Agyu - Page 2 of 4

(an Ilianon epic)

Bilingual (Tagalog-English) version

Nang bumalik si Lono sa Panamutan, sinabi niya kay Agyu at Banlak kung ano ang narinig.  Nais ni Banlak na makita si Mungan ngunit pinigilan sila ni Agyu.  Bagkus ay binagtas ni Agyu ang daan pababa ng Ayuman upang makita si Mungan ngunit huli na ang lahat.  Pumunta na si Mungan sa langit.  Ang natira lamang ay isang gintong bahay.  At nang bumalik siya sa Pinamutan, iniwan nilang muli ang lugar at nagpunta sa Tigyangdang.  Ngunit hindi nila nakita ang kapayapaan sa Tigyangdang.  Napakaraming kaaway ang nagpapaalis sa kanila sa Tigyangdang.  At kahit anong gawin nila ay hindi nila matalo ang kalaban.

Nang dumating ang pang-apat na araw ng pakikipaglaban ay lumapit ang kanyang binatang anak na si Tanagyaw.

Payagan mo akong lumaban, ama, sabi niya.

Ngunit napakabata mo pa, anak, sinabi niya rito.

Marahil nga ay bata ako ngunit ako ay matalino, ama, pilit ni Tanagyaw.

Humayo ka at nawa ay tulungan ka ng mga diyos.  Ingatan mo ang sarili mo!

At umalis na si Tanagyaw upang pumunta sa labanan.  At natalo niya ang mga kalaban.

Nais ng pinuno ng mga kalaban na makasal si Tanagyaw sa anak nitong babae na si Buy-anon ngunit tumanggi ito dahil napakabata pa nila.

When Lono returned to Pinamatun, he told Agyu and Banlak what he heard from the loud and thundering voice.  Banlak wanted to see Mungan but Agyu halted him.  Instead, Agyu trekked down to Ayuman to see Mungan but he was too late.  Mungan had been ascended to the heavens.  What was left was a golden house.  When he returned to Pinamatun, they again abandoned the place for Tigyangdang.  But they would not find peace in Tigyangdang.  There were many enemies who wanted to drive them away from Tigyangdang.  And no matter how hard they fought, they could not subdue the enemies.

On the fourth day of fighting, his brave and intelligent young son, Tanangyaw, approached him.

Allow me to fight the enemies, father, he asked him.

But you are too young, son, he said to him.

I maybe young but I’m wise, father, Tanagyaw insisted.

Go ahead and may the gods help you.  Take care of yourself!

Tanagyaw then left for the battlefield.  And he won over the enemies.

The frustrated chieftain of the enemies wanted Tanagyaw for his daughter Buy-anon but Tanagyaw refused to marry her because he was too young.

Learn this Filipino word:

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