that has somehow diminished social ignorance, women still choose to go through these tribulations for no credit.

Pagkat ikaw ay lalaki,

Matuto kang pumatay.

Kitlin mo sa iyong ugat

Ang huwad na malay.

• We should remove the notion that men are ignorant and unappreciative of the things that women do. We should learn to involve ourselves and sometimes put ourselves in their situation.

• Coroza refers here to end the ignorance once and for all.

Sa akademiya mo na langIpagtistis ang lamanAt dugo ng huwad

Na malay mong pinaslang.Durugin mo’t ilibingAng mga kalansayPagkat lalaki kang

Magbabago ang kulay.

• The basis of manliness should not be determined on physical strength alone, but rather it is a synergistic effort between a man’s struggle to succeed in his interior life, in his intellectuality and his being in general.

• The men of present should not leave the strength the men of past possessed, but should consider the efforts that women put as well.