When Rizal became an Atenean student, he wanted to dedicate something special for his inspiration that truly first and most special in life--his mother Teodora. Owing to his great skill in poetry, he wrote his first poem entitled, Mi Primera Inspiracion (My First Inspiration). This poem was translated and runs this way:
My First Inspiration
Why do the scented flowers in fragrant fray
Rival each other's flower this festive day?
Why is the sweet melody bruited in the sylvan dale,
Harmony sweet and fluted like the nightingale?
Why do the birds sing so in the tender grass,
Flitting from bough to bough with winds that pass?
And why does the crystal spring run among the flowers
While lullaby zephyrs sing like its crystal showers?
I see the dawn in the East with the beauty endowed
Why goes she to a feast in a carmine cloud?
Sweet mother, they celebrate your natal day
The rose with her scent innate, the bird with his lay
The murmurous spring this day without alloy,
Murmuring bids you always to live in joy
While the crystalline murmurs glisten, hear you the accents strong
Struck from my lyre, listen! To my live's favorite song
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Flame Pillar of Rizal
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