Florante at Laura: Kay Celia

Kay Celia

Kung pagsaulan kong basahin sa isip
ang nakaraan araw ng pag-ibig,
may mahahagilap kayang natititik
liban na kay Celian namugad sa dibdib?

Yaong Celiang laging pinanganganibang
baka makalimot sa pag-iibigan,
ang ikinalubog niring kapalaran
sa lubhang malalim na karalitaan.

Florante at Laura

Florante at Laura (Florante and Laura) is one of the most popular pieces of Filipino literature written by Francisco Balagtas (Baltazar)i the 1830s. It is a lyrical poem with 399 categorized as an "awit" in Philippine Literature.

This is the first post in Pinoy Reader's Florante at Laura series.