We started over coffee, sabi ng kanta.
At doon tayo nagsimula …sa kape.
Over americano and cappucino; nagkwentuhan tayo
kung ano ano lang.
mababaw,
malalim,
may kwenta, o wala.
Nasundan pa ng maraming beses ang pagkakape natin.
Hindi ko na mabilang sa dami.
Madalas, kahit nakapagkape na ako,
kapag nag aya ka, oo agad ako.
kaya nga may mga araw na napaparami ako ng kape.
May mga araw na hyper ako.
May mga araw na di ako pwedeng gulatin,
baka atake sa puso ang abot ko.
May mga gabing di ako makatulog; nasobrahan ng kape,
Ngunit madalas nasobrahan sa kakaisip sayo.
Fast forward.
Kape tayo.
namimis na kita.
Nang iwan ka kasi.
(here is the English translation for the benefit of my non – Filipino readers)
We started over coffee, as the song goes.
That’s how it all begun.
Over americano and cappuccino.
we talked a lot; nonsense and folly
trivial things, mostly nothing really in particular.
We had coffee.
I can’t even figure out how many times
we’d have coffee a day.
Funny though, ‘cos sometimes
you’d call me; i’d say yes.
Truth is, i just had one.
There are days when i’d have too much caffeine;
scaring me off will trigger a heart attack.
There are nights when i’d have insomnia;
caffeine overload, i say
or maybe i kept thinking of you.
Fast forward.
i’m having coffee.
alone.
you left me, just like that.
P.S.
From today onwards I will be posting poems in Filipino (my national language) to commemorate and celebrate August as our National Language month.
