Continuing on with some more cultural postings. I am featuring Los Panchos.
When as a boy who wandered around Manila (in a section called Dapitan to be exact), I heard of the songs on the radio made popular by the Los Panchos. Quizas, quizas, quizas. Amapola. Sabor a mi. It was in the 60s and I was too young to understand of course the enjoyment experienced by the grown ups around me. Searching around the web, I discovered that this Mexican group (actually one is from PR), composed a song about Filipinas. Another Indio (what the Spaniards called us) blogged about it here.
This is my translation of the song which I gave to my children (I would appreciate corrections of course):
Filipinas, mi madre adorada
Filipinas, my adorable mother
Del mundo admirada, por su resplandor
Admired by the world, because of its splendor
Filipinas, mi novia encantada
Filipinas, my enchanted sweetheart
La tierra que ofrece respeto y calor
The land that offers courtesy and warmth
Filipinas, princesa de oriente
Filipinas, princess of the orient
Tú eres la estrella que orienta mi amor
You are the star that guides my love
Filipinas, la tierra de mi amor
Filipinas the land of my love
Tus hijos te adoran
Your children adore you
Te ofrecen la sangre de su corazón
They give you the blood of their heart.
11 comments:
Would you happen to have any copy of their hits?
Are you in Melbourne currently? I'm from the Philippines but moved to Melbourne. I remember Trio Los Panchos from the cassette tape that my dad always played in our car when I was a kid. Didn't know they have a song called Filipinas. This is just great!
jobski,
No I do not have a copy. Their records would have to be searched through old record stores. I have not checked the internet, they may have some mp3s some where.
Yes I am in melbourne. post your email and in the comment and I will see to it that it won't get published and I can contact you.
Great song if you love our homeland. Very suitable to sing.
LPC
just heard the song "Filipina" by the Los Panchos"at around 1:50 AM (Toronto,Canada time)today March 06,2012.It was played by Bro.Jun of DZMM Teleradio through TFC (The Filipino Channel). It was great song i was so glad listening to it.
Yetyet,
Glad you liked it.
Keep in touch.
LPC
bonito cancion -- tienes la placa de los panchos
lo siento, no tengo la placa. Pero YouTube lo tiene para siempre.
i heard this song when I was searching about Phil. history. This song is so beautiful to hear!!! nice melody, I played it again and again on you tube... so beautiful!!!!!!!......... hope to talk to the publisher of this and the singers if ever............. thanks!!!
El trio Los Panchos continúan actuando, a pesar que ya no vive ninguno de los miembros originales, otros continúan con la tradición.
Thank you for the interpretation of the song. I like song so much though it's in Spanish lyrics, how much more if I understand it's meaning. Thanks again. God bless
Mi abuelo solía tocar Filipinas en el estéreo y nos encantaba escucharlo. ¡Gracias! Te amo filipinas
Its on spotify
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