Translation of the song Kanlungan artist Noel Cabangon
Kanlungan
Haven
Pana-panahon ang pagkakataon
Chances are impermanent
Maibabalik ba ang kahapon?
Can past be turned back?
Natatandaan mo pa ba
Do you still remember
Nang tayong dal'wa ang unang nagkita?
When the two of us first met?
Panahon ng kamusmusan
Childhood years
Sa piling ng mga bulaklak at halaman
Surrounded1 by flowers and plants
Doon tayo nagsimulang
That's where we started
Mangarap at tumula
To dream and recite poems
Natatandaan mo pa ba
Do you still remember
Inukit kong puso sa punong mangga?
The heart I carved on the mango tree?
At ang inalay kong gumamela
And the hibiscus flower I gave you
Magkahawak-kamay sa dalampasigan
Holding hands at the shore
Malayang tulad ng mga ibon
As free as the birds is
Ang gunita ng ating kahapon
The memory of our past
Ang mga puno't halaman
The trees and plants
Ay kabiyak ng ating gunita
Are part2 of our memories
Sa paglipas ng panahon
In the passing of time
Bakit kailangan ding lumisan?
Why did we also have to go?
Pana-panahon ang pagkakataon
Chances are impermanent
Maibabalik ba ang kahapon?
Can past be turned back?
Ngayong ikaw ay nagbalik
Now you came back
At tulad ko rin ang iyong pananabik
And your excitement is just like mine
Makita ang dating kanlungan
To see the previous haven
Tahanan ng ating tula at pangarap
Home of our poems and dreams
Ngayon ay naglaho na
Now it's gone
Saan hahanapin pa?
Where to search still?
Lumilipas ang panahon
Time passes by
Kabiyak ng ating gunita
As part of our memories
Ang mga puno't halaman
The trees and plants
Bakit kailangang lumisan?
Why did they have to go?
Pana-panahon ang pagkakataon
Chances are impermanent
Maibabalik ba ang kahapon?
Can past be turned back?
Lumilipas ang panahon
Time passes by
Kabiyak ng ating gunita
As part of our memories
Ang mga puno't halaman
The trees and plants
Bakit kailangang lumisan?
Why did they have to go?
Pana-panahon ang pagkakataon
Chances are impermanent
Maibabalik ba ang kahapon?
Can past be turned back?