“Aglowing and fair like a houri on high,
Full of grace and pure like the Morn that peeps
When in the sky the clouds are tinted blue,
Of th’ Indian land, a goddess sleeps.

The light foam of the son’rous sea
Doth kiss her feet with loving desire;
The cultured West adores her smile
And the frosty Pole her flow’red attire.

With tenderness, stammering, my Muse
To her ‘midst undines and naiads does sing;

I offer her my fortune and bliss:
Oh, artists! her brow chaste ring
With myrtle green and roses red
And lilies, and extol the Philippines! – To the Philippines by Jose Rizal (original sonnet in Spanish) #arawngkalayaan #philippineindependenceday #philippines🇵🇭