A thousand waters mountains crosses to be borne meaning
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Explanation:
there are a thousand waters to be spanned;//
there are a thousand mountains to be crossed;//
there are a thousand crosses to be borne.//
Our shoulders are not strong;/ our sinews are
grown flaccid with dependence,/ smug with ease
under another’s wing.//
Rest not in peace;//
Meaning: Rizal cannot rest yet because we are still very dependent on others and we need to become independent.
2nd stanza – Not yet Rizal,/ not yet.// The land has need/
of young blood/ and/ what younger than your own,/
Forever spilled in the great name of freedom,//
Forever oblate on the altar of the free?//
Meaning: the Philippines needs young people’s blood like Rizal so we can have the courage to fight for the country and we can have true freedom
3rd stanza – Not you alone, Rizal.//
O souls and spirits of the martyred brave,/ arise!//
Arise and scour the land!// Shed once again
your willing blood!// Infuse the vibrant red
into our thin anemic veins;/ until
we pick up your Promethean tools and,/ strong,/
out of the depthless matrix of your faith
in us,/ and on the silent cliffs of freedom,/
We carve for all time your marmoreal dream!/
Until our people,/ seeing,/ are become
Like the molave,/ firm,/ resilient,/ staunch,/
Rising on the hillside,/ unafraid,/
Strong in its own fibre;/ yes,/ like the molave!//