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Si Sailor Moon Sa Tahaw
Kan Quadricentennial Dome
Paolo Sumayao
Mantang naghahalat kan lunadan
Ta nagtutukal na naman daa nin tinampo
sa may boundary kan Pili
mag-urulay nguna kita.
Nawawara si Chibiyusa
Daing kasimbagan si Luna
Asin kami ni Sailor Neptune
Biyong na-aandal.
Alagad ta ako bilang Ina,
Sinusubol ko kamo, mga tugang ko.
Ika asin si Sailor mercury—
An Black Moon Clan an may kagigibohan.
Si Sailor Neptune, na taga-Nabua:
Neptune, Planet Power...
Parigusa nin pagkamoot an kinaban
Maa-ake Up!
Si Sailor Mercury, na taga-Minalabac:
Mercury, Planet Power…
Pakusugon an kalayo nin pag-asa
Maa-ake Up!
Asin ako, bilang Sailor Moon,
Moon, Crystal Powe-er…
Supunga an palda nin kagayonan!
Maa-ake Up!
Asin iwaras an liwanag sa kadikloman!
Ako si Sailor Moon,
(An bota, an armas, an mga hiyas)
Padudusahan taka sa ngaran kan bulan!
Pag-abot kan lunadan,
Kaming tolo naka-combat position.
An samong mga trolley asin balunan
Sa hagyanan, samong inakbot.
Saaga, sa tahaw kaining patio, si Ina.
Si SailorMoon Sa Gitna
Ng Quadricentennial Dome*
Habang naghihintay ng sasakyan
mag-usap na muna tayo dahil mukhang
matatagalan at may binubungkal
na namang kalsada sa Pili.
Nawawala si Chibiyusa
Walang sagot si Luna
At kaya kami ni Sailor Neptune
Labis na nababahala.
Ngunit kailangang magpakatatag
at bilang Ina, inuutusan ko kayo mga kapatid.
Ikaw at si Sailor Mercury—
Walang duda na ang Black Moon Clan ang may sala.
Si Sailor Neptune, na taga-Nabua:
Neptune, Planet Power...
Paliguan ng pag-ibig ang buong daigdig
Maa-ake Up!
Si Sailor Mercury, na taga-Minalabac:
Mercury, Planet Power…
Pagpaningasin ang sigwa ng pag-asa
Maa-ake Up!
At ako, bilang Sailor Moon:
Moon, Crystal Powe-er…
Isuot ang palda ng kagandahan
Maa-ake Up!
At ikalat ang liwanag sa dilim!
Ako si Sailor Moon,
(Ang bota, ang armas, ang mga hiyas)
Parurusahan kita sa ngalan ng buwan!
Pagdating ng sasakyan,
Kaming tatlo naka-combat position.
Sabay kuha sa aming mga trolley
at lunch box sa may hagdanan.
Bukas, sa gitna nitong patio, si Ina**.
Salin ni Kristian Sendon Cordero
*originally published in Ubod: New Writers Anthology, 2016
Sailor Moon at the Center of the Quadricentennial Dome
Sailor Moon at the Center of the Quadricentennial Dome
While waiting for a ride
let’s talk because it seems
it will take a while since they’re digging up
a road on Pili again.
Chibiyusa is missing.
Luna hasn’t replied.
And that is why Sailor Neptune and I
are very bothered.
But there’s a need to be strong
and as Mother, I command you sisters.
You and Sailor Mercury––
Without a doubt, the Black Moon Clan is at
fault.
Sailor Neptune, who is from Nabua:
Neptune, Plant Power...
Bathe the whole world with love
Maa-ake Up!
Sailor Mercury, who is from Minalabac:
Mercury, Planet Power...
Make blaze the storm of hope
Maa-ake Up!
And I, as Sailor Moon:
Moon, Crystal Powe-er...
Wear the skirt of beauty
Maa-ake Up!
And spread light in the darkness!
I am Sailor Moon,
(The boots, the weapons, the jewels)
I will punish you in the name of the moon!
When the ride arrived,
The three of us were in combat position.
Then we got our trolleys
and lunch boxes by the stairs.
Tomorrow, in the middle of this patio, is Mother.