Walang Bahay / No House

Pelikulang maagang nag-umpisa...
Hindi alam ng bata kung saan siya nagmula.
Anak ng babaeng 'di kilala,
Naging anak ng maduming batis,
Kapatid ang mga daga.
Balik-tanaw, isang eksena:
Bumigay ang tahanan at mga pangarap.
Walang lungkot nang pinanood niyang
Dumalong sa batis ang kanyang pag-katao't kaluluwa.
Doble-dobleng boses, naririnig, 'di makita,
'Di alam ang pakikinggan, inilihim na lamang.
Tapos na ang palabas, dumilim...
Isasara na ang kurtina.



A movie that began early...
The child doesn't know where he came from.
Son of an unknown woman,
Became the son of a dirty creek,
Brother of rats.
Flashback, a scene:
Both home and dreams collapsed.
Without sadness he watched
His persona and soul flow down the river.
Voices, heard, unseen,
Not knowing what to listen to, thus kept secret.
The presentation is done, it darkens...
The curtains will now be closed.