QUEZON CITY (MindaNews/04 Oct)
Kissa sin Bud Dajo
Duun man magpatimbul sila
Ha dunya mag-awla
Hangkan magsabil sila
Dih hitugut in sayrulla
Ha pag sayrullah dih lumamud
Sahirun nabantug
Nag-isun nagtayakkup
Piyabud naghakut
Dih mapulah-pulah
In buhawih dakulah
In hulah dih magridah
Nag-anduhud in hulah
Sah walah nagsurender
Mabayah pa sila magsabil
Song of Bud Dajo
It was there when
The world would not suffice
The reason they
A paper to trample their
The cedula they refused
Sahirun was famous
They consulted and united
To the mountain they brought
It was exceedingly grotesque
A tornado that great
Nature wouldn’t submit
The country in thunder
But, they never surrendered
They’d rather be martyred
— Tausug-American War
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