Saludsod ni Ading

(English translation)

Elder brother, let’s go and see
The beauty of the forests
Of which the elders spoke

Ay, little sister, I tell you
Many changes were wrought
On the environment

Where are the dragon flies
Leaping in the air
Eating mosquitoes
And other insects

Gone are the dragonflies
They detest our place
The poisoned air

Manong, let us go and bathe
In the flowing river
I’d like to catch a tadpole

The river is drying up
You’ll get sick from bathing there
Even the fishes are gone

I’d like to drink
From the well beneath the trees
So cool, so sweet and refreshing

The well has dried up
Since the mountains were stripped naked
By the greedy loggers

I’d like to see
The birds in flight
Singing tweet, tweet, tweet

The birds are gone
They fled in tears
When their nests were crushed

I’d like to climb
The branches of the trees
So that I can see the wild boar

They felled the trees
And brought them afar
For the big capitalists

I'm sorry my ading
I can’t grant your wishes
Our environment has been destroyed

We seek answers to our questions
What shall be the future
Of the next generation?