New English Translation: ‘Adios, Patria Adorada’
Adios, Beloved Patria (English)
December 2005 Frank A Hilario
Adios, Patria Adorada (Spanish)
Jose Rizal Diciembre 1896
Adios, beloved Patria, EarthLove of the Sun,
Pearl of the Sea Orient, Eden in ruins bad!
Glad am I to give my life shrunk and forsaken;
And were it more radiant, more fresh, more floral then,
Would for you give I still, still I give for [...]