Labaw-Donggon (Excerpt) - Favorite Quotes!!

Yesterday, I was answering my Skill Builders (English subject) and one 'Challenger' story caught my attention. The selection was "Labaw-Donggon" from an adaptation by Mig Alvarez Enriquez. It was about the act of courtship and marriage ceremonies during the time of our Native Filipinos. And here I will show you all my favorite lines from the selection since it was very colorful and attention-worthy.

• Quote #1:

"The love of women, which we realize,
Is wisdom of fools and folly of wise."

-Chorus

• Quote #2:

"This stranger, who to you is unknown

Does honor a daughter who is not easily won,

As he knows by reputation

She is a well-kept one."

-Labaw Donggon

• Quote #3:

"I am not a bad or malevolent man.

Only an ardent admirerOf a beautiful woman

Who, in my dreams, I saw

With hair cascading from over her shoulder

Like silken fragment of Halawud river."

-Labaw Donggon

• Quote #4:

"A guitar she was strumming

In a hammock handwoven,

And the air cascading

From over her shoulder

Was like a fragment silken
Of the Halawud river."

-Labaw Donggon

• Quote #5:

"You have a tongue

In silver dipped.

Your words must be weighed

To be believed."

-Abyang

• Quote #6:

"White are the balanak you are,

And clean is your skin

As the inside of the split bamboo

Delightful and sweet are you.

As a flower I have seen

All covered with dew."

-Labaw Donggon

• Quote #7:

"Tell me, tell me,

If you will always love me

Whether I be good or bad.

Young or old, pretty or ugly."

-Doronoon

• Quote #8:

"I have seen her

And she approves of me.

We have spoken to each othe

rAnd all that is now necessary

Is to arrange for the dowry."

-Labaw Donggon

• Quote #9:

"I am honored by your suit of my daughter's hand.

You are welcome to my house

You are welcome to my land.

As by the nature a cat runs after a mouse,

And a hawk swoops down upon chicks,

A man goes after a woman

And the very best he picks."

-Abyang

I'm so sorry it did not reach ten. The other stanzas were just not my type and the others COULD be quotable but not worth sharing that much. So, I hoped all of you had gotten something from this selection/post and please enjoy the rest of your day. :-)