Filipina Soul

Here is another Florante favorite. “Handog” is the song that pays tribute to those who have helped (the songwriter) when he was down in his luck.

See Florante singing it live! He is still a favorite after all these years.

Lyrics and translation after the cut -

Parang kailan lang (It seems not so long ago)
Ang mga pangarap ko’y kay hirap abutin (My dreams were so hard to reach)
Dahil sa inyo (But because of you)
Narinig ang isip ko at naintindihan (You read my mind and understood me)
Kaya’t itong awiting aking inaawit (And so this song I sing)
Nais ko’y kayo ang handugan ( is my tribute to you)
Parang kailan lang (It seems not so long ago)
Halos ako ay magpalimos sa lansangan (I almost begged in the streets)
Dahil sa inyo (But because of you)
Ang aking tiyan at ang bulsa’y nagkalaman (I was fed and my purse w
Nais ko kayong pasalamatan (I want to thank you)
Kahit man lang isang awitin (Even if it’s only in a song)
Tatanda at lilipas din ako (I will grow old and be forgotten)
Nguni’t mayroong awiting  (But I have a song)
Iiwanan sa inyong ala-ala (That I will leave in your memories).
Dahil, minsan, tayo’y nagkasama (For once, we were together)
Parang kailan lang (It seems not so long ago)
Halos ako ay magpalimos sa lansangan  (I almost begged in the streets)
Dahil sa inyo (But because of you)
Ang aking tiyan at ang bulsa’y nagkalaman (I was fed and my purse
Nais ko kayong pasalamatan (I want to thank you)
Kahit man lang isang awitin (Even if it’s only in a song)
Tatanda at lilipas din ako (I will grow old and forgotten)
Nguni’t mayroong awiting (BUt I gave a song)
Iiwanan sa inyong ala-ala (That I will leave in your memories)
Dahil, minsan, tayo’y nagkasama (For once, we were together).