May we have the strength to stand all tests,

the foresight to head off bleak probabilities,

 the  balance to change a life of wastage

the wisdom to see the imbalance

underlying a system of patronage.

Poverty breeds the kind of ignorance

 that fails to read & heed

the changing signs of the climates.

  We will have the will

 to finish the unfinished tasks ahead

(burying the dead, reconstructing the destroyed)

And at the hour of reckoning

we will stand

 the system of dynasties

                                   on its head.

MAPAGPALAYANG BAGONG TAON SA LAHAT!

(A New Year of Awakening to All!)