SUMADIBDIB

root word: dibdib

sumadibdib: to enter one’s chest; take to heart


Lihim ng puso mo’y akin nang unawa:
Walang kahangganan kaya alibugha;
Sumadibdib mo man ang lahat ng tuwa,
Bangis ng nasa mo’y di maaapula.

Yaang iyong puso’y dagat ang kaparis
Ang nasa’y higupin ang lahat ng tubig…


— Orosman at Zafira
ni Francisco Balagtas


Orosman at Zafira (1857-1 860) is a three-part play written by poet Francisco Baltazar. The story is about the assasination of Mahamud, the sultan of Marruecos and father of Zafira.

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